Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Children's Best Book Cover Illustration Competition - Round 5 - 2022/23

 HELLO Everybody! It's a big MASSIVE and warm welcome to the 13th annual Children's Book Cover Competition (check out the previous winner's HERE). This year we are looking again to find your favourite book cover for 2022/2023. We do this to support the creative unsung heroes of the children's book world; the illustrators and the brilliant creative teams behind all the books we love. Please share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers on social media. Everyone is welcome to vote so share the FUN with others. 

Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Competition Rules 

There will be five weekly heats; each with six books to vote for. (In this last one we have just gone for it!) Although there will be 7 book covers in the final to vote for. All heat winners will make the grand final plus two book covers as the highest runners-up from all the heats. 

ROUND ONE WINNER: Jo Clarke - Libby and the Highland Heist - Published by Firefly Press (19 Jan. 2023) - Illustrated by Becka Moor.

ROUND TWO WINNER: Eve McDonnell - The Chestnut Roaster - Published by Everything with Words (27 Oct. 2022) - Book Cover Illustrated by Holly Ovenden. 

ROUND THREE WINNER: Andy Sagar - Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot Chaos - Book Published by Orion Children's Books (16 Mar. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by MARINE GOSSELIN/Jen Alliston

ROUND FOUR WINNER: Levi Pinfold - Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment - Published by Walker Studio  (3 Nov. 2022)- Illustrated by Levi Pinfold

Each week you vote you will be in with a chance to win an exciting prize. 

This week's prize is a £10 Waterstones Book Voucher + The Secret of Ragnar's Gold by Mark Dawson and a bar of Chocolate. 

If you are interested all you need to do is:

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll HERE  (or at the bottom of the post)
• Leave a comment through this post/poll or see pinned Tweet for more details on @Enchantedbooks
• This poll will end on Tuesday the 13th of December 2022 at Midnight (UK). 

Have fun and share with the world through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Watch the voting develop, and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed).

Here are all the brilliant book covers to vote for this week: 

BOOK ONE: Ian Eagleton - The Woodcutter and The Snow Prince - Book Published by Owlet Press (3 Nov. 2022) - Illustrated by Davide Ortu - VOTE HERE

BOOK TWO: Peter Bunzl - The Clockwork Queen - Published by Barrington Stoke (2 Jun. 2022) - Illustrated by Lia Visirin - VOTE HERE

BOOK THREE: Holly Webb - The Story of Greenriver - Book Published by Orion Children's Books (1 Sept. 2022) - Illustrated by Zanna Goldhawk - VOTE HERE 

BOOK FOUR: Stuart White - Ghosts of Mars - Published by Penobi Press (16 Jan. 2023) - Illustrated by Jennifer Jamieson - VOTE HERE 

BOOK FIVE: Honor and Perdita Cargill - 

Diary of an Accidental Witch: Unexpected Guests - Published 

Stripes Publishing (2 Feb. 2023) - Illustrated by Katie Saunders and designed by Sophie Bransby - VOTE HERE 

BOOK SIX: Lucy Ann Unwin - The Octopus, Dadu and Me - Published by UCLan Publishing (5 Jan. 2023) - Illustrated by Selom Sunu/Lucy Mulligan and designed by Amy Cooper - VOTE HERE 

BOOK SEVEN: Laura Ellen Anderson - Rainbow Grey: Battle for the Skies - Published by Farshore (2 Feb. 2023) - Illustrated by Laura Ellen Anderson - VOTE HERE 

BOOK EIGHT: Fleur Hitchcock - Murder at Snowfall - Published by Nosy Crow (3 Nov. 2022) -  Illustrated by Robert Ball - VOTE HERE 

BOOK NINE: Jaclyn Moriarty - The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere - Published by Guppy Books (2 Mar. 2023) - Illustrated by Karl James Mountford - VOTE HERE 

BOOK TEN: Elizabeth Lim - The Dragons Promise - Published by Hodder & Stoughton (30 Aug. 2022) - Illustrated by Kelly Chong - VOTE HERE 

HAPPY VOTING! 

Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Children's Best Book Cover Illustration Competition - Round 4 - 2022/23

 HELLO Everybody! It's a big MASSIVE and warm welcome to the 13th annual Children's Book Cover Competition (check out the previous winner's HERE). This year we are looking again to find your favourite book cover for 2022/2023. We do this to support the creative unsung heroes of the children's book world; the illustrators and the brilliant creative teams behind all the books we love. Please share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers on social media. Everyone is welcome to vote so share the FUN with others. 

Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Competition Rules 

There will be five weekly heats; each with six books to vote for. Although there will be 7 book covers in the final to vote for. All heat winners will make the grand final plus two book covers as the highest runners-up from all the heats. 

ROUND ONE WINNER: Jo Clarke - Libby and the Highland Heist - Published by Firefly Press (19 Jan. 2023) - Illustrated by Becka Moor.

ROUND TWO WINNER: Eve McDonnell - The Chestnut Roaster - Published by Everything with Words (27 Oct. 2022) - Book Cover Illustrated by Holly Ovenden. 

ROUND THREE WINNER:  Andy Sagar - Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot Chaos - Book Published by Orion Children's Books (16 Mar. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by MARINE GOSSELIN/Jen Alliston

Each week you vote you will be in with a chance to win an exciting prize. 

This week's prize is a £10 National Book Token + David Farr - The Book of Stolen Dreamsbar and a bar of chocolate. 

If you are interested all you need to do is:

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll HERE  (or at the bottom of the post)
• Leave a comment through this post/poll or see pinned Tweet for more details on @Enchantedbooks
• This poll will end on the Monday 28th of November 2022 at Midnight (UK). 

Have fun and share with the world through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Watch the voting develop, and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed).

Here are the six brilliant book covers to vote for this week: 

BOOK ONE: Ruth Lauren - Tourmaline and the Island of Elsewhere - Published by Stripes Publishing (2 Mar. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Sharon King-Chai/Pip Johnson - VOTE HERE Or Below. 

BOOK TWO: Sally Doherty - Toby and the Wizards of Wildhaven - Published by Soaring Skies Publishing ( 31 Mar. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Sarah Jane Docker - VOTE HERE  or Below. 

BOOK THREE: H.S. Norup - Into the Faerie Hill - Published by Pushkin Children's Books (2 Mar. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Thy Bui - VOTE HERE or Below.

BOOK FOUR: Hannah Foley - The Tiger Who Sleeps Under MY Chair - Published by Zephyr (2 Feb. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Lucy Rose - VOTE HERE or Below.

BOOK FIVE: Levi Pinfold - Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment - Published by Walker Studio (3 Nov. 2022) - Book Cover Illustrated by Levi Pinfold - VOTE HERE  or Below. 

BOOK SIX: NANCY TANDON - The Ghost of Spruce Point - Published by Aladdin Paperbacks (2 Aug. 2022) - Book cover Illustrated by Kristina Kister - VOTE HERE  or Below. 

Happy VOTING! 

Children's Best Book Cover Competition - Round THREE 2022/2023 - Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books

 HELLO Everybody! It's a big MASSIVE and warm welcome to the 13th annual Children's Book Cover Competition (check out the previous winner's HERE). This year we are looking again to find your favourite book cover for 2022/2023. We do this to support the creative unsung heroes of the children's book world; the illustrators and the brilliant creative teams behind all the books we love. Please share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers on social media. Everyone is welcome to vote so share the FUN with others. 

Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Competition Rules 

There will be five weekly heats; each with six books to vote for. Although there will be 7 book covers in the final to vote for. All heat winners will make the grand final plus two book covers as the highest runners-up from all the heats. 

ROUND ONE WINNER: Jo Clarke - Libby and the Highland Heist - Published by Firefly Press (19 Jan. 2023) -Book Cover Illustrated by Becka Moor.

ROUND TWO WINNER: Eve McDonnell - The Chestnut Roaster - Published by Everything with Words (27 Oct. 2022) - Book Cover Illustrated by Holly Ovenden. 

Each week you vote you will be in with a chance to win an exciting prize. 

This week's prize is a £10 National Book Token + Alex Foulkes - Rules for Vampires: Ghost Bite Back/bar of chocolate. 

If you are interested all you need to do is:

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll HERE  (or at the bottom of the post)
• Leave a comment through this post/poll or see pinned Tweet for more details on @Enchantedbooks
• This poll will end on the 18th of November 2022 at Midnight (UK). 

Have fun and share with the world through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Watch the voting develop, and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed).

