Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2024 shortlists announced
12 February 2024 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2024 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize have been announced.
The shortlisted titles in each category are:
Illustrated books
- The Queen Next Door (Marcela Ferreira, illus by Sally Agar, Orchard Books)
- Incredible Jobs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of (Natalie Labarre, Nosy Crow)
- The Secret Elephant (Ellan Rankin, Wren & Rook)
- Wolf and Bear (Kate Rolfe, Two Hoots)
- Whose Dog is This? (Andrew Sanders, illus by Aysha Awwad, Macmillan)
- The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish (Chloe Savage, Walker Books)
Books for younger readers
- Crookhaven: The School for Thieves (J J Arcanjo, Hodder)
- The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the vampire sheep! (Emily-Jane Clark, Scholastic)
- Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend (Lizzie Huxley-Jones, Knights Of)
- The Swifts (Beth Lincoln, Puffin)
- My Name Is Sunshine Simpson (G M Linton, Usborne)
- Greenwild: The world behind the door (Pari Thomson, Macmillan)
Books for Older Readers
- Promise Boys (Nick Brooks, Macmillan)
- What the World Doesn’t See (Mel Darbon, Usborne)
- Girl, Goddess, Queen (Bea Fitzgerald, Penguin)
- Thieves’ Gambit (Kayvion Lewis, S&S)
- You Think You Know Me (Ayaan Mohamud, Usborne)
- Friendship Never Ends (Alexandra Sheppard, Knights Of).
The winners will be announced at an evening ceremony on 21 March. The winner of each category will receive £2000 (A$3872), with the overall winner receiving an extra £3000 (A$5809).
Last year’s overall winner was Nadia Mikal for her debut novel, The Cats We Meet Along the Way (Guppy Books).
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