Vote for your favourite cover!

Which of the seven colourful covers that have been shortlisted for our Cover of the Year Award do you think is the most creative, appealing and eye-catching?

Scroll down to see all the covers then vote for your favourite by selecting the title from the dropdown menu. Make sure you click on the VOTE NOW button to cast your vote. 

Strictly one vote per person only. *Voting closes at 11.59.59pm on 4 September 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

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