So here are the first six brilliant book covers to vote for this week: 

BOOK ONE: Laura Wood - The Agency for Scandal - Published by Scholastic (5 Jan. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Merceded deBellard/Jamie Gregory - VOTE HERE 

BOOK  TWO: Kathrin Tordasi (Author), Cathrin Wirtz (Translator) -  Bramble Fox - Published by Pushkin Children's Books (3 Nov. 2022) - Book Cover Illustrated by David Dean/Jo Walker  - VOTE HERE

BOOK THREE: Zillah Bethell - The Song Walker - Published by Usborne Publishing Ltd (2 Feb. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Saara Katariina Söderlund - VOTE HERE

BOOK FOUR: Cressida Cowell - Which Way to Anywhere - Published by Hodder Children's Books (15 Sept. 2022)  - Book Cover Illustrated by Cressida Cowell/Sam Perrett - VOTE HERE

BOOK FIVE: Andy Sagar - Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot Chaos - Book Published by Orion Children's Books (16 Mar. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by MARINE GOSSELIN/Jen Alliston - VOTE HERE (Book Cover Picked by Richard Pickard) 

BOOK SIX: SF Said - TYGER - Published by David Fickling Books (6 Oct. 2022) - Book Cover Illustrated by David McKean - VOTE HERE 

Happy Voting! 

Children's Best Book Cover Competition - Round TWO 2022/2023 - Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books

HELLO Everybody! It's a big MASSIVE and warm welcome to the 13th annual Children's Book Cover Competition (check out the previous winner's HERE). This year we are looking again to find your favourite book cover for 2022/2023. We do this to support the creative unsung heroes of the children's book world; the illustrators and the brilliant creative teams behind all the books we love. Please share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers on social media. Everyone is welcome to vote so share the FUN with others. 

Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Competition Rules 

There will be five weekly heats; each with six books to vote for. Although there will be 7 book covers in the final to vote for. All heat winners will make the grand final plus two book covers as the highest runners-up from all the heats. 

ROUND ONE WINNER: Jo Clarke - Libby and the Highland Heist - Published by Firefly Press (19 Jan. 2023) - Illustrated by Becka Moor.

Each week you vote you will be in with a chance to win an exciting prize. 

This week's prize is a £10 National Book Token + Barb The Brave - The Ghost Blade by Dan & Jason and a bar of chocolate. 

If you are interested all you need to do is:

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll HERE  (or at the bottom of the post)
• Leave a comment through this post/poll or see pinned Tweet for more details on @Enchantedbooks
• This poll will end on the 9th of November 2022 at Midnight (UK). 

Have fun and share with the world through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Watch the voting develop, and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed).

So here are the first six brilliant book covers to vote for this week: 

BOOK ONE: Eve McDonnell - The Chestnut Roaster - Published by Everything with Words (27 Oct. 2022) - Book Cover Illustrated by Holly Ovenden - VOTE HERE (Book Cover Picked by Tamsin Rosewell)

BOOK TWO: Rosie Talbot - Sixteen Souls - Published by  Scholastic (13 Oct. 2022) - Book Cover Illustrated by Andrew Davis - VOTE HERE (Book Cover Picked by Kevin Cobane)

BOOK THREE: Patrice Lawrence - The Elemental Detectives - Published by Scholastic (1 Sept. 2022) - Book Cover Illustrated by Paul Kellam - VOTE HERE (Book Cover Picked by Sophie Anderson)

BOOK FOUR: Ryan Hammond - Villians Academy - Published by Simon & Schuster Children's UK (2 Feb. 2023) - Book Cover Illustration by Ryan Hammond - VOTE HERE 

BOOK FIVE: Penny Chrimes - WILDER - Published by 

Orion Children's Books (16 Feb. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by - Manuel Šumberac - VOTE HERE 

BOOK SIX: Kenneth Oppel - GHOSLIGHT - Published by Guppy Books (13 Oct. 2022) - Book Cover by James Fraser/Ness Wood - VOTE HERE 

Happy Voting.

Children's Best Book Cover Competition - Round One 2022/2023 - Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books

HELLO Everybody! It's a big MASSIVE welcome to the 13th annual Children's Book Cover Competition (you can check out the previous winner's HERE). This year we are looking again to find your favourite book cover for 2022/2023. We do this to support the creative heroes of the children's book world; the illustrators and the brilliant creative teams behind all the books we love. Please share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers on social media. Everyone is welcome to vote so share the FUN with others. 

Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Competition Rules 

There will be five weekly heats; each with six books to vote for. Although there will be 7 book covers in the final to vote for. All heat winners will make the grand final plus two book covers as the highest runners-up from all the heats. 

Each week you vote you will be in with a chance to win an exciting prize. 

This week's prize is a £10 National Book Token + a Hardback book Lenny Henry - The Book of Legends and a bar of chocolate (UK Only). 

If you are interested all you need to do is:

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll HERE  (or at the bottom of the post)
• Leave a comment through this post/poll or see pinned Tweet for more details on @Enchantedbooks
• This poll will end on 30th October 2022 at Midnight (UK). 

Have fun and share with the world through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Watch the voting develop, and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed).

So here are the first six brilliant book covers to vote for this week: 

BOOK ONE: Jasmine Warga - A Rover's Story - Published by Balzer + Bray (October 4, 2022) - Book Illustrated by Matt Rockefeller - VOTE HERE 

BOOK TWO: Jodie Garnish - The Spectaculars - Published by Usborne Publishing (29 Sept. 2022) - Illustrated by Nathan Collins - VOTE HERE

BOOK THREE: James Dixon - The Billow Maiden - Published by Guppy Books (7 July 2022) - Illustrated by Tamsin Rosewell - VOTE HERE 

BOOK FOUR:  Susan Dennard - The Luminaries: 1 - Published by Daphne Press (26 Jan. 2023) - Illustrated by Micaela Alcaino - VOTE HERE 

BOOK FIVE: Jo Clarke - Libby and the Highland Heist - Published by Firefly Press (19 Jan. 2023) - Illustrated by Becka Moor - VOTE HERE 

BOOK SIX: Emma Carroll - The Little Match Girl Strikes Back - Published by Simon & Schuster Children's UK (15 Sept. 2022) - Illustrated by Lauren Child - VOTE HERE 

Happy Voting Everybody!

New Children's & Young Adult Book Picks March 2019 - Post One - Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books

Sam Gayton - The Last Zoo - Published by Andersen Press (7 Mar. 2019) - ISBN-13: 978-1783447701 - Paperback - Age 9+

Pia lives in a zoo in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with her parents (both ghosts), several old and cranky genies, a devil, and two young angels. She spends her days trimming genie-beards, trying to avoid being tricked into selling her soul, and waiting for the angels to make a miracle big enough to save the world.
Then the angels go missing. Can she solve the riddles of the mysterious haloes the angels have left behind? Is the zoo’s devil really trying to help her? And what does this all have to do with her best friends, the Rekkers? Pia needs to solve the mystery fast, because everything around her seems to be ending: her friendships, her childhood, and maybe even the world itself.

Patrice Lawrence (Author), Becka Moor (Illustrator)Toad Attack! - Published by Barrington Stoke (15 Mar. 2019) - ISBN-13: 978-1781128442 - Paperback - Age 8+

After a toad lands on his head as he leaves his house one morning, Leo is determined to find out where it has come from and why. Together with his friend Rosa, he needs to come up with some answers before the angry residents of Upper Dab take matters into their own hands and the toads become toast! A brilliantly quirky comedy caper with a diverse and inclusive cast of characters. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers.

David O'Connell (Author), Claire Powell (Illustrator) - The Dentist of Darkness (The Dundoodle Mysteries) - Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books (7 Mar. 2019) - ISBN-13: 978-1408887080 - Paperback - Age 7+

Archie McBudge's lazy summer has just turned into a magical meltdown! The second adventure in this madcap magical mystery series is perfect for fans of How to Train Your Dragon, amateur detectives and anyone who loves SWEETS!

Archie McBudge was planning a sweet summer at Honeystone Hall. Picnics by the loch, watching the honeydragons flying around the hillsides, chasing ghosts through the shadowy castle hallways, and of course, testing out all the new sweets from the McBudge Confectionery Factory. But now the Wyrdie Tree, the source of all the magic in the town of Dundoodle, is dying, and the guardian must save it before Dundoodle's magic is gone for good. And who's the guardian, you ask? That's right, Archie McBudge. With enemies on every side, puzzles to solve and secrets to uncover - not to mention a very scary dentist to avoid - Archie's summer's looking less like a strawberry marshmallow dream and more like a super-sour sherbet lemon with exploding bits that make your mouth go numb for a week!

