Patrick Ness and Chris Riddell are in the running for the Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) book awards. Discover all of the nominated children’s and picture book titles below - has your favourite been selected?
Michael Morpurgo and Waterstones prize winner David Solomons are among the authors battling it out to be crowned for the children’s category of the Independent Bookshop Week book award. They’re joined by Patrick Ness, also in the running for this year’s CILIP Carnegie medal, and Chris Riddell, a Kate Greenaway award nominee, who are just a few standout names in a category crowded with literary heavyweights.
Vying for the picture books prize is the legendary Mog author Judith Kerr, and Nick Sharratt for his collection of illustrated poems Vikings in the Supermarket. Both the children’s and picture books categories will be judged by a panel comprising of authors, booksellers and journalists, and all of the shortlisted titles will feature in a special Best New Children’s Books supplement that will run in the Guardian on the first day of Independent Booksellers Week on 18 June.
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