Winners 2020
Below is a list of the 2020 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:
Gold
How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss
Author: Sherry Chapman
Bronze
Compassion Mandala: The Odyssey of an American Charity in Contemporary Tibet
Author: Pamela Logan
Bronze
Make Fitness A Priority: 30 tips to elevate your life through fitness, Chad Austin
Author: Chad Austin, Jesse Kepka
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Requiem For A Genocide
War is hell,
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Thriving After Sexual Abuse
Well-written and sensitive
guidebook for a wide audience
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A Tree in Time
A fabilious journey into
the distant past.
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Eight Billion Reasons
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Cinderella - A Love Story
A wonderful re-telling with
a sweet, heart-warming twist
Amazon
Top Psychological Thriller
Two couples befriend each
other with tragic consequences
Amazon
TOUCH
Gritty coming-of-age
fiction with a purpose
Amazon
The Toad from Outer Space
A cautionary tale about a
toad-ily historic space flight
www.childrensfunnybooks.co.uk
TREACHERY!
A WW2 child
evacuee thriller
Amazon
Then We'll Say Goodnight
How would you get your
unruly puppies back to bed?
Amazon
The Power of...
kindness, gratitude,
empathy & positivity
Amazon
The Last Lumenian
Most princesses need saving.
This one saves you.
Amazon
FOR LOVE OF GOD
A gay man, torn between his
God and his own truth.
www.robinreardon.com
JUST RIVER
Hilarious and grave.
A story of resilience.
Amazon
A Lady Newspaperman's Dilemma
Alex’s goal: succeed in a 1926
male world of news reporting
Amazon
An Enemy Like Me
What would you do for love?
3 POV WWII HistFic Saga
www.terimbrown.com
WIND
Middle-grade fantasy with
a visionary ecological twist.
www.ellendeedavidson.com
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Pebbles and the Biggest Number
A butterfly’s quest to
find the largest number
Amazon
RAVEN'S GRAVE Charlotte Stuart
Betrayal and death in
an Alaskan Tlingit village.
Amazon
A Cauldron of Uncanny Dreams
13 creepy award-winning
stories for a cold, dark night
Amazon
THE LUCKY DIAMOND
A Magical Fantasy Quest
for ages 8-12
Amazon
Arctic Dinosaurs
Her first Arctic year -
middle grade - free activities
Fathom Publishing
Portraits of a Pandemic
The story of how a microscopic
virus changed our lives.
Amazon
HUNGRY TRAILS
‘A…culturally rich family
chronicle.’ Kirkus Review
Amazon
The Chambers of My Heart -
Venice, Paris and New York
by Albert Russo
Amazon
In the Shadows of Castles
A story of love, hope and
survival in a time of war.
Amazon
Then We'll Say Goodnight
How would you get your
unruly puppies back to bed?
Amazon