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Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2025

This award is for the best book for children aged 7-9. There are 8 shortlisted books carefully selected by a panel of teachers and librarians. The books reflect a diverse range of genres and styles including comic books, illustrated short chapter books and longer stories. These books were chosen to help readers develop their reading skills and to find out which type of story appeals to them. Please read and comment on the books and don’t forget to vote for your favourite!

The narzat HP

The Narzat

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  This book was a runner-up.
Hercules HP

Hercules

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  This book was a runner-up.
Reggie rabbit the great carrot heist HP

Reggie Rabbit: The great carrot heist

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  This book was evicted in Round 3.
The spectre inspectors HP

Tangled tales the spectre inspectors

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  This book was evicted in Round 1.
Big bad wolf investigates fairy tales HP

Big Bad Wolf investigates fairy tales

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  This book was evicted in Round 4.
Peng and spanners who stole all the pizzas HP

Peng and spanners - who stole all the pizzas

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  This book was evicted in Round 2.
Yomi and the fury of ninki nanka HP

Yomi and the fury of Ninki Nanka

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  This book was evicted in Round 5.
The council of good friends HP

The council of good friends

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  This book was the category winner.