Longlist 3-6+
Books Make Good Pets written by John Agard, illustrated by Momoko Abe, (Orchard)
It’s Only Stanley written and illustrated by Jon Agee (Scallywag Press)
Fred Gets Dressed written and illustrated by Peter Brown (Templar)
Clean Up! written by Nathan Bryon, illustrated by Dap Adeola (Puffin)
The Little Girl Who Was Afraid of Everything written and illustrated by Aurora Cacciapuoti (Tate Publishing)
What Happened to You? Written by James Catchpole, illustrated by Karen George (Faber)
Luna Loves Art written by Joseph Coehlo illustrated by Fiona Lumbers (Andersen Press)
Stuck Inside written by Sally Anne Garland, (Sunbird Books)
Shu-Lin’s Grandpa written by Matt Goodfellow, illustrated by Yu Rong (Otter-Barry Books)
Too Much Stuff written and illustrated by Emily Gravett (Two Hoots)
Who’s Your Real Mum? Written by Bernadette Green illustrated by Anna Zobel, (Scribe)
What We’ll Build written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
The Little War Cat written by Hiba Noor Khan, illustrated by Laura Chamberlain (Macmillan)
Freedom We Sing written by Amyra León and illustrated by Molly Mendoza, (Flying Eye)
Pip and Egg written by Alex Latimer, illustrated by David Litchfield (Scholastic)
Taking Time written and illustrated by Jo Loring-Fisher, Jo (Lantana Publishing)
I’m (Almost) Always Kind written by Anna Milbourne, illustrated by Asa Gilland (Usborne)
The Invisible written and illustrated by Tom Percival (Simon & Schuster)
Arlo the Lion Who Could Not Sleep written and illustrated by Catherine Rayner, Catherine (Macmillan)
Barbara Throws a Wobbler written and illustrated by Nadia Shireen, (Puffin)
The Capybaras written and illustrated by Alfredo Soderguit, translated by Elisa Amado (Greystone Kids)
Where is the Dragon? written and illustrated by Leo Timmers, translated by James Brown (Gecko Press)
I Can Catch a Monster written and illustrated by Bethan Woolvin (Two Hoots)
Longlist 7-10+
Brand New Boy written by David Almond illustrated by Marta Altes (Walker Books)
October, October written by Katya Balen (Bloomsbury)
I Am Every Good Thing written by Derek Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C James, (Farshore)
Stars With Flaming Tails written by Valerie Bloom, illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max (Otter-Barry Books)
Noah’s Gold written by Frank Cottrell Boyce illustrated by Steven Lenton, (Macmillan)
The Elephant written by Peter Carnavas (Pushkin Press)
Moo written by Sharon Creech (Guppy Books)
The Soup Movement written by Ben Davies (OUP)
Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow written by Benjamin Dean, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat (Simon & Schuster)
The Barnabus Project written and illustrated by Eric, Terry and Devin Fan (Frances Lincoln)
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk written by Natasha Farrant (Faber)
When Life Gives You Mangoes written by Kereen Getten (Pushkin Press)
A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth written by Francesca Gibbons, illustrated by Chris Riddell (HarperCollins)
When Stars are Scattered written by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed, illustrated by Iman Geddy (Faber)
Across the Risen Sea written by Bren MacDibble (Old Barn Books)
A Kind of Spark written by Elle McNicholl (Knights Of)
Lori and Max and the Book Thieves written by Catherine O’Flynn (Firefly Press)
The Valley of the Lost Secrets written by Lesley Parr (Bloomsbury)
The Incredible Record Smashers written by Jenny Pearson, illustrated by Erica Salcedo (Usborne)
How to Save the World with a Chicken and an Egg written by Emma Shevah (Chicken House)
Starboard written by Nicola Skinner(HarperCollins)
Front Desk written by Kelly Yang (Knights Of)
Longlist 11- 14+
No Country written by Joe Brady, illustrated by Patrice Aggs (David Fickling Books)
The Short Knife written by Elen Caldecott (Andersen Press)
