Children’s Book Award Announcement!

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We are delighted to announce The Children’s Book Award 2024 shortlist!

Children from nine FCBG testing groups read almost 700 books submitted by publishers and registered over 47,000 votes, from which the Top Ten has been selected.

The full shortlist is as follows:

 

Books for Younger Children

Gigantic – written and illustrated by Rob Biddulph, published by HarperCollins

The Big Dreaming – written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Daniel Egneus, published by Bloomsbury

The Fastest Tortoise in Town – written by Howard Calvert and illustrated by Karen Obuhanych, published by Walker Books

The Princess and The (Greedy) Pea – written and illustrated by Leigh Hodgkinson, published by Walker Books

 

Books for Younger Readers

Adventure Mice: Otter Chaos – written by Philip Reeve and illustrated by Sarah McIntyre, published by David Fickling Books

Marv and The Killer Plants – written by Alex Falase-Koya and illustrated by Paula Bowles, published by OUP

Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy! – written and illustrated by Thomas Flintham, published by Nosy Crow

 

Books for Older Readers

Code Name Kingfisher – written by Liz Kessler, published by Simon and Schuster

Deadlock – written by Simon Fox, published by Nosy Crow

The Final Year – written by Matt Goodfellow and illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, published by Otter-Barry Books

 

Sarah Stuffins, Children’s Book Award Coordinator says: “‘The Children’s Book Award is back and it’s always a pleasure to see what brilliant stories have been chosen. We have the hugely popular Michael Rosen on the shortlist this year, as well as previous winner Thomas Flintham. Children are a very demanding and exacting audience – books need to hook them into a story right away, and keep them turning the pages, right to the end! And it’s a testament to these wonderful books that they’ve all not just delighted their readers, but inspired them to vote. Congratulations to our wonderful shortlisted authors and illustrators, and many thanks to all the children who voted for this year’s wonderful shortlist.”

Thanks to the generosity of the publishers, all our FCBG groups have been sent copies to enable as many children to read and vote as possible. Additional copies can also be purchased at a discount from our partner supplier Heath Books via this link https://www.heathbooks.co.uk/federation-of-childrens-book-groups-childrens-book-award/

FCBG groups are voting within their group and non-members can vote online via the link at https://fcbg.org.uk/cba-2024/. The deadline for voting is Friday 18th May. The category winners and the author of the best children’s book published in 2024 will be announced at a ceremony in Birmingham on 8th June, attended by representatives from all our local groups.

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