Tales of unexplained phenomenon and magical witches and warriors took the top spots, with reallife mysteries and the wizards of once voted for by over 500 children the judging panel was made up of writer laura dockrill, school librarian amy mckay and broadcasters greg james and chris smith. Set up in 2000 in memory of henrietta branford, who wrote novels for children and young people and of wendy boase, founder and editorial director of walker books. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the blue peter book awards. Blue peter best story awardwinners pamela butchart and thomas flintham continue their winning streak by being named overall winners of the childrens book award 2016. Each of the two categories, best story and best book with facts, has one winning book each year. The british children s tv program asked its audience to vote for their favorite blue peter book award book from the last two decades, and thousands of viewers voted. The blue peter book awards 2020 celebrates children s books published in the last year in two categories. The blue peter book awards are a set of literary awards for childrens books conferred by the bbc television programme blue peter. The shortlists for the blue peter book awards have been revealed, including. The awards, managed by booktrust, the uks largest childrens reading charity, are now in their 17th year and celebrate the best new childrens books from the last 12 months. The winning books were announced on world book day during blue peter on thursday 5 march 2020, with the winning authors and illustrators also appearing on the special awards episode of the show. Their book my head teacher is a vampire rat wins the books for younger readers category before going on to win the overall prize. Titles by firsttime authors sophie anderson and onjali rauf have been selected in. Our own waterstones book of the year and waterstones children s book prize aside, we work closely with a number of other award bodies to bring you results as they happen, keeping you at the tip of the spear for the very latest in vital, awardwinning news.
Deadly frogs that dart poison, space adventurers, coping with grief, misfits with a mission and inspirational children changing the. Ali sparkes wins blue peter book of the year award bbc. These awards are presented each year by the american library association ala along with other awards in over 20 categories. Blue peter book awards 2019 shortlists revealed the. And since 2000, the show was been running the blue peter book awards, managed since 2006 by booktrust, the uks largest childrens. The wizards of once the wizards of once by cressida cowell and reallife mysteries written by susan martineau, illustrated by vicky barker, have been revealed as this years blue peter book award winners. Managed by booktrust, the uks largest childrens reading charity, the blue peter book awards honour amazing authors, imaginative illustrators and the best books for children, published in the last 12 months. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more. This book was also shortlisted for the blue peter book award book i couldnt put down, the carnegie medal, the whitbread.
It is our enormous pleasure to share with you our waterstones childrens book prize shortlist for 2020. Book with story of greta thunberg up for blue peter. To have a book nominated for an award is wonderful, but to have a book in the final three of the blue peter book award is an absolute honour. Scroll down to find out who the winners are and read extracts. Kids from ages six to 15 can win a coveted blue peter badge by sending in interesting letters, stories, makes, pictures, poems, and their own good ideas for the programme. The 2019 blue peter awards judges louise pentland, alex t smith and darren chetty, chose the shortlist and then children. Blue peter book awards 2019 shortlists revealed the bookseller. Managed by the booktrust, the top titles were chosen by. Blue peter book awards shortlist 6 december 2011 countdown to the olympics 2012, learn about the extremes of the planet, read about time travel and investigate howls in the night in this year s blue peter. The favourite of the three is voted blue peter book of the year.
Best story, best book with facts, and now the winner of winners was recently added to the list. Dahl won the good book guide best books of the past 20 years for the bfg 1998. Jun 11, 2008 clip from the annual blue peter book awards. Greg james and lindsey russell have a mission for primary schools join the expert reading panel for the blue peter book awards and help to choose the winning books. Previous blue peter book award winners include onjali rauf, cressida cowell, michael morpurgo, katherine rundell, oliver jeffers and liz pichon. Tony robinson and katherine rundell win blue peter book award. The shortlists for the blue peter book awards have been revealed, with owen and the soldier by lisa thompson, the first dyslexiafriendly title to be shortlisted by the prize, managed by booktrust. Blue peter book 20th anniversary winner shelf awareness. Childrens book awards 2018 shortlists and winners toppsta. Dahl won the millennium children s book award and the blue peter book award for charlie and the chocolate factory. The awards have been managed by reading charity, booktrust, since 2006.
Konnie huq and cressida cowell to judge childrens science. A childrens book about a syrian refugee has been named one of the winners of the 2019 blue peter book awards. The book awards category on lovereading4kids will help you and your child discover authors currently in contention for andor winners of the most prestigious awards around. Tom gatess diary wins blue peter book award childrens. The winners will be announced on world book day 2020. Harry potter and the philosophers stone wins winner of.
