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Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2026

This award is for the best picture book for children aged 4-7. There are 8 shortlisted books carefully selected by a panel of teachers and librarians. The books reflect a diverse range of genres, artistic styles and characters chosen to help children find out what sort of stories they like and maybe find their own story. Please read, share and comment on the books and don’t forget to vote for your favourite!

Don't trust fish hp

Don't trust fish!

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  This book was the category winner.
Don't think of tigers hp

Don't think of tigers

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  This book was evicted in Round 4.
Frank the pizza hp

Frank the pizza

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  This book was a runner-up.
Trouble at the bug hotel hp

Trouble at the bug hotel

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  This book was evicted in Round 1.
Tiny mctoot hp

Tiny McToot

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  This book was evicted in Round 2.
Letters to a monster hp

Letters to a monster

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  This book was a runner-up.
Kerfuffle bird hp

Kerfuffle Bird

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  This book was evicted in Round 5.
These are my rocks hp

These are my Rocks

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  This book was evicted in Round 3.