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The Blue Peter Book Awards are a series of literary prizes for children's literature
Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve and is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes exclude young-adult fiction, comic books, or other genres....
 awarded annually by the BBC television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 programme Blue Peter
Blue Peter

Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
, and inaugurated in 2000.

An overall award, The Blue Peter Book of the Year, is selected from the winners of three categories: "The Book I Couldn't Put Down", "The Best Book with Facts", and "The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud".








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The Blue Peter Book Awards are a series of literary prizes for children's literature
Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve and is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes exclude young-adult fiction, comic books, or other genres....
 awarded annually by the BBC television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 programme Blue Peter
Blue Peter

Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
, and inaugurated in 2000.

An overall award, The Blue Peter Book of the Year, is selected from the winners of three categories: "The Book I Couldn't Put Down", "The Best Book with Facts", and "The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud".

List of Prize Winners


2007


  • Book of the Year: The Outlaw Varjak Paw by S. F. Said
    S. F. Said

    S. F. Said is a London-based writer of children's books, including Varjak Paw, which won the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize for books aimed at children aged six to eight in 2003, and The Outlaw Varjak Paw, about a cat....
    , illustrated by Dave McKean
    Dave McKean

    David McKean is an England illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician.His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art and sculpture....
    • Most Fun Story With Pictures: You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum by Andy Stanton
      Andy Stanton

      'Andy Stanton' is an English people children's writer.He has written five books in the 'Mr Gum' series:*You're a Bad Man, Mr. Gum!*Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire'...
       and David Tazzyman
    • Best Book with Facts: The Worst Children's Jobs in History by Tony Robinson
      Tony Robinson

      Tony Robinson is an England actor, broadcasting and political campaigner, best known for playing Baldrick in the BBC television series Blackadder, and for hosting Channel 4 programmes such as Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History....
    • Book I Couldn't Put Down: The Outlaw Varjak Paw by S. F. Said
      S. F. Said

      S. F. Said is a London-based writer of children's books, including Varjak Paw, which won the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize for books aimed at children aged six to eight in 2003, and The Outlaw Varjak Paw, about a cat....
      , illustrated by Dave McKean
      Dave McKean

      David McKean is an England illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician.His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art and sculpture....


2006


  • Book of the Year: Lost and Found
    Lost and Found (book)

    Lost and Found is a children's picture book by Oliver Jeffers, published in 2005. It won the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize Gold Award and was the Blue Peter Book Awards....
     by Oliver Jeffers
    Oliver Jeffers

    Oliver Jeffers is an artist, designer, illustrator and writer from Northern Ireland. He graduated from the University of Ulster with a degree in Visual Communication....
     (HarperCollins)
    • Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud: Lost and Found
      Lost and Found (book)

      Lost and Found is a children's picture book by Oliver Jeffers, published in 2005. It won the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize Gold Award and was the Blue Peter Book Awards....
       by Oliver Jeffers
      Oliver Jeffers

      Oliver Jeffers is an artist, designer, illustrator and writer from Northern Ireland. He graduated from the University of Ulster with a degree in Visual Communication....
       (HarperCollins)
    • Best Book with Facts: Spud Goes Green by Giles Thaxton (Egmont)
    • Book I Couldn't Put Down: Blood Fever
      Blood Fever

      Blood Fever is the second novel in the Young Bond series depicting Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. The novel, written by Charlie Higson, was released in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2006 by Puffin Books and in the United States by Miramax Books/Hyperion on June 1, 2006....
       by Charlie Higson
      Charlie Higson

      Charles Murray Higson , more commonly known as Charlie Higson, is an English people actor and comedian. He has also written and produced for television and also writes novels....
       (Puffin)


2005


  • Book of the Year: Private Peaceful
    Private Peaceful

    Private Peaceful is a novel written by Michael Morpurgo. It is about a soldier called Thomas, or Tommo, Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I....
     by Michael Morpurgo
    Michael Morpurgo

    Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo Order of the British Empire Fellowship of King's College London is an England author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature....
     (Collins)
    • Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud: The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
      Julia Donaldson

