SLA Information Book Award longlist titles announced

April 29th 2019

The longlisted titles for the SLA Information Book Award 2019 have been announced. The longlisted titles for each category are as follows:

Up to 7

The Big Book of Blue, Yuval Zommer Dogs in Space, Vix Southgate and Iris Deppe

Hello Horse, Vivian French and Catherine Rayner

Peek and Seek, Violet Petu and Charlotte Milner

Same Sex Parents, Holly Duhig

Secret of the Egg, Nicola Davies and Abbie Cameron

This Drop of Water, Anna Claybourne and Sally Garland

The Usborne Book of the Night Time, Laura Cowan and Bonnie Pang

We’re All Works of Art, Mark Sperring and Rose Blake

What’s Worrying You, Molly Potter and Sarah Jennings

7 to 12

A Cat’s Guide to The Night Sky, Stuart Atkinson and Brendan Kearney

The Atlas of Heroes, Sandra Lawrence and Stuart Hill

Dot. Common Sense, Ben Hubbard and Beatriz Casto Everest, Sanyma Francis and Lisk Feng

Eye Spy, Guilluame Duprat, translated by Patrick Skipworth

Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor, Patricia Valdez and Felicity Sala

The Legend of Tutankhamun, Sally Morgan and James Weston Lewis

Mary and Frankenstein, Linda Bailey and Julia Sarda

Migration, Mike Unwin and Jenni Desmond

When The Whales Walked, Dougal Dixon and Hannah Bailey

Young, Gifted and Black, Jamia Wilson and Andrea Pippin

Young Heroes, Lula Bridgeport with various illustrators

12 to 16

Absolutely Everything, Christopher Lloyd and Andy Forshaw

A History of Art For Children, David Hockney and Martin Gayford

Looking After Your Mental Health, Alice James and Louie Stowell, illustrated by Nancy Leschnikoff and Freya Harrison

Politics For Beginners, Alex Frith, Rosie Hore and Louie Stowell

Rebel Voices: The Rise of Votes for Women, Louise Kay Stewart and Eve Lloyd

The Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan and Neil Packer

Suffragette – the Battle for Equality, David Roberts

Timelines of Everything, Various

What Is Right and Wrong? Michael Rosen and Annemarie Young

You Are Awesome, Matthew Syed, illustrated by Toby Triumph

In addition – A book which straddles age groups and is perfect for all of the Primary age is highly commended by the judges: Let’s Investigate Plastic Pollution – on Land and in the Oceans, Ruth Owen The shortlist will be announced on Monday 20th May. Voting for the Children’s Choice Award will open at this point, and activity ideas for the books will be available to download from the Award’s page on the SLA website (www.sla.org.uk). To order one of the longlisted packs or to pre-order one of the shortlisted packs with a 30% discount plus free delivery click here.