The shortlist for the 2015 Independent Book Shop Week book awards has been announced. 24 books are on the shortlist for this UK award with 12 in the children’s book category and 12 in picture books. Winners will be announced on June 20th. Here are the shortlisted titles:

CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

 

The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton

Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan

 

The Apple Tart of Hope by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

The Farm beneath the Water by Helen Peters

 

Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders

An Island of Our Own by Sally Nicholls

 

Itchcraft by Simon Mayo

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

 

Opal Plumstead by Jacqueline Wilson

The Parent Agency by David Baddiel

 

Running Girl by Simon Mason

A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond

 

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK AWARD

 

Bears Don’t Read by Emma Chichester Clark

Blown Away by Rob Biddulph

 

Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith

Monsters Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

 

The Mouse Who Ate the Moon by Petr Horacek

Never Tickle a Tiger by Pamela Butchart and Marc Boutavant

 

Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton

The Something by Rebecca Cobb

 

Use Your Imagination by Nicola O’Byrne

A Walk in Paris by Salvatore Rubbino

 

Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar by Emily Mackenzie

The Way to the Zoo by John Burningham