      Julia Donaldson is an England writer and playwright living in Scotland, best known as author of The Gruffalo and other children's books, many illustrated in cartoon style by Germany Axel Scheffler....
      , illustrated by Axel Scheffler
      Axel Scheffler

      Axel Scheffler is a book illustrator best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child written by Julia Donaldson....
       (Macmillan)
    • Best Book with Facts: Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole by Simon Chapman
      Simon Chapman (author)

      Simon Chapman is a British children's author. His books include the Explorers Wanted! series, one of which won a Blue Peter Book Award....
       (Egmont)
    • Book I Couldn't Put Down: Private Peaceful
      Private Peaceful

      Private Peaceful is a novel written by Michael Morpurgo. It is about a soldier called Thomas, or Tommo, Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I....
       by Michael Morpurgo
      Michael Morpurgo

      Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo Order of the British Empire Fellowship of King's College London is an England author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature....
       (Collins)


2004


  • Book of the Year: Man on the Moon
    Man on the Moon (book)

    Man on the Moon is a children's book by Simon Bartram, published in 2002. It was chosen as the Blue Peter Book Awards after it was reprinted in paperback in 2004....
     by Simon Bartram (Templar)
    • Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud: Man on the Moon
      Man on the Moon (book)

      Man on the Moon is a children's book by Simon Bartram, published in 2002. It was chosen as the Blue Peter Book Awards after it was reprinted in paperback in 2004....
       by Simon Bartram (Templar)
    • Best Book with Facts: The Ultimate Book Guide
      The Ultimate Book Guide

      The Ultimate Book Guides are an award-winning series of reading guides for children and teenagers. The guides are edited by Leonie Flynn, Daniel hahn, and Susan Reuben and published in the U.K....
       edited by Daniel Hahn
      Daniel Hahn

      Daniel hahn is a British writer and translator.He is the author of the history book The Tower Menagerie and the translator of Pele's autobiography....
       (A and C Black)
    • Book I Couldn't Put Down: Montmorency
      Montmorency/ Scarper

      The Montmorency Series is a Victorian era crime genre focused on an ex-convict turned spy named Montmorency. The first novel in the series was released on April 1, 2004....
       by Eleanor Updale
      Eleanor Updale

      Eleanor Updale is the author of the Montmorency Series. She has written four novels and some short stories, and has won several awards for her writing....
       (Scholastic)


2003


  • Book of the Year: Mortal Engines
    Mortal Engines

    Mortal Engines is the first of four novels in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines quartet, which is also known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the United States....
     by Philip Reeve
    Philip Reeve

    Philip Reeve is a British author and illustrator. He presently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Samuel....
     (Scholastic)
    • Best Book to Read Aloud: Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
      Julia Donaldson

      Julia Donaldson is an England writer and playwright living in Scotland, best known as author of The Gruffalo and other children's books, many illustrated in cartoon style by Germany Axel Scheffler....
      , illustrated by Axel Scheffler
      Axel Scheffler

      Axel Scheffler is a book illustrator best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child written by Julia Donaldson....
       (Macmillan)
    • Best Book with Facts: Pirate Diary
      Pirate Diary

      Pirate Diary is a children's book written by Richard Platt and illustrated by Chris Riddell, published in 2001. It won the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize Silver Award and a Blue Peter Book Awards....
       by Richard Platt
      Richard Platt

      British author Richard Platt was born in Northumberland in 1953. He started writing when aged 27 with how-to articles and books about photography. By 1992 he had begun writing non-fiction books for children, initially collaborating with Stephen Biesty in a successful series that capitalized on the illustrator's facility for cross-sectional drawings...
      , illustrated by Chris Riddell
      Chris Riddell

      Chris Riddell is a United Kingdom illustrator of children's literature, and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize seven times....
       (Walker)
    • Book I Couldn't Put Down: Mortal Engines
      Mortal Engines

      Mortal Engines is the first of four novels in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines quartet, which is also known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the United States....
       by Philip Reeve
      Philip Reeve

      Philip Reeve is a British author and illustrator. He presently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Samuel....
       (Scholastic)


