Picture book shortlist

The English Association has announced the shortlist for the 2018 English 4-11 Best Picture Book Awards with a strong showing for non-fiction illustrated books as well as more traditional picture books.

The shortlist includes the following titles. The winners will be announced on 9th May 2018. Shortlist: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill (Bloomsbury) Grandad's Secret Giant by David Litchfield (Quarto) Hidden World Forest by Libby Walden, illus by Stephanie Fizer Coleman (Little Tiger Press) Hortense and the Shadow by Natalia O'Hara, illus by Lauren O'Hara (Penguin Random House) Illumanatomy by Kate Davies, illus by Carnovsky (Quarto) Lots: The Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies, illus by Emily Sutton (Walker Books) On A Magical Do-Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna, illus by Beatrice Alemagna (Thames and Hudson) Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner, illus by Christopher Silas Neal (Chronicle Books) Petra by Marianna Coppo, illus by Marianna Coppo (Thames and Hudson) Stardust by Jeanne Willis, illus by Briony May Smith (Nosy Crow) The Big Book of Beasts by Yuval Zommer (Thames and Hudson) The Poo That Animals Do by Paul Mason, illus by Tony de Saulles (Hachette Children's Group) The Ways of the Wolf by Smriti Prasadam-Halls, illus by Jonathan Woodward (Hachette Children's Group) Walk This Wild World by Kate Baker, illus by Sam Brewster (Templar Publishing)