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Best Kids Books of 2020
Bestsellers
The World's Worst Parents by David Walliams (recommended age 7+)- Ten tales of the world's most spectacularly silly mums and deliriously daft dads will leave you rocking with laughter
Slime by David Walliams (recommended age 7+) - Meet Ned - an extraordinary boy with a special power - slime power
The Danger Gang by Tom Fletcher - Franky is new in town and then finds everything changes for the children on his street after a storm as they become magical. And so, the Danger Gang is born.
The Hospital Dog - Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie
Oi Aardvark by Kes Gray and Jim Field
The Worrysaurus - Rachel Bright and Christ Chatterton
Pirate Stew - Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell
What We'll Build - Oliver Jeffers
Award winners
2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal - Lark by Anthony McGowan
2020 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal - Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan
2020 CILP Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award - The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
2020 CILIP Kate Greenaway Shadowers' Choice Award - The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
2020 British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book for the Year - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
2020 British Book Awards Children's Illustrated/Non-Fiction Book of the Year - The Smeds and The Smoods
2020 Waterstones Children's Book Prize Best Illustrated Book and the Overall Waterstones Children's Book Award: Look Up by Nathan Bryon
2020 Waterstones Children's Book Prize Best Book for Younger Readers: High Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson
2020 Waterstones Children's Book Prize Best Book for Older Readers and Branford Boase Award: Bearmouth by Liz Hyder
Costa Book Awards Winner - Asha & the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan
2020 Lollies (Laugh Out Loud Awards) Best Laugh Out Loud Picture Book: Ten Fat Sausages by Michelle Robinson and Tor Freeman
2020 Lollies (Laugh Out Loud Awards) Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8s: The World's Worst Children 3 by David Walliams, illustrated by Tony Ross
2020 Lollies (Laugh Out Loud Awards) Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 9-13s: I Bet I Can Make You Laugh by Joshua Seigal and friends, illustrated by Tom Wesson
Federation of Children's Book Groups (FCBG) 2020 Overall Winner: D-Day Dog by Tom Palmer
FCBG 2020 Book for Younger Children: The Runaway Pea by Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore
FCBG 2020 Book for Younger Readers: Mutant Zombies Cursed My School Trip, by Matt Brown, illustrated by Paco Sordo
FCBG 2020 Book for Older Readers: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
2020 Blue Peter Award Best Story: Wildspark by Vashti Hardy
2020 Blue Peter Best Book with Facts: Rise Up: Ordinary Kids With Extraordinary Stories by Amanda Li and Amy Blackwell
2020 Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards Activity Book: Draw With Rob by Rob Biddulph
2020 Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards Baby and Toddler: Don't Tickle the Dinosaur by Sam Taplin, illustrated by Ana Martin Larranaga
2020 Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards Favourite Characters: Oi See it! Say it! by Kes Gray, illustrated by Jim Field
2020 Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards Fiction: Anisha, Accidental Detective by Serena Patel, illustrated by Emma McCann
2020 Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards Learning & Development: Do You Love Bugs? by Matt Robertson
2020 Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards Picture Book: Mabel and the Mountain by Kim Hillyard
2020 Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards Children's Classic: Where's Spot by Eric Hill
2020 UKLA Book Awards 3-6 category winner: Mixed by Arree Chung
2020 UKLA Book Awards 7-10+ category winner: The Eleventh Trade by Alyssa Hollingsworth
2020 UKLA Book Awards 11-14+ category winner: No Fixed Address by Susan Nielsen
2020 UKLA Book Awards Information books category winner: Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Dow Phumirak
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Inspiring books
Little People, Big Dreams - David Attenborough
One Hundred Steps: The Story of Captain Sir Tom Moore
I Am Not A Label - Cerrie Burnell - In this powerful and stylishly attractive non-fiction book, Cerrie Burnell introduces the reader to 34 disabled role models.
Simone Biles: Golden Girl of Gymnastics by Sally J Morgan, Emma Trithart and Luisa Uribe
Why Do I Feel Like This - Shinsuke Yoshitake
Dare To Be You - Matthew Syed
Series
Alex Rider Mission 13: Nightshade by Anthony Horowitz
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End (Book 15) by Jeff Kinney - Greg Heffley and his family hit the road for a cross-country camping trip, ready for the adventure of a lifetime.
The 130-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton - Lots of laughs at every level with thirteen new levels to the Treehouse which will come in handy when giant flying eyeballs from outer space come to grabinate US!
Amelia Fang and the Trouble with Toads - Laura Ellen Anderson
Horrid Henry: Midsummer by Francesca Simon
The Bolds Go Wild by Julian Clary
The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever by Cressida Cowell -
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Wish and Xar face one last battle as Cressida Cowell's Wizards of Once series comes to a close in this compelling, mesmerising and captivating final instalment.
Doctor Who: The Maze of Doom by David Solomons, Beatriz Castro and George Ermos
Hollowpox: the Hunt For Morrigan Crow
Tom Gates: Spectacular School Trip
Poetry
The Lost Spells by Robert McFarlane and Jackie Morris
Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright by Britta Teckentrup
Poems To Save The World With - Chris Riddel
Kay's Anatomy- by Adam Kay
Our world: A First Book of Geography by Sue Lowell Gallion - A beautiful, nostalgic-feeling book that will delight younger primary school readers and help introduce them to the idea of geography and differing environments for the first time.
Guinness World Records 2021 - fully revised and updated best-seller is packed with thousands of incredible new feats across the widest spectrum of topics
Kids Can Cook: Funa nd Yummy REcipes for Budding Chefs - Esther Coombs
The Big Ball of Football - Damien Weighill
Ultimate Earth: Oceans and Seas
Ancient Games: A History of Sports and Gaming by Iris Volant
Amazing Islands: 100 Places That Will Boggle Your Mind by Sabrina Weiss and Kerry Hyndman
The Visual Encyclopedia
Weird but True 2021: wild and wacky facts and photos (National Geographic Kids)