2002


  • Book of the Year: Feather Boy
    Feather Boy

    Feather Boy is a novel by Brighton-based novelist Nicky Singer, which was first published in 2002 by HarperCollins. The story is about Robert Nobel, a boy who despairs of his newly divorced parents....
     by Nicky Singer (Collins)
    • Best Book to Read Aloud: Crispin, the Pig Who Had It All by Ted Dewan
      Ted Dewan

      Ted Dewan is an England-based American author/illustrator, born in 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is married to fellow-illustrator Helen Cooper ....
       (Random House)
    • Best New Information Book: Ada Lovelace: The Computer Wizard of Victorian England by Lucy Lethridge
    • Book I Couldn't Put Down: Feather Boy
      Feather Boy

      Feather Boy is a novel by Brighton-based novelist Nicky Singer, which was first published in 2002 by HarperCollins. The story is about Robert Nobel, a boy who despairs of his newly divorced parents....
       by Nicky Singer (Collins)
  • Voter's Awards:
    • Best Storybook: The Story of Tracy Beaker
      The Story of Tracy Beaker

      The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's book first published in 1991, written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt....
       by Jacqueline Wilson
      Jacqueline Wilson

      Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Order of the British Empire is a multi award-winning England author, known for her vast and diverse work in children's literature....
       (Yearling)
    • Best Book With Facts In: Terrible Tudors by Terry Deary
      Terry Deary

      Terry Deary is a children's author now living in Burnhope, County Durham, England.A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29....
      , illustrated by Martin Brown (Scholastic)


2001


  • Book of the Year: The Wind Singer
    The Wind Singer

    The Wind Singer is a novel written by William Nicholson and the first book of his Wind On Fire Trilogy. It was first published in 2000....
     by William Nicholson
    William Nicholson (writer)

    William Nicholson is a BAFTA-, Academy Award- and Tony Awards-nominated British people screenwriter, playwright, and novelist....
     (Egmont)
    • Best Book to Read Aloud: The Bravest Ever Bear by Allan Ahlberg and Paul Howard
      Paul Howard (illustrator)

      Paul Howard is a children's illustrator. He provided the illustrations for The Bravest Ever Bear, written by Allan Ahlberg, which won a Blue Peter Book Award....
       (Walker)
    • Book I Couldn't Put Down: The Wind Singer
      The Wind Singer

      The Wind Singer is a novel written by William Nicholson and the first book of his Wind On Fire Trilogy. It was first published in 2000....
       by William Nicholson
      William Nicholson (writer)

      William Nicholson is a BAFTA-, Academy Award- and Tony Awards-nominated British people screenwriter, playwright, and novelist....
       (Egmont)
    • Best Book to Keep Forever: The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
      Geraldine McCaughrean

      Geraldine McCaughrean is a UK children's literature....
       (Oxford University Press)
  • Voters' Awards:
    • Best Storybook: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
      Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

      Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling and featuring Harry Potter , a young Wizarding world....
       by J. K. Rowling
      J. K. Rowling

      Joanne "Jo" Rowling Order of the British Empire , who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, is a United Kingdom author, best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990....
       (Bloomsbury)
    • Best Book of Knowledge: Rotten Romans by Terry Deary
      Terry Deary

      Terry Deary is a children's author now living in Burnhope, County Durham, England.A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29....
       (Scholastic)


2000


  • Book of the Year: A Pilgrim's Progress retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
    Geraldine McCaughrean

    Geraldine McCaughrean is a UK children's literature....
    , illustrated by Jason Cockcroft (Hodder)
    • Special Book to Keep Forever: A Pilgrim's Progress retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
      Geraldine McCaughrean

      Geraldine McCaughrean is a UK children's literature....
      , illustrated by Jason Cockcroft (Hodder)
    • Book I Couldn't Put Down: Shadow of the Minotaur by Alan Gibbons
      Alan Gibbons

      Alan Gibbons is a Blue Peter Book Award winner and children's author, who currently lives in the North of England.Gibbons was born in Warrington, Cheshire, England....
       (Orion)
    • Best Book to Read Aloud: The Gruffalo
      The Gruffalo

