SHORTLISTED 2025

Children's Sports Book of the Year | Shortlisted

Try

by Rob Burrow & Kevin Sinfield, with Emma Adams & Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse

Try is an irresistibly big-hearted picture book about a friendship between two young boys, inspired by the real-life affection between rugby legends, fundraising heroes and best friends Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield – written with Emma Adams and illustrated by Ben Whitehouse.

Try by Rob Burrow & Kevin Sinfield, with Emma Adams & Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse
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