But i was gobsmacked to hear that the book had been longlisted, then shortlisted, for the blue peter book awards 2020 blue peter is something ive grown up watching and i always wanted to be on an episode. Established in 2000 and gaining in popularity this award celebrates authors and illustrators. Childrens book about syrian refugee wins blue peter award. Childrens book award federation of childrens book groups. Blue peter have been celebrating the best in childrens literature since 2000, and this year marks the 20th anniversary of the blue peter book award. The waterstones childrens laureate and authorillustrator of the how to train your dragon books, cressida cowell, and former blue peter presenter turned childrens writer konnie huq are among a brilliant judging panel for the royal society young peoples book prize, awarded annually to the best science book for under14s with a seismic task ahead of them, it is fitting that the panel. Two debuts have made it on to the 2019 blue peter book awards best story shortlist. Podkin oneear by kieran larwood, samuel blink and the forbidden forest by matt haig, room on the broom by j. Onjali q raufs the boy at the back of the class, which tells the story of ahmet. Peters most recent books include happy dreamer which he wrote and illustrated and several books illustrated for author susan verde, the water princess, i am yoga, and i am peace. The blue peter awards are managed by booktrust, the uks largest childrens reading charity. Maia is strong main character who you really care about. We are really excited to find out the book titles and start reading. The spy who loved school dinners on blue peter duration.
Blue peter book awards 2020 vote for the best childrens. The teenage climate activist is among the collected tales of inspirational children. International childrens book awards national library of. Blue peter book awards reveals shortlists for 2020 the bookseller. Here are the six books up for the blue peter book awards 2018 three for best story and three for best book with facts. Children s book awards 2018 shortlists and winners. Blue peter best story award winners pamela butchart and thomas flintham continue their winning streak by being named overall winners of the childrens book award 2016. The childrens choice book awards is the only national book awards program where the winners are selected by kids and teens of all ages. The award for best story went to cressida cowells the wizards of once and the winner of the best book with facts was reallife mysteries by susan martineau and illustrator vicky barker. Mar 08, 2019 with this in mind and to celebrate world book day, blue peter has announced the winners of their 2019 childrens book awards. Other well known children s book awards include the charlotte zolotow award, presented by the cooperative children s book center ccbc, the boston globehoern book awards, and the ezra jack keats book award. Cowell s latest book tells the tale of xar and wish, a young boy wizard and a young girl warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison. Find out about the previous winners of the blue peter book awards, all the way.
Blue peter book award winner of winners goes to harry. The blue peter book awards celebrate the best authors, most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children. Book awards archives my book corner a treasure trove of beautiful childrens literature for you to discover. Blue peter book awards reveals shortlists for 2020 the.
The blue peter book awards, now in their 19th year, aim to guide children towards quality literature, encouraging them to read and establish a love of reading for life. Authors received their awards on the blue peter book awards world book day special on 2 march 2017 on cbbc. Most fun story with pictures, best book with facts, and. The blue peter book awards 2020 celebrates the amazing fact and fiction books that have been published for children in the last year. In total, peters childrens book career includes the publication of over 50 titles. The waterstones childrens laureate and authorillustrator of the how to train your dragon books, cressida cowell, and former blue peter presenter turned childrens writer konnie huq are among a brilliant judging panel for the royal society young peoples book prize, awarded annually to the best science book for under14s. Sep 10, 2018 greg james and lindsey russell have a mission for primary schools join the expert reading panel for the blue peter book awards and help to choose the winning books. With this in mind and to celebrate world book day, blue peter has announced the winners of their 2019 childrens book awards. The blue peter book award for best story 2018 was the wizards of once. Ordinary kids with extraordinary stories by amanda li and amy blackwell. This years selections as always chosen by our booksellers mark our continuing commitment to championing the finest new talent in childrens writing and illustration today. The only national award voted on by children and teenshere is a sampling of this years winners and finalists. Two teachers win blue peter book awards voted for by children. Cowell won best story for the wizards of once while martineau took the best book with facts prize for her reallife mysteries, which was illustrated by vicky barker.
Kindergarten to second grade book of the year finalists. Waterstones childrens laureate cressida cowell and blue. The best story and best book with facts are the two categories for fiction and nonfiction. The blue peter book awards are a set of literary awards for children s books conferred by the bbc television programme blue peter. Blue peter promotes the blue peter book awards, a series of literary prizes for children s literature awarded annually, and inaugurated in 2000. Blue peter book awards 2020 vote for the best childrens book. The winners of the 2020 winners have been announced. Lisa thompson, author of owen and the soldier, the first dyslexiafriendly book to ever be shortlisted, said. We can see the updated 2020 uk children s book awards shortlists and winners here below is a list of the key 2019 children s book awards in the uk with links to shortlists and winners. The award celebrates childrens books in two categories. The winning titles were voted for by over 500 children from 12 schools across the uk.
