The Booktrust Best Book Awards with Amazon Kindle today revealed its shortlist chosen by judges including children’s laureate Malorie Blackman and Made in Chelsea star Andy Jordan, as well as TV presenter Mel Giedroyc.
Children across the country signed up for the project by schools and libraries will now be invited to vote for the overall winners of each specific category and the winners will be announced during Children’s Book Week, which runs from 30 June to 4 July.
0-5 Best Picture Book
Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo, Amy Sparkes, illustrated by Sarah Ogilvie, Red Fox
Peck Peck Peck, Lucy Cousins, Walker Books
The Snatchabook, Helen Docherty, illustrated by Thomas Docherty, Alison Green Books
The Storm Whale, Benji Davies, Simon and Schuster
6-8 Best Story
Oliver and the Seawigs, Philip Reeve, illustrated by Sarah McInytre, Oxford University Press
Penny Dreadful is a Record Breaker, Joanna Nadin, illustrated by Jessica Mikhail, Usbourne
The Great Galloon, Tom Banks, Hot Key Books
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, Stephen Pastis, Walker Books
9-11 Best Story
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Jeff Kinney, Puffin
The Jade Boy, Cate Cain, Templar
Lockwood and Co: The Screaming Staircase, Jonathan Stroud, Doubleday
The Mysterious Misadventures of Clemency Wrigglesworth, Julia Lee, Oxford University Press
9-11 Best Fact
Not for Parents: How to be a Dinosaur Hunter, Scott Forbes, illustrated by, James Gulliver Hancock, Lonely Planet
Operation Ouch!: Your Brilliant Body, Dr Chris van Tulleken and Dr Xand van Tulleken, Little Brown Young Readers
The Romans: Gods, Emperors and Dormice, Marcia Williams, Walker Books
Space in 30 Seconds, Clive Gifford , illustrated by Melvyn Evans, Ivy Kids
12-14 Best Story
Dead Romantic, C J Skuse, Chicken House
Heroic, Phil Earle, Penguin
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, Penguin
You Don’t Know Me, Sophia Bennett, Chicken House
Best Tech 0-14
Axel Scheffler's Flip-Flap Farm, Axel Scheffler, Nosy Crow
Signed Stories: The Lark in the Ark, Peter Bently, illustrated by Lynne Chapman, ITV SignPost
Little Red Riding Hood, Illustrated by Ed Bryan, Nosy Crow
The Slightly Annoying Elephant, David Walliams, illustrated by Tony Ross, Harper Collins Children's Books