Children to choose award winner

The Children's Book Award 2018 shortlist has been announced and includes this year's COSTA Children's Book Award winner Katherine Rundell with The Explorer, and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Island at the End of Everything. Children can now vote for their favourite to win.

Voting is now open for the ten shortlisted books via the link, below. The deadline for online voting is 12pm on Friday 18th May. The category winners and the author of the best children's book published in the 2017 nomination period will be announced at an awards ceremony on 9th June 2018. The Children's Book Award is the only national award for children's books that is voted for entirely by children. It is run by the Federation of Children's Book Groups. Previous winners have included J.K. Rowling, Patrick Ness, Andy Stanton, Malorie Blackman, Anthony Horowitz and Michael Morpurgo, who has won a record four times. The full shortlist for the Children's Book Award 2018 is as follows: Books for Younger Children Edgar and the Sausage Inspector, written and illustrated by Jan Fearnley, published by Nosy Crow Mrs Mole, I'm Home!, written and illustrated by Jarvis, published by Walker The Secret of Black Rock, written and illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, published by Flying Eye Books I Dare You, written and illustrated by Reece Wykes, published by Andersen Press Books for Younger Readers The Goldfish Boy, written by Lisa Thompson, published by Scholastic The Explorer, written by Katherine Rundell, published by Bloomsbury The Island at the End of Everything, written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, published by Chicken House Books for Older Readers I Have No Secrets, written by Penny Joelson, published by Electric Monkey (Egmont) Optimists Die First, written by Susin Nielsen, published by Andersen Press Ink, written by Alice Broadway, published by Scholastic Children can vote online here -

External Link

www.childrensbookaward.org.uk