Winners 2018
Below is a list of the 2018 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:
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FIELDS OF PROSPERIS
"Bingeable space opera, best
complex villains"-ARK Watson
Amazon
DREAMER OF DESTINY
Her dreams are calling to her.
Should she listen?
Barbara Woster
Wild Atlantic Way Anthology
Characters along Ireland’s
Majestic Coast
Amazon
PICTURE THE ALPHABET
Find over 150 objects, learn
letters & build vocabulary.
Amazon
The Book of Wisdom-ish
Adventure begins with
a book. And an A.
Amazon
Gigglet Goes to School
Get your giggle on with
Gigglet. Perfect for 0 - 6 yrs
AMB Kids Books
THE MERMELF
Mystery girl. Mermelves arrive
Dystopian rebellion begins
Amazon
MaryLou
"An engaging, well-crafted
family drama" TWSA
Amazon
WHINGEY WILLIAMS Term 1
Follow Whingey on her FIRST
adventure on Gower
Amazon
Churchill’s Secret Army
WW2 courage and sacrifice
in the undercover SOE
www.cloudshillpress.com
A HARD SILENCE
Grief, love, and learning to
speak the unspeakable
www.vineleavespress.com
BUILDING THE BEAST
Building a home-on-wheels
with zero blueprint.
Amazon
Bentley Makes a Dump Cake
A delightful, messy adventure
with joy, teamwork, & color
Miki Taylor
SECRET SKY
Everybody wishes they could
fly - until it happens
books2read.com
A Cauldron of Uncanny Dreams
13 creepy award-winning
stories for a cold, dark night
Amazon
Secrets of a Social Butterfly
How I unstuck my life
and you can too.
Lynn Bruines
RIVER WITCH
A haunting, emotional tale
of magic and purpose.
Amazon
Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
Amazon
Sibby's Secret
Heart-stopping adventure
for our detective Buccaneers
Amazon
The Girl Who Looked Beyond...
13 yrs old. How can she have
a destiny to save the world?
Amazon
Demons to Champions
A tale of neurodivergent
awakening and triumph.
Amazon
Writing in a Nutshell
Writing Workshops to
Improve Your Craft
Amazon
Into The Shadows
Journey from naïve university
student to a great spy.
marinemoments.uk
CHARCOAL BOY
Tudor London, boy, entangled
in politics, wins through
Amazon
THE TRALL SERIES
Middle-grade portal
fantasies set in Australia.
by Gayle Torrens
Chronicles of MatiLou/PerryAnn
Through it all the girls work
to save Mother Earth.
Amazon
Wild Atlantic Way Anthology
Characters along Ireland’s
Majestic Coast
Amazon
A Good Day and Other...
A wide-ranging collection
of imaginative, funny stories.
Amazon
CHARLES DARWIN...
An entertaining learning
resource for curious kids.
www.alanhesse.com