Hello!
I’m utterly delighted to inform you that my book The Mask of Aribella has been shortlisted for the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award.
Here’s a list of all the other titles shortlisted.
Picture Books:
Meesha Makes Friends Tom Percival (Bloomsbury)
The Best Place in the World Petr Horacek (Walker)
The Blue Giant Katie Cottle (Pavilion)
The Proudest Blue Ibtihaj Muhammad and S. K. Ali, Hatem Aly
Boundless Sky Amanda Addison and Manuela Adreani (Lantana)
Mrs Bibi’s Elephant Reza Dalvand (Flying Eye)
Dear Earth Isabel Otter and Clara Anganuzzi (Caterpillar)
Supermouse and the Big Cheese Robbery M. N. Tahl and Mark Chambers (Little Tiger)
Poetry Books:
Midnight Feasts A.F. Harrold and Katy Riddell (Bloomsbury)
Bright Bursts of Colour Matt Goodfellow and Aleksei Bitskoff (Bloomsbury)
Freedom We Sing Amyra León and Molly Mendoza (Flying Eye)
Poems from a Blue and Green Planet Sabrina Mahfouz (Hodder)
Moonstruck! Roger Stevens and Ed Boxall (Otter Barry)
A Songbird Dreams of Singing Kate Hosford and Jennifer M Potter (Puffin)
Information Books:
Respect Rachel Brian (Wren and Rook)
River Stories Timothy Knapman, Ashling Lindsay and Irene Montano (Egmont)
Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventure Simon Cheshire and Fatti Burke (Bloomsbury)
I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast Michael Holland and Philip Giordano (Flying Eye)
Everest Alexandra Stewart and Joe Todd-Stanton (Bloomsbury)
Gut Garden Katie Brosnan (Cicada)
Quality Fiction:
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Nizrana Farook (Nosy Crow)
The Ice Bear Miracle Cerrie Burnell (OUP)
The Highland Falcon Thief M G Leonard, Steve Sedgman and Elisa Paganelli (Macmillan)
The Mask of Aribella Anna Hoghton (Chicken House)
The Strangeworld’s Travel Agency L D Lapinski (Orion)
44 Tiny Secrets Sylvia Bishop and Ashley King (Little Tiger)
Read Aloud:
Do Not Disturb the Dragons Michelle Robinson and Sharon Davey (Bloombury)
Fire Boy J M Joseph (Hodder)
Anisha Accidental Detective Serena Patel and Emma McCann (Usborne)
Ant Clancy Games Detective Ruth Morgan (Firefly)
The Infinite Patience Agbabi (Canongate)
Milton the Mighty Emma Read (Chicken House)
Moving On:
After the War Tom Palmer (Barrington Stoke)
The House of Hidden Wonders Sharon Gosling (Little Tiger)
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk Natasha Farrant (Faber and Faber)
The Star Outside my Window Onjali Q Rauf (Orion)
Orphans of the Tide Struan Murray (Puffin)
Eating Chips With Monkey Mark Lowery (Piccadilly)
