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