2026 shortlist
- Children’s 0-5
Wiggling Words
By Kate Rolfe
- Designer: Jo Spooner
- Illustrator: Kate Rolfe
- Art Director: Chris Inns
- Imprint: Two Hoots
The Witch in the Tower
By Júlia Sardà
- Designer: Sadia Chowdhury
- Illustrator: Júlia Sardà
- Imprint: Walker Books
The Greedy Wolf
By Timothy Knapman and Jean Jullien
- Designer: Deirdre McDermott
- Illustrator: Jean Julien
- Art Director: Deirdre McDermott
- Imprint: Walker Books
Winner Hogbert
By Briony May Smith
- Designer: Inês Amaral
- Illustrator: Briony May Smith
- Imprint: Walker Books
Doll’s House
By Ingela P Arrhenius
- Designer: Zoe Gregory
- Illustrator: Ingela P Arrhenius
- Imprint: Nosy Crow
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Cloud Boy
By Greg Stobbs
- Designer: Rob Lowe
- Illustrator: Greg Stobbs
- Art Director: Lily Trotter
- Imprint: Oxford University Press/ Oxford Children’s