Cast your vote for the Wolverhampton Children’s Book Award 2023!
Wolverhampton Children’s Book Award 2023 Shortlist
The Wolverhampton Children’s Book Award celebrates children’s books published in the last year. It is an opportunity for children from Years 5 – 8 to read a range of fiction and to nominate new books which they have enjoyed reading.
Both the longlist and shortlist of books are chosen by young people from schools across the region. The purpose of the Wolverhampton Children’s Book Award is not only to celebrate children’s literature, but to promote reading for pleasure and to reinforce the importance of fiction.
Since the Award began in 2019, young people across Wolverhampton have voted the following titles as their winners:
2018 – Will You Catch Me by Jane Elson
2019 – Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties by Humza Arshad
2020 – Wilde by Eloise Williams
2021 – The Hideaway by Pam Smy
2022 – Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F. Steadman
The following titles have been shortlisted for the 2023 Award:
In collaboration with Authors Aloud UK, the shortlisted authors will be invited to attend an award ceremony on Tuesday, 25th June. Please look out for updates on this page as author attendance is confirmed. If your school would like to take part in the Award, then please contact Zoe Rowley: .
For more information about this, or other ways Wolverhampton Grammar School can support your school or organisation, please contact Zoe Rowley by email: or telephone: 01902 421326.
For information about Authors Aloud UK and their work to bring authors into schools, please contact Annie Everall, by email: or telephone: 07889 274637.
