Here is the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlist for 2022. This annual prize’s shortlist is always chosen by Waterstones’ booksellers and strives to commit to championing the best and newest talent in children’s writing and illustration today. Make sure to check this space to see the winner of this illustrious prize!

Now here are the nominees:

Illustrated Books Shortlist

• Grandad’s Camper by Harry Woodgate
• The Viking Who Liked Icing by Lu Fraser and illustrated by Mark McKinley
• Wolfboy by Andy Harkness 
• Alone! by Barry Falls
• The Duck Who Didn’t Like Water by Steve Small
• Out to Sea by Helen Kellock

Younger Readers Shortlist

• Children of the Quicksands by Efua Traore
• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
• The Last Bear by Hannah Gold
• Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates by Mark Bradley
• Front Desk by Kelly Yang
• Me, My Day and the End of the Rainbow by Benjamin Dean

Older Readers Shortlist

• Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
• The Crossing by Manjeet Mann
• The Upper World by Femi Fadugba
• The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
• The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
• Not Here To Be Liked by Michelle Quach

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