MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOKS: Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition - GRAND FINAL - 2024/25

Welcome everybody to the 15th FINAL of Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books' Children's Favourite Book Cover. We have already run five fantastic heats and now have all winners and the three highest runners-up. We are ready for your VOTES once again. This is your chance to choose your favourite book cover illustration to be crowned the ultimate winner. So get your fingers ready as it all starts NOW. Who will win this YEAR and go down in the Hall of Fame? See previous WINNERS. 

This week's great prize is a £10 Book Voucher + TWO Terry Deary - Terrible True Tales books and a bar of chocolate. Good luck everybody! 

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/X or other socials for more details on @Enchantedbooks
• This poll will end on the 11th of FEB 2025 at Midnight (UK). 

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

Here are the EIGHT winning book covers to vote for: 

BOOK ONE: Susan Cahill - The World Between the Rain - Published by Everything with Words (24 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Holly Ovenden - VOTE HERE

BOOK TWO: Kevin Moran - The Doomsday - Published by O'Brien Press (3 March 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Tomislav Tikulin - Cover design by Emma Byrne - VOTE HERE

BOOK THREE: Kate Thompson - Yetis Don't Exist! - Published by Templar Publishing (7 Nov. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by Loretta Schauer - VOTE HERE

BOOK FOUR: Antonia Maxwell - Terra Electrica: The Guardians of the North - Published by Neem Tree Press Limited (4 July 2024) - Book Cover by Jet Purdie  - VOTE HERE 

BOOK FIVE: Alexandra Dawe - The Stitchwort Curse - Book Published by - UCLan Publishing (5 Sept. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by Olia Muza - VOTE HERE 

BOOK SIX: Sarah Harrison - School of Doom - Published by Chicken House (13 Mar. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Isabelle Follath - VOTE HERE

BOOK SEVEN: Philippa Leathley - Inkbound - Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books (30 Jan. 2025) -  Book Cover Illustration by Brie Schmida - VOTE HERE

BOOK EIGHT: Sally Doherty - Toby and the Siege of Sky City - Book Published by Soaring Skies Publishing ( 26 Mar. 2025) Cover Illustration by Sarah Jane Docker - VOTE HERE

HAPPY VOTING! 

Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Books - Children's Favourite Book Cover Competition - THE GRAND FINAL 2022/2023

Welcome everybody to the 13th GRAND FINAL of Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books' favourite book cover. We have already run five fantastic heats so all the winners and highest runners-up are now ready for your VOTES once again. This is your chance to choose your favourite to be crowned the ultimate winner. So get your fingers ready as it all starts NOW. Who will win this YEAR?  

This week's voters' prize is a £10 National Book Token, a book (Fleur Hitchcock - Murder at Snowfall), and a bar of chocolate. (Voters prize is open to the 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 #RT our Pinned tweet on @Enchantedbooks or you could do both for a better chance to win.
• This poll will end on 16th JAN 2023 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 fantastic book covers to vote for: 

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

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

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

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

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

BOOK SEVEN: Penny Chrimes - WILDER - Published by 

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

Happy Voting!

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.