      The Gruffalo is a children's book by writer/playwright Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, telling the story of a mouse taking a walk through a deep, dark wood....
       by Julia Donaldson
      Julia Donaldson

      Julia Donaldson is an England writer and playwright living in Scotland, best known as author of The Gruffalo and other children's books, many illustrated in cartoon style by Germany Axel Scheffler....
      , illustrated by Axel Scheffler
      Axel Scheffler

      Axel Scheffler is a book illustrator best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child written by Julia Donaldson....
       (Macmillan)
  • Voters' Awards:
    • Best Book With Facts In It: Guinness World Records 2000
      Guinness World Records

      Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing an internationally recognized...
       (Guinness)
    • Book that Made Me Laugh the Loudest: Matilda
      Matilda (novel)

      Matilda is a novel by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was first published in London in 1988 by Jonathan Cape. It was adapted into a Matilda in 1996....
       by Roald Dahl
      Roald Dahl

      Roald Dahl was a United Kingdom novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian people parents. After service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, In which he became a flying ace, he rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both Children's literature and adults, and became one of the world's bes...
      , illustrated by Quentin Blake
      Quentin Blake

      Quentin Saxby Blake, Order of the British Empire, Chartered Society of Designers, Royal Designers for Industry, is an United Kingdom cartoonist, illustrator and children's literature, well known for his collaborations with writer Roald Dahl....
       (Puffin)
    • Best Book to Share: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
      Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

      Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling, published on 8 July 2000. The book attracted additional attention because of a pre-publication warning from J....
       by J. K. Rowling
      J. K. Rowling

      Joanne "Jo" Rowling Order of the British Empire , who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, is a United Kingdom author, best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990....
       (Bloomsbury)


Shortlists


2008


  • Most Fun Story with Pictures:
    • Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton
      Andy Stanton

      'Andy Stanton' is an English people children's writer.He has written five books in the 'Mr Gum' series:*You're a Bad Man, Mr. Gum!*Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire'...
       and David Tazzyman (Egmont)
    • Fleabag by Helen Stephens
      Helen Stephens

      Helen Herring Stephens was an United States Athletics , a double Olympic Games champion in 1936.Stephens, nicknamed the 'Fulton Flash' after her birthplace Fulton, Missouri, was a strong athlete in sprint events - she never lost a race in her entire career - but also in weight events like the shot put and discus throw, and she won national...
       (Alison Green Books)
    • Lost! The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong
      Jeremy Strong

      Jeremy Strong is an emminent children's author. He has published 77 children's novels . After an eventful childhoodStrong left school to work in a bakery, and eventually became a teacher but is now a full time writer...
      , illustrated by Rowan Clifford (Puffin Books)
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Archaeology Detectives by Simon Adams (Oxford University Press)
    • 100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet by Anna Claybourne (A&C Black)
    • Horrible Geography Handbooks: Planet in Peril by Anita Ganeri
      Anita Ganeri

      Anita Ganeri is the author of the Award-winning book Horrible Geography. She is currently residing at West Yorkshire, England with her family....
      , illustrated by Mike Phillips
      Mike Phillips (illustrator)

      Mike Phillips is an illustrator for children. He was born in London, England. He illustrates the Award-Winning books Horrible Geography by Anita Ganeri and Horrible Histories by Terry Deary He resides in North Devon with his family....
       (Scholastic)
  • The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
    • Abela
      Abela

      Abela may refer to:*George Abela , a Maltese politician*Georgina Abela, a maltese singer and musician*Giovanni Francesco Abela , a Maltese of noble birth, author of Malta illustrata con le sue Antichit? ed altre Notizie...
       by Berlie Doherty
      Berlie Doherty

      Berlie Doherty is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for her Children's literature, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal....
       (Andersen Press)
    • Shadow Forest
      Shadow Forest

      Infobox Book | See...
       by Matt Haig
      Matt Haig

      Matt Haig is a novelist and writer, born in 1975 in Sheffield. He has written for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Face ....
       (Corgi)
    • Foul Play by Tom Palmer (Puffin)


