The UK Indie Book Awards shortlist has been announced. The awards include adult fiction and nonfiction, children’s fiction and picture books. The winners will be announced in June. Here are the shortlisted children’s titles:

CHILDREN’S FICTION

Finding Bear by Hannah Gold (available in US)
Ghostlines by Katya Balen

Murder for Two by Niyla Farook
The Falling Boy by David Almond 

Brielle and Bear: Once Upon a Time by Salomey Doku (available in US)
Reek by Alastair Chisholm

PICTURE BOOK

Bear by Natalia Shaloshvili (available in US)
The Dinosaur Next Door by David Litchfield (available in US)

Farah Loves Mangoes by Sarthak Sinha (available in US)
The Golden Hare by Paddy Donnelly 

Invisible Dogs by Ruby Wright 
Runaway Cone by Morag Hood