The ten shortlisted titles in contention for Ireland’s 2026 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards have been announced. Here are the selected titles:

Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson, illustrated by Dan Santat (available in US)

The Doomsday Club by Kevin Moran (available in US)

Letters to a Monster by Laureate na nÓg Patricia Forde, illustrated by Sarah Warburton

My Name Is Jodie Jones by Emma Shevah

Puisín na mBróg by Fearghas Mac Lochlainn, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly 

Skipshock by Caroline O’Donoghue (available in US)

Solo by Gráinne O’Brien (available in US)

Stealing Happy by Brian Conaghan

This That What by Katy Ashworth, illustrated by Colleen Larmour

The Waters and the Wild by Eilish Fisher, illustrated by David Rooney