2007


  • Most Fun Story with Pictures:
    • Melrose and Croc Together at Christmas by Emma Chichester Clark
    • Charlie Cook's Favourite Books by Julia Donaldson
      Julia Donaldson

      Julia Donaldson is an England writer and playwright living in Scotland, best known as author of The Gruffalo and other children's books, many illustrated in cartoon style by Germany Axel Scheffler....
       and Axel Scheffler
      Axel Scheffler

      Axel Scheffler is a book illustrator best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child written by Julia Donaldson....
    • You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum by Andy Stanton
      Andy Stanton

      'Andy Stanton' is an English people children's writer.He has written five books in the 'Mr Gum' series:*You're a Bad Man, Mr. Gum!*Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire'...
       and David Tazzyman
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Why is Snot Green? by Glenn Murphy
      Glenn Murphy (author)

      Glenn Murphy is a British children's author. His book Why is Snot Green? was shortlisted for the 2007 Blue Peter Book Awardsand was a finalist for the Royal Society Junior Science Book of the Year 2008...
    • The Worst Children's Jobs in History by Tony Robinson
      Tony Robinson

      Tony Robinson is an England actor, broadcasting and political campaigner, best known for playing Baldrick in the BBC television series Blackadder, and for hosting Channel 4 programmes such as Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History....
    • A Little Guide to Wild Flowers by Charlotte Voake
  • The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
    • Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
      Frank Cottrell Boyce

      Frank Cottrell Boyce is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, best known for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom....
    • The Bad Spy's Guide by Pete Johnson
      Pete Johnson (author)

      Pete Johnson is a prolific British children's author, with over fifty books to his name. One of his latest, The Bad Spy's Guide, was shortlisted for a 2007 Blue Peter Book Award....
    • The Outlaw Varjak Paw by S. F. Said
      S. F. Said

      S. F. Said is a London-based writer of children's books, including Varjak Paw, which won the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize for books aimed at children aged six to eight in 2003, and The Outlaw Varjak Paw, about a cat....
      , illustrated by Dave McKean
      Dave McKean

      David McKean is an England illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician.His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art and sculpture....


2006


  • Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
    • Traction Man is Here by Mini Grey
      Mini Grey

      Mini Grey is an award-winning United Kingdom children's literature author and illustrator....
    • Lost and Found
      Lost and Found (book)

      Lost and Found is a children's picture book by Oliver Jeffers, published in 2005. It won the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize Gold Award and was the Blue Peter Book Awards....
       by Oliver Jeffers
      Oliver Jeffers

      Oliver Jeffers is an artist, designer, illustrator and writer from Northern Ireland. He graduated from the University of Ulster with a degree in Visual Communication....
       (HarperCollins)
    • Guess Who's Coming for Dinner by John Kelly
      John Kelly (author / illustrator)

      John Kelly is a British author and illustrator. His books include The Robot Zoo and Everyday Machines, both of which were shortlisted for the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books....
       and Cathy Tincknell
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Connor's Eco Den by Pippa Goodhart
    • Poo by Nicola Davies
      Nicola Davies (author)

      Nicola Davies is a UK zoologist and writer. She was one of the original presenters of the BBC children's wildlife programme The Really Wild Show....
       and Neal Layton
    • Spud Goes Green by Giles Thaxton (Egmont)
  • Book I Couldn't Put Down:
    • GRK and the Pelotti Gang by Joshua Doder
    • Blood Fever
      Blood Fever

      Blood Fever is the second novel in the Young Bond series depicting Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. The novel, written by Charlie Higson, was released in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2006 by Puffin Books and in the United States by Miramax Books/Hyperion on June 1, 2006....
       by Charlie Higson
      Charlie Higson

      Charles Murray Higson , more commonly known as Charlie Higson, is an English people actor and comedian. He has also written and produced for television and also writes novels....
       (Puffin)
    • The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo
      Michael Morpurgo

      Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo Order of the British Empire Fellowship of King's College London is an England author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature....


