The shortlists for the 2020 Blue Peter Book Awards have been released. Given by the UK’s BookTrust, the books celebrate the best fiction and nonfiction reads of the year for children. Here are the shortlists:

BEST STORY

Owen and the Soldier by Lisa Thompson, illustrated by Mike Lowery

Vote for Effie by Laura Wood

Wildspark by Vashti Hardy

 

BEST BOOK WITH FACTS

Fanatical About Frogs by Owen Davey

How to Be an Astronaut and Other Space Jobs by Dr. Sheila Kanani & Sol Linero

Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories by Amanda Li, illustrated by Amy Blackwell