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theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk/2025 THE WEEK JUNIOR 2025 SHORTLIST:
Animals & Nature
• Beasts from the Deep by Mat Ralphs, Kaley McKean (Nosy Crow)
• Lots of Things to Know About Seas and Oceans by Emily Bone (Usborne)
• There is a Season by Murphy’s Sketches (Fox & Ink Books)
• Wildlife Crossings – Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World by Catherine Barr, Christiane Engel (Oter-Barry Books)
• Wildlife in the Balance by Dr Sharon Wismer, Terri Po (Flying Eye Books)
Audiobook
• Grimwood: Party Animals by Nadia Shireen (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books)
• Mayowa and the Sea of Words by Chibundu Onuzo (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• Myths of China by Xiaobing Wang, Katie Ponder (DK)
• Totally Chaotic History: Roman Britain Gets Rowdy! by Greg Jenner, Dr Emma Southon, Rikin Parekh (W.F. Howes)
Breakthrough Book
• Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm by Ash Bond (Bonnier Books UK)
• The Boy in the Suit by James Fox (Scholastic)
• The Boy to Beat the Gods by Ashley Thorpe (Usborne)
• The Cheat Book vol.1 by Ramzee (Hachete Children’s Group)
• Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit by Clare Harlow (Penguin Random House)
Cover of the Year
• A Head Full of Magic by Sarah Morrell (Hashtag Press Ltd)
• Guinness World Records 2025 (Guinness World Records Limited)
• The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin (Rock The Boat)
• The Boy Who Fell From the Sky by Benjamin Dean (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books)
• The Shy Book by Howard Pearlstein, James Munro (Graffeg)
Factual
• Deborah Meaden Talks Money by Deborah Meaden (Farshore)
• Explodapedia: Rewild (David Fickling Books)
• First Questions and Answers: Why Are There Wars? (Usborne)
• Tasty Tales (Fox & Ink Books.) • The History of Information (DK)
Fiction (Older) • Keedie by Elle McNicoll (Knights Of) • Shipwrecked by Jenny Pearson (Usborne)
• The Leter with the Golden Stamp by Onjali Q. Rauf (Hachete Children’s Group)
• The Wrong Shoes by Tom Percival (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books)
• Turtle Moon by Hannah Gold (HarperCollins UK)
Fiction (Younger)
• Badgers are GO! by Susannah Lloyd, Nici Gregory (David Fickling)
• Bety Steady and the Toad Witch by Nicky Smith-Dale (Farshore)
• Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial by Kieran Larwood, Joe Todd-Stanton (Nosy Crow)
• Grimwood: Party Animals! by Nadia Shireen (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books)
• Wats & Whiskerton: Buried Bones and Troublesome Treasure by Meg McLaren (Bonnier Books)
Graphic Novel
• Blitz: One Family’s War by Martin Impey (Harbour Moon Publishing)
• Blue, Barry & Pancakes: Beach Ball Bedlam by Dan Abdo, Jason Paterson (Rock the Boat)
• Pablo and Splash by Sheena Dempsey (Bloomsbury Children’s)
• Rune by Carlos Sánchez (Flying Eye Books)
• Unicorn Boy by Dave Roman (Hachete Children’s Group)
Hobbies and Interests
• 100 Things to Know About Sport (multiple authors) (Usborne)
• Chefs Wanted by Allegra McEvedy (DK)
• The Life-Changing Magic of Skateboarding by Sky Brown (Magic Cat Publishing)
• The Ultimate Kids’ Guide to Dogs by Graeme Hall (Penguin Random House)
• This Book Will Make You an Artist by Ruth Millington (Nosy Crow)
Picture Book
• Blue Monster by Petr Horacek (Oter-Barry Books)
• Godfrey is a Frog by Alex Latimer (Oxford University Press)
• Grandpa Kuma by Michelle Maiden (Wacky Bee Books)
• Serena and the Litle Blue Dog by Rosemary Clunie (Head of Zeus)
• The Café at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please (HarperCollins UK)
• There’s a Tiger on the Train by Mariesa Dulak, Rebecca Cobb (Faber)
Poetry
• And I Hear Dragons edited by Hanan Issa, Eric Heyman (Firefly Press)
• Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher, Dermot Flynn (Penguin Random House)
• Out of this World by Michael Rosen, Ed Vere (HarperCollins UK)
• Tomorrow We Begin by Mat Goodfellow (Bloomsbury Children’s)
• We Are Family: Six Kids and a Super-Dad by Oliver Sykes (Oter-Barry Books)
STEM Book
• Big Bad Wolf Investigates: Fairy Tales by Catherine Cawthorne (Bloomsbury Children’s)
• Science is Lit: Crazy Chemistry and Epic Experiments by Big Manny (Penguin Random House)
• Scientists in the Wild: Antarctica by Helen Scales and Kate Hendry (Flying Eye Books)
• The World’s First Rollercoaster by Mike Barfield (Bonnier Books UK)
Wellbeing
• Every Body by Molly Forbes (Penguin Random House)
• Happy Days: 365 Facts to Brighten Every Day of the Year by Emily Coxhead (Walker Books)
• Litle Dinosaurs, Big Feelings by Swapna Haddow (Magic Cat Publishing)
• The Get Well Spell by Hannah Peckham (Award Publications Ltd)
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