2005


  • Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
    • The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
      Julia Donaldson

      Julia Donaldson is an England writer and playwright living in Scotland, best known as author of The Gruffalo and other children's books, many illustrated in cartoon style by Germany Axel Scheffler....
      , illustrated by Axel Scheffler
      Axel Scheffler

      Axel Scheffler is a book illustrator best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child written by Julia Donaldson....
       (Macmillan)
    • Biscuit Bear
      Biscuit Bear

      Biscuit Bear is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Mini Grey, published in 2004. It won the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, as well as being shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards and longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal....
       by Mini Grey
      Mini Grey

      Mini Grey is an award-winning United Kingdom children's literature author and illustrator....
       (Red Fox)
    • Aristotle
      Aristotle (book)

      Aristotle is a children's book written by Dick King-Smith and illustrated by Bob Graham , published in 2003. The story concerns Aristotle the kitten, who depends on his nine lives and the magical powers of his owner in order to emerge safely from various adventures....
       by Dick King-Smith
      Dick King-Smith

      Ronald Gordon King-Smith , better known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, is a prolific English people children's author, best known for writing The Sheep-Pig, retitled in the US as Babe the Gallant Pig, upon which the movie Babe was based....
      , illustrated by Bob Graham
      Bob Graham (author / illustrator)

      Bob Graham is an Australian children's author and illustrator. His books include Max , which won the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child, which won the Kate Greenaway Medal, and "Let's Get A Pup!" Said Kate which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award....
       (Walker)
    • Rapunzel: A Groovy Fairy Tale retold by Lynn Roberts
      Lynn Roberts (author)

      'Lynn Roberts' is a British children's author. Her books are usually retellings of fairy stories, such as ...
      , illustrated by David Roberts
      David Roberts (illustrator)

      David Roberts is a British children's illustrator. Among others, he has worked with such well-known authors as Philip Ardagh , Julia Donaldson , Alan MacDonald , Susan Price and Jon Blake ....
       (Chrysalis)
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole by Simon Chapman
      Simon Chapman (author)

      Simon Chapman is a British children's author. His books include the Explorers Wanted! series, one of which won a Blue Peter Book Award....
       (Egmont)
    • What's My Family Tree? by Mick Manning
      Mick Manning

      Mick Manning is a England children's author and illustrator, who has written and illustrated some 65 books....
      , illustrated by Brita Granström
      Brita Granström

      Brita Granstr?m is a Sweden artist and illustrator living and working in Great Britain. She is represented by The University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne and has won The People Show twice....
       (Watts)
    • Art Fraud Detective by Anna Nilsen, illustrated by Andy Parker
      Andy Parker (illustrator)

      Andy Parker is a British illustrator. His books include Art Fraud Detective which was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards....
       (Kingfisher)
    • Rome in spectacular cross-section by Andrew Solway, illustrated by Stephen Biesty (Oxford University Press)
  • Book I Couldn't Put Down:
    • Millions
      Millions (novel)

      Millions is a children's novel by Frank Cottrell Boyce, published in 2004. It was originally written solely as a screenplay for the film Millions, but scriptwriter Cottrell Boyce decided to adapt it into a novel while the film was in the process of being made....
       by Frank Cottrell Boyce
      Frank Cottrell Boyce

      Frank Cottrell Boyce is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, best known for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom....
       (Macmillan)
    • SilverFin
      SilverFin

      SilverFin is the first novel in the Young Bond series that depicts Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. It was written by Charlie Higson and released in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2005 by Puffin Books in conjunction with a large marketing campaign; a Canada release of the same edition occurred in late March....
       by Charlie Higson
      Charlie Higson

      Charles Murray Higson , more commonly known as Charlie Higson, is an English people actor and comedian. He has also written and produced for television and also writes novels....
       (Puffin)
    • Thora by Gillian Johnson (Hodder)
    • Private Peaceful
      Private Peaceful

      Private Peaceful is a novel written by Michael Morpurgo. It is about a soldier called Thomas, or Tommo, Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I....
       by Michael Morpurgo
      Michael Morpurgo

      Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo Order of the British Empire Fellowship of King's College London is an England author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature....
       (Collins)


