The winners of the Lollies Award 2019 were announced this morning. Lots of schools tuned into the livestream to hear the results. Congratulations to the winning authors.
Winner of the Picture Book Award
Mr Bunny’s Chocolate Factory by Elys Dolan
Winner of the 6 – 8 category
The Big, Fat Totally Bonkers Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp
Winner of the 9 – 13 category
Tom Gates: Epic Adventure (kind of) by
The shortlist for the Waterstones Children’s Book Award 2019 was also announced last Thursday. Here are the selected titles for each category. The winners will be announced on the 21st of March.
Illustrated Books Shortlist
100 Dogs – Michael Whaite
Julian Is A Mermaid – Jessica Love
Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History – Vashti Harrison
Mini Rabbit Not Lost – John Bond
The Girls – Lauren Ace
The King Who Banned The Dark – Emily Haworth-Booth
Younger Fiction Shortlist
Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure – Vashti Hardy
The Boy At The Back Of The Class – Onjali Q. Rauf
The Boy Who Grew Dragons – Andy Shepherd
The House With Chicken Legs – Sophie Anderson
The Mystery Of The Colour Thief – Ewa Jozefkowicz
The Train To Impossible Places – P. G. Bell
Older Fiction Shortlist
A Winter’s Promise – Christelle Dabos
Boy 87 – Ele Fountain
Children Of Blood And Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
Me Mam. Me Dad. Me – Malcolm Duffy
The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo
The Truth About Lies – Tracy Darnton
Watch what the real experts had to say about the shortlisted books here.
