Children’s Book Cover of the Year

This award is given to the cover that you, the readers deem to be the most creative, eye-catching and appealing! 

Take a look through all the shortlisted covers below and decide which one stands out most for its creativity, design and visual impact. Click the button below to cast your vote.

Voting ends at 11.59.59pm on 4 September 2026.

This Category is supported by FunKids.

Shortlist 2026

Badger Books

Author & Illustrator - Paddy Donnelly

The O'Brien Press

Cruise Ship Kid: Thief at Sea!

Emma Swan 

Cover illustrated by Katie Saunders 

Usborne

Deep Dark: A Cassia Thorne Mystery

Zohra Nabi

Cover illustrated by Paola Escobar

Simon & Schuster Children's Books

The Hidden Heroes of Science

Peter Gallivan

Cover illustrated by Robbie Cathro

DK

Midnight Treasure

Piers Torday

Cover illustrated by Alla Khatkevch

Quercus 

Oscar Wilde's Stories for Children

Oscar Wilde

Cover illustrated by Lauren O'Hara

Little Island

Pirate Penguin

Hunter McNeil-Ali

Cover illustrated by Nicci Martin

Sequoia Publishing UK