Get to Know Our Book Award Nominees!

Picture Books

Our shortlisted InspiREAD picture books

A Wild Walk to School

Written and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb

Published by Pan Macmillan

Instagram: @rebecca_a_cobb

Priya Mistry and the Paw Prints Puzzle

Written by Babita Sharma, illustrated by Ali Pye

Published by  Hachette Children's Group

Dick the Delightful Duck

Written by Kaye Umansky, illustrated by Ben Mantle

Published by Scholastic

Once Upon a Big Bad Wolf

Written by Leigh Hodgkinson, illustrated by Adam Ming

Instagram: @leigh_hodgkinson

Our shortlisted InspiREAD shorter books

Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch

Written by Derek Keilty, illustrated by Magda Brol

Published by Scallywag Press

Instagram: @derekkeilty

Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales

Written by Catherine Cawthorne, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Instagram: @catcawthorne

Lenny Lemmon and the Trail of Crumbs

Written by Ben Davis, illustrated by James Lancett

Published by Nosy Crow Ltd

Instagram: @bendavisauthor

Sheep School

Written by Ross Montgomery, illustrated by Marisa Morea

Published by Harper Collins

Instagram: @mossmontmomery 

Our shortlisted InspiREAD longer books

Reek

Written by Alastair Chisholm, illustrated by George Caltsoudas

Published by Harper Collins

Instagram: @alastairchisholm

Clockwork Conspiracy

Written by Sam Sedgman

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Instagram: @samsedgman

Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls

Written by Phil Hickes

Published by Usborne Publishing Ltd

Instagram: @philhickes

The Letter with the Golden Stamp

Written by Onjali Q. Raúf

Published by Hachette Children's Group