We are thrilled to see DHA so strongly represented by our children’s writers at The Week Junior Book Awards 2024. Jonathan Emmett was awarded Children’s Animals and Nature Book of the Year for The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers, illustrated by Stieven Van der Poorten (UCLan) and duo Laura Mucha and Ed Smith were awarded Book of the Year in the Non-Fiction category for Welcome to Our Table: A Celebration of What Children Eat Everywhere, illustrated by Harriet Lynas (Nosy Crow).

Among the shortlists were Catherine Rayner for her illustrations on The Bowerbird, text by Julia Donaldson (Macmillan) and Nikita Gill, whose work Animal Tales from India: Ten Stories from the Panchatantra with illustrations from Chaaya Prabhat (Nosy Crow) was shortlisted for both Children’s Audiobook for the Year and Children’s Book Cover of the Year, with the cover design by Manda Scott.

On the prize, Editorial director of The Week Junior, Anna Bassi said: “We’re delighted to honour these incredible books and their power to bring pleasure to children through words, pictures, ideas and imagination. The line-up boasts extraordinary stories, compelling characters, fascinating facts, incredible illustrations and useful advice. With awards for both fiction and non-fiction and subjects spanning everything from dinosaurs to the digestive system, there is something here for every young reader – even those who say they don’t like reading.”