The selections have been made, and we are delighted to be able to share here the wonderful works that have been shortlisted for this year’s Teach Primary Book Awards - a superb collection of 32 titles, each of which has something special and unique to offer children, both in the classroom and at home.
Each title has been chosen, not only for its outstanding aesthetic appeal and sheer enjoyability, but also because of its potential to support learning both inside the classroom and beyond. These are books that teachers will be able to recommend confidently to children and their parents, as well as use for inspirational classroom activities.
Our judges - including Megan Smith of the National Literacy Trust; founder of Readathon Brough Girling; TV presenter, screenwriter and author Konnie Huq; Leah Chin, educational manager at Tales on Moon Lane; and authors Liz Flanagan and Dan Smith - now face the enjoyable but challenging task of assessing all of the shortlisted books according to a set of criteria that takes learning opportunities into account alongside excellent writing and superb illustration. The final results will be announced in Teach Reading & Writing magazine and Teach Primary magazine in November 2021.
Patricia Forde (Little Island Books)
Momoko Abe (Hachette Children's Group)
Alex Willmore (Tate Publishing)
Helen Baugh (Andersen Press)
Anna Wilson & Jenny Løvlie (Nosy Crow)
Harriet Evans (Caterpillar Books, Little Tiger Group)
Ciara Gavin and Tim Warnes (Little Tiger Press)
Huw Lewis Jones and Ben Sanders (Thames & Hudson)
Ruth Quayle & Julia Christians (Nosy Crow)
Chrissie Sains (Walker Books)
Robin Bennett (Firefly Press)
Jane Clarke (Five Quills)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld (Chronicle Books)
Grahame Baker-Smith (Bonnier Books UK)
Peter Van Den Ende (Pushkin Children's Books)
Sophy Henn (Simon & Schuster Children's)
Jenny Valentine (Simon & Schuster Children's)
Radiya Hafiza (Macmillan Children's Books)
Helen Rutter (Scholastic)
Nicola Penfold (Stripes Publishing)
Jennifer Killick (Firefly Press)
Kirsty Applebaum (Nosy Crow)
Lesley Parr (Bloomsbury)
Ross Welford (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Dara McAnulty (Macmillan Children's Books)
Dara Ó Briain (Scholastic)
Victoria Crossman (Scholastic)
Dr Betina Ip (Usborne)
Tracey Turner (Kingfisher)
Ben Street (Thames & Hudson)
Lauren Burke (Sunbird Books)
Scott Allen (Nosy Crow)