The follow-up to David O'Connell's The Chocolate Factory Ghost, this is a must-read for anyone who loves ghosts, monsters, toffee, marshmallows, and wants to explore more of the weird and wonderful town of Dundoodle.

James Nicol - A Witch Come True (The Apprentice Witch) - Published by Chicken House (7 Mar. 2019) - ISBN-13: 978-1910655986 - Paperback - Age 7+

The war is over and Arianwyn has discovered the secret of the quiet glyphs, but her troubles are far from over. Her day-to-day work as Lull's Witch is tricky enough: winter has set in, bringing bad weather, ice imps and befuddling Yule traditions. But when Arianwyn's grandmother is abducted by the traitor on the Council, our witch faces her greatest challenge yet. What really makes a witch come true? Our lovable heroine is about to find out ...

New Children's & Young Adult Book Picks March 2019 - Post One - Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books

David Almond (Author), Dave McKean (Illustrator) - Joe Quinn's Poltergeist - Published by Walker Books (7 Mar. 2019) - ISBN-13: 978-1406363197 - Hardback 

A dark, powerful and moving short story from the internationally acclaimed author of Skellig.

Joe Quinn tells everyone about the poltergeist in his house, but no one believes him. No one that is, except for Davey. He’s felt the inexplicable presence in the rooms, he’s seen random objects fly through the air. And there’s something else … a memory of his beloved sister, and a feeling deep down that somehow it might be possible for ghosts to exist.

 Steven Butler (Author), Steven Lenton (Illustrator) - Sea-ing is Believing! (Nothing to see Here Hotel) - Published by  Simon & Schuster Children's UK (21 Mar. 2019) - ISBN-13: 978-1471178733 - Paperback 

Welcome to The Nothing to See Here Hotel! A hotel for magical creatures run by Frankie Banister and his parents.
Frankie Banister and his family are preparing to celebrate Grandad Abraham’s 175th birthday – an occasion that’s going to be even more HONKHUMPTIOUS now that Abe’s ghost has showed up!
 
When the unexpected spook reveals a secret UNDERWATER wing of the hotel that’s been hidden away for years, the Banister’s decide there’s only one thing for it … a whopping welcome home bash in the spectacular BRINY BALLROOM.
 
But memories aren’t the only things waiting at the bottom of the ocean. Secrets and sea monsters are lurking in the shadows, and is everything as it seems with Grandad Abraham’s ghost? Or is there something fishy going on?

 Paul Stewart (Author), Chris Riddell (Author) - The Edge Chronicles 13: The Descenders: Third Book of Cade - Published by Doubleday Children's (7 Mar. 2019) - Hardback

Cade Quarter has spent the last few years of his life running from an enemy he’s never even met – the ruthless and power-hungry High Professor of Flight, Quove Lentis. But Quove’s deadly agenda has finally caught up with Cade, and now he must leave his home and flee once more, this time to the legendary floating city of New Sanctaphrax. But even reuniting with his uncle, Nate Quarter, isn’t the end of Cade’s troubles – and now, more than ever, he must find the courage to defy his enemies, unite his friends, and unlock the secrets of descending. 

The Descenders is the third and final book in the Cade trilogy - the fifth and final saga in Stewart and Riddell’s internationally bestselling series, The Edge Chronicles, which has featured on the Times and New York Times bestseller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. 2018 marks twenty years of the series, now complete with thirteen titles across five separate but interlinking sagas.

Fleur Hitchcock - The Boy Who Flew - Published by Nosy Crow Ltd (7 Mar. 2019) - ISBN-13: 978-1788004381 - Paperback - See Book Review Here

Athan Wilde dreams of flight. When his friend, Mr Chen, is murdered, Athan must rescue the flying machine they were building together and stop it falling into the wrong hands. But keeping the machine safe puts his family in terrible danger. What will Athan choose – flight or family?

From the acclaimed author of Murder In Midwinter, Fleur Hitchcock’s The Boy Who Flew is a thrilling, murderous tale set among the steep rooftops and slippery characters of Athan’s intricately imagined world. Perfect for fans of Philip Pullman, Peter Bunzl and Philip Reeve.

Here’s an exclusive early look inside the book: https://issuu.com/nosycrow/docs/repro_theboywhoflew_prelims_hi-res