Recommended Reads
This is a list of books that have been highly recommended for or have featured on the Shropshire Bookfest Book Award shortlists since the project began in 2010. This list also lists books by authors who have been programmed onto the Schools’ Week programmes that have supported their creative writing workshops in primary schools across Shropshire.
The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood – WINNER BIG BOOK AWARD 2018
About the Book: A thick white blanket covers the wide slopes of the band of hills known...
Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll
About the Book: We weren’t supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren’t even...
Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake by Rob Lloyd Jones
About the Book: When Jake’s parents vanish, Jake and his sister team up with shady tomb robbers...
They Didn’t Teach THIS in Worm School! by Simone Lia
About the Book: Marcus is a worm. He likes the colour brown. He likes mud (because it’s...
The Matilda Effect by Ellie Irving
About the Book: Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci and...
Animalcolm by David Baddiel
During the Autumn term of 2017, Year 6 children from 7 primary schools in Shropshire were tasked with...
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