This book bundle includes all ten titles longlisted for The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2023, which champions authors and illustrators of highly illustrated children’s fiction. Celebrating its fifth year, the children’s book prize created by The Alligator’s Mouth children’s bookshop and The Bright Agency, celebrates the best books for 6-8-year-olds.
 
Bad Panda: The Cake Escape written by Swapna Haddow and illustrated by Sheena Dempsey (Faber Children’s, Faber)
Big Sky Mountain: The Forest Wolves written and illustrated by Alex Milway (Piccadilly Press, Bonnier Books UK)
Elisabeth and the Box of Colours written by Katherine Woodfine and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb (Little Gems, Barrington Stoke)
Marv and the Pool of Peril written by Alex Falase-Koya and illustrated by Paula Bowles (Oxford University Press)
Mike Falls Up written by Candy Gourlay and illustrated Carles Ballesteros (Little Tiger)
Ollie Spark and the Accidental Adventure written by Gillian Cross and illustrated by Alan Snow (David Fickling Books)
Princess Minna: The Enchanted Forest written by Kirsty Applebaum and illustrated by Sahar Haghgoo (Nosy Crow)
Rex: Dinosaur in Disguise written and illustrated by Elys Dolan (Walker Books)
Rudy and the Wolf Cub written by Paul Westmoreland and illustrated by George Ermos (Oxford University Press)
Sona Sharma: a Friend Indeed written by Chitra Soundar and illustrated by Jen Khatun (Walker Books)