Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Shortlist 2023
It is our enormous pleasure to share with you our Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlist for 2023. This year’s selection – as always chosen by our booksellers – marks our continuing commitment to championing the finest new talent in children’s writing and illustration today.
In 2022 Hannah Gold’s inspiring ecological adventure The Last Bear triumphed over an exceptional field, but which superb story will take on the mantle of Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winner this year? Follow all the latest news on our social media channels by searching #WCBP23. We wish all our nominees the very best of luck!
The Station Cat: A Story of Kindness and Hope (Paperback)
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Marrying breathtakingly beautiful illustrations to a heart-rending story of emotional connection and love, The Station Cat sees the eponymous feline enter a drab, grey train station in a burst of colour to light up the lives of its passengers.
A lonely little kitten wanders into a dull, grey station, full of dull, grey people. Her colourful fur and bright green eyes bring warmth and life to this weary place, and soon people begin to notice the kitten. As she learns about the different travellers and their struggles from loss and loneliness, the little kitten wants to help fill their world with hope and colour, too.
In this timely and important book, author and illustrator Stephen Hogtun shows young readers the pride and sense of purpose that can come from helping others.
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