The Readings Children’s Prize 2024 shortlist

There are quite a few shortlists and winner lists coming out lately for the book world, and it can be quite hard to know what is happening when, as there always seems to be something happening.

Readings, an independent bookstore in Melbourne has recently released their Children’s Prize Shortlist for 2024. This is a prize presented for the best new contribution to children’s books in Australia.

The shortlist for 2024 includes the following books:

The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright by Reece Carter

To and Fro by Anton Clifford-Motopi

Get Your Act Together, Doris Kozlowski by Jo Dabrowski

Wurrtoo: The Wombat Who Fell In Love with the Sky by Tylissa Elisara, illustrated by Dylan Finney

Spies in the Sky by Beverley McWilliams

Batthew Aromascent and the Missing Corpse Flower (Batthew Aromascent, Book 1) by Ella Mulvey & John Roebuck

I am looking forward to finding out who the winner is!