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Screenwriter david solomons has won the waterstones children s book prize 2016 with his debut book, about an 11yearold boy obsessed with comics. February 24, 2020 our castle by the sea has been shortlisted for the waterstones childrens book prize 2020 hurrah. A dark and gothic fairy story by a debut novelist has won the waterstones children s book prize. The waterstones childrens book prize is an annual award given to a work of childrens literature published during the previous year. Waterstones childrens book prize winners goodreads. Waterstones childrens book prize 2019 younger fiction. Since 2000, the enormously popular and influential blue peter book awards have been recognising and celebrating the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children. A book about a schoolgirl who has feelings for another girl is on the shortlist for this years waterstones childrens book prize. Titles by matt carr, lisa thompson and alice broadway are on the shortlist for this years waterstones childrens book prize, announced today 7th february, meaning scholastic has more books. Discover more about the waterstones childrens book prize here. Onjali q rauf has won the waterstones childrens book prize with her debut novel, which she wrote while recovering from lifesaving surgery.
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