We Were Wolves written and illustrated by Jason Cockcroft (Andersen Press)
The Girl Who Became a Tree written by Jospeh Coehlo illustrated by Kate Millner (Otter-Barry Books)
Cardboard Cowboys written by Brian Conaghan (Bloomsbury)
The Rules written by Tracey Darnton (Little Tiger)
Boy, Everywhere written by A.M Dassu (Old Barn Books)
Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town written by Bonnie Sue Hitchcock, (Faber)
When the World Was Ours written by Liz Kessler (Simon & Schuster)
The Wolf Road written by Richard Lambert (Everything With Words)
The Supreme Lie written by Geraldine McCaughrean (Usborne)
I Am the Minotaur written by Anthony McGowan (OUP)
The Swallow’s Flight written by Hilary McKay (Macmillan)
The Silent Stars Go By written by Sally Nicholls (Andersen Press)
After the War: from Auschwitz to Ambleside written by Tom Palmer (Barrington Stoke)
The Great Godden written by Meg Rosoff (Bloomsbury)
The Acrobats of Agra written by Robin Scott- Elliot (Everything With Words)
Tsunami Girl written by Julian Sedgwick, illustrated by Chie Kutsuwada,(Guppy Books)
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne written by Jonathan Stroud (Walker Books)
Cane Warriors written by Alex Wheatle (Andersen Press)
Talking to Alaska written by Anna Woltz, translated by Laura Watkinson (Rock the Boat)
Punching The Air written by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam (HarperCollins)
Longlist Information Books 3-14+
Fourteen Wolves written by Catherine Barr, illustrated by Jenni Desmond (Bloomsbury)
How Do Bridges Work? Written and illustrated by Roman Belyaev (bsmall publishing)
Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia edited by Christopher Lloyd, illustrated by Mark Ruffle and Jack Tite (Brittanica Books)
I am not a Label written by Cerrie Burnell, illustrated by Lauren Baldo (Wide Eyed Editions)
Escape- One Day We Had to Run written by Ming & Wah Chen, illustrated by Carmen Vela (Lantana Publishing)
What’s the T? written by Juno Dawson, illustrated by Soofiya (Wren & Rook)
Making A Baby: An Inclusive Guide to How Every Family Begins written by Rachel Greener illustrated by Clare Owen (Nosy Crow)
Modern Art Explorer written by Alica Harman illustrated by Serge Bloch (Thames and Hudson)
The Black Friend written by Frederick Joseph (Walker Books)
Kay’s Anatomy written by Adam Kay, illustrated by Henry Paker (Puffin)
Fashion Conscious written by Sarah Klymkiw illustrated by Kim Hankinson, (Red Shed)
The Bird Within Me written and illustrated by Sarah Lundberg, translated by B.J. Epstein (Book Island)
Question Everything written by Susan Martineau, illustrated by Vicky Barker, (bsmall publishing)
Who Makes a Forest written by Sally Nicholls, illustrated by Carolina Rabei (Andersen Press)
Black and British- a short essential history written by David Olusuga (Macmillan)
Plasticus Maritimus: An Invasive Species written by Ana Pêgo & Isabel Minhós Martins, illustrated by Bernardo P Carvalho, translated by Jane Springer (Greystone Kids)
Climate Crisis for Beginners written by Andy Prentice and Eddie Reynolds, illustrated by El Primo (Usborne)
Fossils from Lost Worlds written and illustrated by Hélène Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt, translated by Daniel Hahn (Gecko Press)
The Great Barrier Reef written by Helen Scales, illustrated by Lisk Feng (Flying Eye)
Interview With a Tiger: And Other Clawed Beasts Too written by Amy Seed, illustrated by Nick East (Welbeck Childrens)
Dosh written by Rashmi Sirdeshpande, illustrated by Adam Hayes (Wren & Rook)
Ultimate Gamer- Career Mode written by Craig Steele illustrated by Berat Pekmezci (Kingfisher)
Fox: A Circle of Life Story written by Isabel Thomas illustrated by Daniel Egnéus (Bloomsbury)
Nano written by Dr Jess Wade illustrated by Melissa Castrillon (Walker Books)
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