Shortlists and Winners
Waterstone's Childrens' Book Prize 2010
The winner of this prize for new authors was Katie Davies for The Great Hamster Massacre. Other books on the shortlist were:
- Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
- The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
- Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
- Desperate Measures by Laura Summers
- The Seven Sorcerers by Caro King
- The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
- The Toymaker by Jeremy de Quidt
- Superhumans: Meteorite Strike by A G Taylor
- Find out more about the Waterstones Childrens' Book Prize
CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal Winners
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The Carnegie Medal is awarded to a book of outstanding literary quality in terms of plot, style and theme. The most recent winner was Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd. |
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The Kate Greenaway Medal is an award for excellence in illustration.
The most recent winner was Harris Finds His Feet written and illustrated by Catherine Rayner. |
Costa Children's Book Award 2010
- Winner: The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
- Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd
- Troubadour by Mary Hoffman
- Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
- Find out more about the Costa Book Awards Shortlists
Blue Peter Book Awards Winners 2010
Nine child judges from around the UK chose the winners of the three categories. The overall winner was Ali Sparkes Frozen in Time.
- Best Book With Facts:
- Winner: Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You – Mitchell Symons
- Tail-End Charlie – Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom
- Usborne Lift-the-flap Picture Atlas – Alex Frith & Kate Leake
- Book I Couldn’t Put Down
- Winner: Frozen in Time – Ali Sparkes
- The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43 – Harriet Goodwin
- Cosmic – Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Most Fun Story with Pictures
- Winner: Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things – Guy Bass
- Spells – Emily Gravett
- Peter the Penguin Pioneer – Daren King
- Find out more about the Blue Peter Book Awards
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Winner 2009
This is the only award judged solely by children's authors, this year's judges are Celia Rees, Andy Stanton and last year's winner Patrick Ness. The winning book was Exposure by Mal Peet.
Booktrust Early Years Award Winners 2009
- The best book for babies under one year old.
- Winner: Chick by Ed Vere
- The Big Night-Night Book by Georgi e Birkett
- Baby Loves: Tiger by Claire Dowe
- Five Little Ducks by Francesca Stich & Jemima Lumley, illustrated by Jason Chapman
- Baby’s Very First Outdoors Book by Stella Baggott
- That’s Not My Frog by Fiona Watt, illustrated by Rachel Wells
- The best picture book for pre-school children up to five years of age.
- Winner: Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide by Mara Bergman, illustrated by Nick Maland
- If I Were You by Richard Hamilton, illustrated by Babette Cole
- Sylvia and Bird by Catherine Rayner
- Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood
- The Tail of the Whale by Ellie Patterson, illustrated by Christine Pym
- Miaow Said the Cow by Emma Dodd
- The best emerging illustrator of a book for pre-school children up to five years of age.
- Winner: Box of Tricks by Katie Cleminson
- The Grump by Sarah Garson
- Toot Toot Beep Beep by Emma Garci
- Small Mouse Big City by Simon Prescott
- The Haunted House by Kazuno Kohara
- Peas! by Andy Cullen, illus. Simon Rickerty
- Find out more about the Booktrust Early Years Book Awards
Booktrust Teenage Book Prize Winner 2009
This contemporary young adult fiction prize is judged by a mixed group of adults and young people.
- Winner: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Auslander by Paul Dowswell
- Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
- The Ant Colony by Jenny Valentine
- The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
- The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
- Find out more about the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize
The Roald Dahl Funny Prize Winners 2009
This prize showcases the books that make children laugh. This year's judges include Michael Rosen, Louise Rennison and last year's winner Andy Stanton.
- The funniest book for children aged six and under
- Winner: Mr Pusskins Best in Show by Sam Lloyd
- The Great Dog Bottom Swap by Peter Bently, illustrated by Mei Matsuoka
- Octopus Socktopus by Nick Sharratt
- Elephant Joe is a Spaceman! by David Wojtowycz
- Crocodiles Are the Best Animals of All! by Sean Taylor, illustrated by Hannah Shaw
- The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg, illus. Bruce Ingman
- The funniest book for children aged seven to fourteen
- Winner: Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky by Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Jim Paillot
- The Galloping Ghost by Hilda Offen
- Eating Things on Sticks by Anne Fine, illustrated by Kate Aldous
- The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake
- Purple Class and the Half-Eaten Sweater by Sean Taylor, illustrated by Helen Bate
- Ribblestrop by Andy Mulligan
- Find out more about the The Roald Dahl Funny Prize
Branford Boase First Novel Award 2009
The Branford Boase First Novel Award celebrates promising, new first-time authors of children's books. The winning book was The Traitor Game by BR Collins.
Red House Childrens' Book Award Winners 2009
The shortlists were chosen by children through the country, and young readers voted online to choose the category winners and overall winner.
Overall Winner: Blood Ties by Sophie Mackenzie.
- Books For Younger Children
- Winner: The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg
- Beware of the Frog by William Bee
- A Lark in the Ark by Peter Bentley
- The Three Horrid Pigs and the Big Friendly Wolf by Liz Pinchon
- Books for Younger Readers
- Winner: Daisy and the Trouble with Zoos by Kes Gray
- Cows in Action:Wild West Moonsters by Steve Cole
- The Cat who Liked Rain by Henning Mankell
- Books for Older Readers
- Winner : Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie
- Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior by Chris Bradford
- Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
- Find out more about the Red House Childrens Book Awards