Information Book Awards longlist announced

The longlist for the SLA Information Book Award has been announced, with 29 non-fiction titles vying for the shortlist. The awards cover non-fiction for under sevens, eight to 12 years and 13 to 16 years.

The longlists for each age category are as follows: Up to 7 years All About Feelings (Usborne Publishing) by Felicity Brooks and Frankie Allen, Mar Ferrero Counting on Katherine (Macmillan Children's Books) by Helaine Becker, Dow Phumiruk Goodnight Ocean (Little Tiger) by Becky Davies, Carmen Saldana Heroes Who Help Us From Around the World (Franklin Watts) by Liz Gogerly, Ryan Wheatcroft How Far Can a Kangaroo Jump? (Boxer Books) by Alison Limentani, Alison Limentani Planet Full of Plastic (Wren and Rook) by Neal Layton, Neal Layton The Usborne Book of the Moon (Usborne Publishing) by Laura Cowan, Diana Toledano Together (Little Tiger) by Isabel Otter, Clover Robin Hummingbird (Walker Books) by Nicola Davies, Jane Ray 8 to 12 Africa, Amazing Africa (Walker Books) by Atinuke, Mouni Feddag Ask a Scientist (DK) by Robert Winston Dictionary of Difficult Words (Frances Lincoln Children's Books) by Jane Solomon, Louise Lockhart Gut Garden (Cicada Books) by Katie Brosnan, Katie Brosnan Kids Fight Plastic (Walker Books) by Martin Dorey, Tim Wesson Teen Pioneers (Franklin Watts) by Ben Hubbard The Usborne Book of Planet Earth (Usborne Publishing) by Megan Cullis and Matthew Oldham, Stephanie Fizer Coleman Heroes (Little Tiger) by Jonny Marx, Gerhard van Wyk Big Book of the UK (Penguin Random House) by Imogen Russel Williams, Louise Lockhart The Curious Book of Lists (Kingfisher) by Tracey Turner, Caroline Selmes 13 to 16 Body Brilliant (Wayland) by Nicola Morgan Black History Matters (Franklin Watts) by Robin Walker Feminism Is... (Dorling Kindersley) Foreword by Gemma Cairney What's the Issue: Future Humans (QED Publishing) by Tom Jackson, Cristina Guitian Hidden Planet (Penguin Random House) by Ben Rothery, Ben Rothery Forced to Flee (Franklin Watts) - UNHCR You're Crushing It (Bloomsbury Children's) by Lex Croucher What is Masculinity? Why Does it Matter? And Other Big Questions (Wayland) by Jeffrey Boakye and Darren Chetty The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets (Abrams Books for Young Readers) by Gayle Pitman The shortlist will be announced during the week of Monday 18th May. Voting for the Children's Choice Award will also open at this point, and activity ideas for the books will be available to download from the Award's page on the SLA website. The winners will be announced at an event in November.