The shortlist for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024 #WCBP24 has been announced! Some great books in the Older Readers category...

Ahhhhh!!!!!!! I'm so excited to share that Girl, Goddess, Queen is shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize! I'm so thankful to all the Waterstones booksellers who have championed my book and continue to support it because this??? This is wild 😭😭 #WCBP24

The 20th anniversary of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize is here! Find the shortlist on display in the store at the Belfry 📚

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London - I'm on my way...! #WCBP24

My crew of good-hearted crooks have smuggled themselves on to the SHORTLIST for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Young Readers!

Honoured to be alongside Hux and Beth (23 debut group pals), G.M (22 debut group pal), Pari & Emily-Jane

Thanks so much Waterstones #WCBP24

Feels like a dream 😭 my debut has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize! So thrilled and so grateful to all the booksellers who have resonated with & championed this book 💛 #WCBP24

Our Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024 window! #WCBP24

I'm so completely thrilled to see Sunshine on this incredible shortlist. Still can't quite believe it! I wrote this book in honour of my parents, to say thank you for all they did for me. So this is truly special. Thank you Waterstones booksellers! ☀️ #WindrushLegacy #WCBP24

Here it is… our Overall Winner for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2024 is Greenwild: The World Behind The Door by @parithomson! With illustration by Elisa Paganelli, it's an enchanting story we have all been captivated by, find it here: bit.ly/3wWB99p #WCBP24

The Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlist is now in store, come pick up your favourite
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The fantastic Lizzie Huxley-Jones (hux | lizzie huxley-jones 🍟📚) here signing her #WCBP24 shortlisted book: Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend has joined our World Book Day Events on Friday 15th.
Come by in the morning to meet her and buy her fabulous book.
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We’re very excited here in Blackpool with all the excellent winners of the Children’s Book Prize!

Angie had a lot of fun recreating The Giant Arctic Jellyfish and letting our windows grow wild!

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To celebrate 20 years of Waterstones Children's Book Prize championing new talent we asked them to tell us what it has meant to win the prize and why it's so important for children's publishing to be highlighted in this way. Discover more here: bit.ly/43Arpy2 #WCBP24

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize!
From an immersive magical eco-adventure to an arctic expedition to thrilling heists and double crossing - we love all three of these!
Pop in to grab one or to find out more about them!
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I couldn’t be more delighted to have been shortlisted for this wonderful award, not just for me as a writer, but for the voice it gives to people with learning disabilities. Thank you to the dedicated booksellers who work so hard to promote our books #WCBP24 @waterstones 🙏🏻

How's it that time of year again?!!

Proud to introduce the shortlist for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024!

Which is your favourite?

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'This extraordinary kind of magic, visible around us every day, inspired me to ask one big question: what if nature really WAS magic?' Pari Thomson our April Children's #BOTM author & Overall Winner of the #WCBP24 on the magic of nature on the blog: bit.ly/4ad1cIn

Thanks to a gift from our kind friends along the road at Waterstones Fort K, you can now read the entire Older Readers shortlist Castlebrae Library #WCBP24 Thank you! 🤗❤️📚

Went to admire the #WCBP24 shortlist Waterstones Bluewater 😍 G M Linton Mel Darbon Ayaan Mohamud is away 🍉 Usborne Publishing

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