Winners 2016
Below is a list of the 2016 WINNERS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The children's books were read and judged by children in 8 UK primary and secondary schools, the adult books by 2 Reading Groups, 1 in London and 1 in Stockholm. The books were marked according to EDITING, THEME, STYLE, COVER and, in the case of many of the children's books, ILLUSTRATIONS.
Jump straight to:
- Category 1: Pre-school picture books
- Category 2: Books for 6 - 8 year olds
- Category 3: Books for 9 - 12 year olds
- Category 4: Books for Teenagers
- Category 5: Books for adults (fiction)
- Category 6: Books for Adults (non-fiction)
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:
Silver
Zak and Jen's Astronomical Adventures: The Petal Planet
Author: Natalie Page, (Illustrator, Chris Rivers Nuttall)
Illustrator:
Bronze
A Fish in Foreign Waters, A Book for Bilingual Children
Author: Laura Caputo-Wickham and Pamela Goodman
Illustrator:
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What Is the Shape of My Egg?
Introducing children to shape.
"An excellent STEM resource!"
Amazon
The Last Spiritwalker
Blood, magic, myths &
a badass female lead
Amazon
The Long Road to Namai
Adventures of a daughter of
Earth on a planet of psychics
Amazon
Harvey's Hutch
A man, nearly seventy,
looks back on his life.
Amazon
Nurse Florence® Books
Introducing Some Medical Words
to Kids in Every Book
www.nurseflorence.org
FARSEEKER
Enlightened. Enslaved. Erased.
A Sci-Fi, Fantasy epic!
Amazon
UNTANGLING YOU
Take control of how u respond
to difficult relationships
www.kerryhowells.com/books
Sam & Me & the Hard Pear Tree
A personal account of
a mother’s ultimate loss
Amazon
The Crooked Ladder
It's time to climb...
or die
Amazon
Farseeker
A multi-award-winning
sci-fi fantasy adventure
Amazon
Me Here Without You Now
A love story AFTER
the love story
Amazon/Apple
A Tree in Time
A fabilious journey into
the distant past.
gentlpresspublishing.co.uk
HEALER'S BLADE
Can a young woman change
the fate of England?
StoryOrigin
Moving Men by Karene Horst
A modern novel, relationships
% the scars they leave behind
Flying Trees Publishing
Einstein in the Attic
A search for truth by
those that transcend time.
Barnes and Noble
PLAYING SOLDIER
An unflinching tale of
nourishing self-acceptance.
Amazon
Emilie by Ingrid Ramsdale
Gripping historical adventure
brimming with emotion
Ingrid Ramsdale
Tuskie’s Travels
Tuskie teaches his crew to
dissolve upsets in 30 seconds!
www.thekidcode.ca
Billy the Badger is Sad!
Can two hedgehogs cheer
up their badger friend?
Amazon
RAISING TAYLOR, FINDING...
SUPERWOMAN: Intimate, personal
and encouraging journey
Amazon
Captivity (Faction War #1)
"A superb work of
graphic dystopian fiction.â€
books2read.com
Aunty Jane Knits Up A Storm
Loss & healing through friend-
ship knitting and community.
Amazon
RAIN FALLING ON EMBERS
A grieving, fish out of water
teen struggles to survive.
KatieMcCabeSeries.com
SUPER KENA
Fierceness comes in many
forms, even determination
Amazon
PICTURE THE ALPHABET
Find over 150 objects, learn
letters & build vocabulary.
Amazon
Cutter Kauai Sea Adventures
A Special Ops patrol boat’s
Caribbean adventures.
Edward M. Hochsmann
Misty Black Media, LLC
Get your picture book designed
& formatted by a professional
www.mistyblackauthor.com
Running from Covid in our...
Paradoxical journey of losing
and finding freedom in an RV
Amazon
WIND
Middle-grade fantasy with
a visionary ecological twist.
www.ellendeedavidson.com