2004


  • Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
    • The Woman Who Won Things by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Katharine McEwen (Walker Books)
    • Man on the Moon
      Man on the Moon (book)

      Man on the Moon is a children's book by Simon Bartram, published in 2002. It was chosen as the Blue Peter Book Awards after it was reprinted in paperback in 2004....
       by Simon Bartram (Templar)
    • Quiet! by Paul Bright, illustrated by Guy Parker Rees (Little Tiger Press)
    • Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths by Lucy Coats
      Lucy Coats

      Lucy Coats is an author who writes picture books, poetry, stories and novels for children of all ages. Her specialty is retelling myths and legend from many cultures....
      , illustrated by Anthony Lewis
      Anthony Lewis (illustrator)

      Anthony Lewis is a British children's illustrator. His books include The Owl Tree , which won the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize, and Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths , which was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards....
       (Orion)
    • The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson
      Julia Donaldson

      Julia Donaldson is an England writer and playwright living in Scotland, best known as author of The Gruffalo and other children's books, many illustrated in cartoon style by Germany Axel Scheffler....
      , illustrated by Axel Scheffler
      Axel Scheffler

      Axel Scheffler is a book illustrator best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child written by Julia Donaldson....
       (Macmillan)
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Journey into the Arctic by Bryan and Cherry Alexander (OUP)
    • Brilliant Brits: Shakespeare by Richard Brassey (Orion)
    • Who is Emily Davison? by Claudia Fitzherbert (Short Books)
    • The Ultimate Book Guide
      The Ultimate Book Guide

      The Ultimate Book Guides are an award-winning series of reading guides for children and teenagers. The guides are edited by Leonie Flynn, Daniel hahn, and Susan Reuben and published in the U.K....
       edited by Daniel Hahn
      Daniel Hahn

      Daniel hahn is a British writer and translator.He is the author of the history book The Tower Menagerie and the translator of Pele's autobiography....
       (A and C Black)
    • I Spy: Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwaite (Collins)
  • Book I Couldn't Put Down:
    • Stealing Stacey by Lynne Reid Banks
      Lynne Reid Banks

      Lynne Reid Banks is a United Kingdom author of books for children and adults.She has written forty books, including the best-selling children's novel The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 10 million copies and has been successfully adapted to The Indian in the Cupboard ....
       (Collins)
    • Fat Boy Swim by Catherine Forde (Egmont)
    • The Garbage King
      The Garbage King

      The Garbage King is a fiction book for older children by Elizabeth Laird....
       by Elizabeth Laird
      Elizabeth Laird

      Elizabeth Laird is an author of many books for children, including picture books and books for older children. Her novels include Red Sky in the Morning, Secrets of the Fearless and Kiss the Dust....
       (Macmillan)
    • When Mum Threw Out the Telly by E. F. Smith (Orchard Books)
    • Montmorency
      Montmorency/ Scarper

      The Montmorency Series is a Victorian era crime genre focused on an ex-convict turned spy named Montmorency. The first novel in the series was released on April 1, 2004....
       by Eleanor Updale
      Eleanor Updale

      Eleanor Updale is the author of the Montmorency Series. She has written four novels and some short stories, and has won several awards for her writing....
       (Scholastic)


See also

  • Carnegie Medal
    Carnegie Medal

    The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the United Kingdom in 1936 in honour of Scotland philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is awarded to an outstanding children's literature and young adult readers....
  • Children's Laureate
    Children's Laureate

    Children's Laureate is a position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a distinguished writer or illustrator of children's literature....
  • Guardian Award
    Guardian Award

    The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a prominent award for works of children's literature by British or Commonwealth authors, published in the United Kingdom during the preceding year....
  • Kate Greenaway Medal
    Kate Greenaway Medal

    The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in the United Kingdom in 1955 in honour of the children's illustrator, Kate Greenaway. The medal is given annually to an outstanding work of illustration in children's literature....
  • Nestle Smarties Book Prize
    Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

    The Nestl? Children's Book Prize, also known as the Nestl? Smarties Book Prize, was an annual award given to Children's literature written in the previous year by a United Kingdom citizen or resident....


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