The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 Shortlist Unveiled

The shortlist committee, consisting of kids’s publication expert Jake Hope, prize-winning bookseller Sanchita Basu de Sarkar and The Bookseller’s children’s editor Caroline Woodworker, have actually picked 63 publications for factor to consider. The Week Junior readers will certainly likewise elect for the winners of the Kid’s Selection and Cover of the Year Awards categories.

Expert Judges and Reader Involvement

Content director of TheWeek Junior Anna Bassi claimed: “From anarchic pets, wild Romans, puzzles and rollercoasters, to magic, money and beasts, the outstanding publications on this year’s shortlists are guaranteed to trigger and stir up young creativities household discussions. At a time when the globe can feel frustrating and unstable, it’s extremely reassuring to see youngsters’s publishers, illustrators and writers climbing to the ever more important obstacle of informing, enjoyable and improving empathy with their work. I’m delighted to have the aid of numerous specialist and passionate courts– consisting of The Week Junior’s readers– to assist make a decision which of these phenomenal books must victory.”

The awards are currently in their third year, and were created “to commemorate the best in books for young readers, boosting understanding of the lifelong advantages of checking out for enjoyment and ultimately motivating kids to uncover their following great read”.

Celebrating Children’s Literature

Carpenter, children’s editor and deputy features editor at The Bookseller, stated: “We are happy to sustain The Week Junior Book Honors once again as they continue to expand their extent and reach. Campaigns to encourage youngsters checking out for pleasure are required even more than ever and these awards celebrate the whole breadth of children’s literature– from dazzling fiction to engaging poetry, non-fiction and illustration– making certain there is something for each youngster to appreciate on these shortlists, while additionally identifying the effort and ability of the publishers, illustrators and writers entailed.”

The Week Junior Book Honors shortlist for 2025 has been unveiled. Honors will certainly be given for the very best in kids’s literary works throughout 13 groups, and shortlistees include Ramzee, Deborah Meaden, Elle McNicoll and Nadia Shireen– who is nominated in 2 groups.

2025 Shortlist Highlights

Shireen’s Grimwood: Event Animals leads this year’s shortlist, with the fourth title of the series shortlisted for Audiobook and Fiction (Younger). Usborne and Penguin Random Home lead the nominations, each protecting 5 titles on the shortlist.