Childrens book about a syrian refugee wins this years. As part of the celebrations, we have created a brand new viewers vote award. The winners for the blue peter book awards 2018 have just been announced. The enormously popular and influential blue peter book awards have been recognising and celebrating the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children since 2000. Rowling s harry potter and the philosopher s stone won the blue peter book awards 20th anniversary prize. Barney, lindsey and radzi are joined by young readers, rapper doc brown and a giant puppet elephant. The classic illustrated storybook pop classicsback to the future. Faber titles win 2017 blue peter book awards world book day. Launched in 2007, the awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary childrens books and their creators, and to celebrate childrens books and lifelong reading. Two teachers, who have written funny and silly books, are top of their class as they win best book with facts and best story in the blue peter book awards 2015, voted for. The silly book of sidesplitting stuff and the spy who loved school dinners win childrens book prize.
All about blue peter book awards 2020 on lovereading4kids. Becoming a member of the lovereading4kids community is free. British book award the waterstones childrens book prize the blue peter. By their very presence on this page, you can be sure that each of the books featured is the best of today s children s literature. Deadly frogs that dart poison, space adventurers, coping with grief, misfits with a mission and inspirational children changing the world are just some of the themes from the brilliant lineup of titles shortlisted for the 2020 blue peter book awards. Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, personalise content and ads, provide social media features and analyse your use of this website. Nov 09, 2018 two debuts have made it on to the 2019 blue peter book awards best story shortlist. Nov 07, 2019 the shortlists for the blue peter book awards have been revealed, including owen and the soldier by lisa thompson, the first dyslexiafriendly title to be shortlisted by the prize. Tony robinson, who has written 20 books for children and adults including the worst children s jobs in history, which sold over 60,000 copies and won a blue peter book award. The blue peter book awards, now in their 19th year, aim to guide children towards quality literature, encouraging them to read and establish a love of reading for.
The lollies celebrate funny childrens books in three categories. I say ooh, you say aahi say ooh, you say aah john kane john kane. The blue peter book awards were launched in 2000 by book trust. The key uk children s book awards 2018 including dates and lists of the shortlists and winners as theyre announced, who theyre judged by and what theyre judged on. The blue peter awards are an annual celebration of the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children. Mar 03, 2010 the blue peter book awards have been recognising and celebrating the best children s books since 2000. Childrens laureate cressida cowell and former blue peter host konnie huq are on the judging panel for a book prize celebrating science writing for children. The winning titles, voted for by over 300 children from 12 schools across the uk, will be revealed live on blue peter on world book day thursday 7th march 2019 with the winning authors and illustrators appearing on the special awards episode of the show.
The uk has many respected prizes for children s books, including the carnegie and greenaway medals, the waterstones children s book awards, the blue peter book awards, the guardian children s book award and the costa children s book award originally the whitbread book awards. Jenkins group is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 moonbeam childrens book awards. The blue peter book awards 2019 celebrates childrens books published in the last year in two categories. Blue peter viewers choose winners of 2018 book awards bt. Titles by firsttime authors sophie anderson and onjali rauf have been selected in the best story category. The classic illustrated storyb kim smith kim smith. Mar 06, 2014 tony robinson, who has written 20 books for children and adults including the worst children s jobs in history, which sold over 60,000 copies and won a blue peter book award in 2007, said. All the key uk childrens book awards 2019 shortlists and. School zone everything you need to know about childrens. One of the most iconic parts of the show is its time capsules. Leading children s author andy mulligan today hit back at the blue peter book awards after they removed his book trash from the shortlist for the 2011 awards. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999.
Ive had a lot of fun promoting the book, from hay festival to edinburgh, to my local independent bookshop and local library. The shortlists for the blue peter book awards have been revealed, including owen and the soldier by lisa thompson, the first dyslexiafriendly title to be shortlisted by the prize. Two former children s laureates michael rosen and quentin blake are in the running for the blue peter book award 20 with their biography of roald dahl, along with five other books. Mar 07, 20 blue peter viewers vote for a funny read in the best story category, while the best book with facts prize goes to horrible science. Wildspark by vashti hardy the best book with facts. The blue peter book award st aidans catholic primary school. The blue peter book awards 2020 celebrates childrens books published in the last year in two categories. Dahls book, matilda, was voted nations favorite children s book in bbc bookworm poll 2000. The blue peter book award recognizes a fan favorite book of the year, which is voted on by children in the united kingdom. The winning titles were voted for by over 300 children from 12 schools across the uk. International childrens book awards february 11th, 2014 by janice rodrigues.
A book detailing the environmental efforts of greta thunberg has been shortlisted for a blue peter childrens book prize. Podkin one ear and survivors tell stories of struggle and strength podkin one ear and survivors have been chosen as this years blue peter book awards winners. Childrens books news blue peter book award winners. Fact and fiction battle for the blue peter book award. A book about the efforts of environmental activist greta thunberg has been shortlisted for a blue peter prize.
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