The shortlist for the 2017 Waterstone Children’s Book Prize has been released. This is a British book prize, so some of the books may not yet be available in the US. The prize has three age categories with six finalists in each category:
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
The Bear Who Stared by Duncan Beedie
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
Life Is Magic by Meg McLaren
Super Stan by Matt Robertson
There’s a Tiger in the Garden by Lizzy Stewart
Tiger in a Tutu by Fabi Santiago
YOUNGER READERS
Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard
Captain Pug by Laura James
Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood-Hargrave
Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
OLDER READERS
Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar
Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence
Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
The Wildings by Nilanjana Roy