This year there's a new award called the Spark! Richmond & Kingston Children's Book Award. The winners are chosen by the children of participating Richmond & Kingston primary schools, including St Richard's. There will be lots of different ways to take part and everyone can vote. The winners will be announced in June.
The shortlist of books was announced in January. The categories are:- Ages 4-7, Ages 7-9 & Ages 9-11. Click on this link to see the film telling you the names of the books on the shortlists - and see if you can spot some familiar announcers.
Find out more & join in some great activities in this copy of Buzz magazine https://sparkbookaward.co.uk/media You can also ask an adult to follow the awards on Twitter https://twitter.com/sparkbookaward or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sparkbookaward
THE SHORTLISTED BOOKS
Ages 4-7* ( Picture books for reading independently or sharing)
Avocado Asks by Momoko Abe
Clean Up! by Nathan Bryon
The Last Tree by Emily Haworth Booth
Who's Your Real Mum by Bernadette Gree
Ages 7-9 (Books for independent readers but with more illustrations)
Llama Out Loud by Annabelle Sami
The Long Lost Diary of the World's Worst Samurai Warrior by Tim Collins
Too Small Tola by Atinuke
Willow Wildthing & the Swamp Monster by Gill Lewis
Ages 9-11(Longer books for more confident readers/with age related content)
A Clock of Stars by Francesca Gibbons
The Super-Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates - by Jenny Pearson
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk - by Natasha Farrant
When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten