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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Love in the Cupboard
A sweet, clean Catholic Priest
seeks a wife rom-com
Amazon
Jemma and the Raven
A luminous adventure in
this epic YA fantasy debut
Amazon
Social Media & Mental Health
‘’Empower your child to be
safe in the digital world’’
Amazon
Soar: A Soul's Quest
A young eagle on a quest of
self-discovery & enlightenment
Amazon
CHARLES DARWIN...
An entertaining learning
resource for curious kids.
www.alanhesse.com
The Power of...
kindness, gratitude,
empathy & positivity
Amazon
The Lost Heir Book 1 and 2
Mash Princess Bride
+ dash of GOT
Amazon
Love Snaggs
Join Snaggs on a fantastical
journey through time & space.
Amazon
THE BOOK
Earth will be fine, humanity
is on track for annihilation!
Amazon
Moonshine Mesa
Why are bees, crows &
humans dying at the Mesa?
Amazon
Exclusion Zone
The VORKOSIGAN SAGA
meets DIE HARD.
Amazon
Perfect Middle Grade Series
Montana and her friends
save the forest animals!
Amazon
Battle for Eklatros
Can Ànifa’s party save
Eklatros from the invasion?
Amazon
A Tree in Time
A fabilious journey into
the distant past.
gentlpresspublishing.co.uk
THE GRAVITY OF LIES
WHAT IF YOUR WHOLE LIFE
WAS BASED ON LIES?
Amazon
The Silence of Children
An accidental vigilante with
no superhero skills
Amazon
Fenix and the Firework Fliers
Can Fenix save the Fireworks
when a firefly gets sick?
creativemovementstories.com
A Lady Newspaperman’s Dilemma
Alex’s goal: succeed in the
1926 male world of news
Amazon
Finding Karen Black
The heartwarming mother-
daughter reunion story
Amazon
The Campbell Sisters
3 sisters work towards very
different goals in 1955 NYC
Amazon
I FEEL YOUR STARE
An Autobiography
BOOK AWARD WINNER!
Amazon
THE REPROBATES
Do you remember suffering
from a death of the soul?
www.benjamingrose.co.uk
Destiny Lives on Fairhaven St.
A father's true story to his
sons. Winner of 17 awards.
Amazon
Church of the Assassin
A brutal purge. A reason
to live. A reason to kill.
Amazon
Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
Amazon
Ghoul of Sherwood
Robin Hood and his men solve
a grisly murder near a nunnery
Amazon
The Toad from Outer Space
A cautionary tale about a
toad-ily historic space flight
www.childrensfunnybooks.co.uk
For Evil Done & Evil Suffered
Gripping murder mystery; tease
the brain & stir the senses.
Amazon
Children Who Dance in the Rain
A children's book about
gratitude and self-discovery.
Amazon