Wednesday, July 20, 2016


Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2016 Shortlist books

Picture Book Category

Peter Bently                The Prince and the Porker                              Andersen Press

& David Roberts

Ross Collins                 There’s a Bear on My Chair                           Nosy Crow

Daisy Hirst                   The Girl with the Parrot on her Head             Walker Books

Mick & Chloë Inkpen  I Will Love You Anyway                                   Hodder

David Litchfield           The Bear and the Piano                                 

Ana & Thiago              The Zoomers’ Handbook                                Andersen Press

de Moraes

 

Shorter Novels

Clement Beauvais       The Royal Bake Off                                         Bloomsbury

Illustrated by Becka Moor

Clara Vulliamy                        Mango & Bambang                                        Walker Books

Michael Rosen                        Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed                    Bloomsbury

Illustrated by Neal Layton

Longer Novels

Katherine Rundell       The Wolf Wilder                                             Bloomsbury

Illustrated by Gelrev Ongbico

Matt Haig                    A Boy Called Christmas                                  Canongate

Illustrated by Chris Mould

Lara Williamson          The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an                         Usborne

Armchair

Young Adult

Sarah Crossan             One                                                                             Bloomsbury

Andy Mulligan             Liquidator                                                        David Fickling

Joanna Nadin               Joe All Alone                                                   Little Brown

David Owen                Panther                                                           Corsair

Annabel Pitcher          Silence is Goldfish                                           Indigo

Jenny  Valentine          Fire Colour One                                              Harper Collins

Special Category - Celebrity Authors

David Baddiel              Person Controller                                            Harper Collins

Illustrated by Jim Field

Julian Clary                 The Bolds                                                        Andersen Press

Illustrated by David Roberts

Helen Skelton              Amy Wild - Amazon Summer                         Corgi