From over 200 books to 4 we have our winners for The Diverse Book Awards! 

A massive congratulations! Do read these amazing books!

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 #TheDBAwards

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Our 2025 Winners

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Best Picture Book

 Until You Find the Sun 

by Maryam Hassan, illustrated by Anna Wilson (Hodder Children's Books)

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2nd place: 

 The Boy Who Loves to Lick the Wind

 by Fiona Carswell, illustrated by Yu Rong (Otter-Barry Books)

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3rd place:

Olu’s Teacher: A Story About Starting Nursery 

by Jamel C. Campbell, illustrated by Lydia Mba

(Walker Books)

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Best Children's Book

Birdie

 by J. P. Rose

(Andersen Press)

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2nd place: 

The Boy Who Fell from the Sky 

by Benjamin Dean

(Simon & Schuster Children's Books)

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3rd place: 

 The Wrong Shoes 

by Tom Percival

(Simon & Schuster Children's Books)

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Best Young Adult Book

 ​Wild East 

by Ashley Hickson-Lovence

(Penguin Random House Children’s)

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2nd place: 

If My Words Had Wings 

by Danielle Jawando

(Simon & Schuster)

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3rd place:   

Desi Girl Speaking 

by A. S. Hussain

(Hot Key Books)

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Best Adult Book 

Allow Me to Introduce Myself 

by Onyi Nwabineli

(Magpie)

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2nd place: 

The House of Broken Bricks 

by Fiona Williams

(Faber)

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3rd place:  

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye 

by Briony Cameron

(Piatkus)

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