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THIS YEAR’S SHORTLISTS: REVEALED...

The shortlists for the Teach Primary Book Awards 2020 have been announced - and once again, the featured books are an incredibly impressive and diverse selection.

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How did these books make the shortlist?

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.

MEET THE JUDGES

Our panel of judges - including Dame Esther Rantzen, Lizzie Jones of the National Literacy Trust, and children’s authors Lisa Thompson and Emily Gravett, as well as actor, musician comedian and author Ade Edmondson - are currently busy getting to know the books, before assessing them 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 October 2020.

Meet The Judges

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Early years

A Little Bit Different
Claire Alexander (Quarto Kids - words & pictures)
Not Without My Tractor
Finn-Ole Heinrich, Dita Zipfel, Halina Kirschner (Little Island Books)
The Last Tree
Emily Haworth-Booth (Pavilion Children's)
Brenda is a Sheep
Morag Hood (Two Hoots)
Izzy Gizmo and the Invention Convention
Pip Jones/Sara Ogilvie (Simon & Schuster Children's UK)
The Little Island
Smriti Prasadam-Halls/Robert Starling (Andersen Press)

Key Stage 1

Good Knight Bad Knight and the Flying Machine
Tom Knight (Templar Publishing)
Armadillo and Hare and the Very Noisy Bear
Jeremy Strong (David Fickling Books)
Madame Badobedah
Sophie Dahl (Walker Books)
The Misadventures of Frederick
Ben Manley, Emma Chichester Clark (Two Hoots)
Cookie! …and the most annoying boy in the world
Konnie Huq (Piccadilly Press)
The Snow Dragon
Abi Elphinstone & Fiona Woodcock (Simon & Schuster Children's UK)