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Red Dot Book Awards 2025-2026

The Red Dot student choice book awards is an annual event organised by the International School Libraries Network (ISLN) in Singapore. Shortlisted books are organised into four age-based categories, with eight titles in each. We look forward to this shortlist every year so please enjoy the wonderful selection! 

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  • Lion Dancers

    $22.00

    Written and Illustrated by Cai TsepaperbackYoung Wei dreamed of being a legendary lion dancer just like his dad. With his best friend Hung performi...

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    $22.00
  • May the Best Player Win

    Original price $19.00
    Current price $17.00

    Written by Kyla ZhaopaperbackThe clock is ticking for May Li, whose middle-school chess team just earned a victory at the state championship—and wi...

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    Original price $19.00
    Current price $17.00
  • The Bletchley Riddle

    $18.00

    Written by Ruta Sepetys and Steve SheinkinpaperbackA stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sh...

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    $18.00
  • Sona and the Golden Beasts

    $29.00

    Written by Rajani LaRoccahardcoverThough music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling...

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    $29.00
  • Gordon the Meanest Goose on Earth

    $14.00

    Written and Illustrated by Alex Latimerpaperback There are plenty of mean geese in the world. You’ve probably met one. They hiss and honk and chase...

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    $14.00
  • Veena and the Red Roti

    $32.00

    Written by Namita Moolani Mehra  |  Illustrated by Beena MistryhardcoverVeena loves her home in Sindh. But on a terrible night in 1947 when the Par...

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    $32.00
  • I Love You, Blue

    $27.00

    Written and Illustrated by Barrouxhardcover When Jonas the lighthouse-keeper is rescued from the stormy sea by a whale, they become friends. But so...

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    $27.00
  • Not Nothing

    $15.00

    Written by Gayle FormanpaperbackAlex is twelve, and he did something very, very bad. A judge sentences him to spend his summer volunteering at a re...

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    $15.00
  • Sona and the Golden Beasts

    $15.00

    Written by Rajani LaRoccapaperbackThough music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling...

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    $15.00