Independent Booksellers Book Prize 2012 – Scholastic Children’s Books secures seven nominations
Scholastic Children’s Books are delighted to announce that SEVEN of our titles have been shortlisted for the Independent Bookseller’s Week Book Award 2012.
Shortlisted from Scholastic Children’s Books are Tom Gates: Everything’s Amazing by Liz Pichon and Ella by Alex T. Smith. Shortlisted from Marion Lloyd Books is One Dog and His Boy by the late Eva Ibbotson, with illustrations by Sharon Rentta. All Fall Down by Sally Nicholls, The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders and Blood Red Road by Moira Young are also shortlisted. NEVER Say NO to a Princess! is shortlisted from Alison Green Books, written by Tracey Corderoy and illustrated by Kate Leake.
The shortlist of twelve children’s titles were selected by a judging panel of independent booksellers who chose them as the best independent titles for 2012, from nominations put forward by publishers. The IBW Book Award is unique amongst book prizes as it is the only award chosen by independent booksellers in the UK and their customers.
Vote via your local participating independent bookseller, or by emailing your vote to sharon.down@booksellers.org.uk. The winners will be announced in September.
“My local children’s bookshop is a real gem of a shop for loads of different reasons…links with local schools are cultivated and they organize great events in and out of the shop.” – Liz Pichon
“What I do know is that reading is a wonderful adventure and where better to start that adventure than in the tightly packed shelves of your local independent book shop?” - Alex T. Smith
“Hurrah for independent booksellers! And hurrah for the bookshops they run.” – Sally Nicholls
“I find independent bookshops great for variety when checking out the children’s book section and I appreciate the fact that they really do care about books.” – Sharon Rentta
“A good independent bookshop is a browser’s paradise – a bookshop that has its own unique flavour, with a selection that’s interesting, different and surprising, and might introduce me to something new.” – Kate Saunders
“They’re the colourful, quirky, opinionated friend you meet for morning coffee, only to realise that hours have flown and it’s now past lunchtime.” – Moira Young
“Like stories and like children too, independent bookshops are filled with surprises just waiting to be discovered.” – Tracey Corderoy
“When I step into my local independent, I uncover so many gems of inspiration and treasured memories of growing up, all residing in that magical maze of shelves and staircases”. – Kate Leake