Children's Book Prize Archive

Blue Peter Children's Book Awards

Annual

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The Blue Peter Book Awards were launched in 2000, and are run by BBC Children's Programme 'Blue Peter' in association with Booktrust.

Categories within the award have altered slightly since the award's inauguration, but for 2011 there will be three categories: The Best Book With Facts, Favourite Story and The Most Fun Story With Pictures.

A panel of adult judges will shortlist the final nine books. These will then be judged by a selection of young Blue Peter viewers, who will decide the winners in each category and the overall winner - The Blue Peter Book of the Year.

Most Recent Winners

2011

Blue Peter Book of the Year & Favourite Story:
Dead Man's Cove (A Laura Marlin Mystery) by Lauren St John

Best Book With Facts:
Do Igloos Have Loos? by Mitchell Symons

Most Fun Story with Pictures:
The Raven Mysteries: Lunatics and Luck by Marcus Sedgwick, illustrated by Pete Williamson

Previous Winners

2010

Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes

Best Book With Facts:
Why Eating Bogeys is Good For You by Mitchell Symons

Most Fun Story with Pictures:
Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things by Guy Bass

2009/2008

2 years merged as timing changed to coincide with World Book Day

Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
Shadow Forest by Matt Haig

The Best Book With Facts:
Horrible Geography Handbooks: Planet in Peril by Anita Ganeri & Mike Phillips

The Most Fun Story With Pictures:
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton & David Tazzyman

2007

Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
The Outlaw Varjak Paw by S.F. Said & Dave McKean

The Best Book With Facts:
The Worst Children's Jobs in History by Tony Robinson

The Most Fun Story With Pictures:
You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum by Andy Stanton and David Tazzyman

2006

The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
Blood Fever by Charlie Higson

The Best Book With Facts in it:
Spud Goes Green by Giles Thaxton

Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud
Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers

2005

Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

The Best Book With Facts in it:
Explorers wanted! At the North Pole by Simon Chapman

The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

2004

The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
Montmorency by Eleanor Updale (Scholastic)

The Best Book With Facts in it:
The Ultimate Book Guide edited by Daniel Hahn (A & C Black)

Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud
Man on the Moon written and illustrated by Simon Bartram (Templar)

2003

Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (Scholastic)

The Best Book With Facts in it:
Pirate Diary by Richard Platt & Chris Riddell (Walker Books)

The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud
Room On The Broom by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (Macmillan)

2002

The Best New Information Book:
Ada Lovelace by Lucy Lethbridge

The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
Crispin, The Pig Who Had It All by Ted Dewan

The Book I Couldn't Put Down and Overall Winner:
Feather Boy by Nicky Singer

2001

The Judges' Awards

The Best Book to Keep Forever:
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean (Oxford University Press)

Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
The Wind Singer by William Nicholson (Egmont)

The Best Book to Read Aloud:
The Bravest Ever Bear by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Paul Howard (Walker)

The Voters' Awards

The Best Storybook:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury)

The Best Book of Knowledge:
Rotten Romans by Terry Deary (Scholastic)

2000

The Judges' Awards:

Blue Peter Book of the Year & A Special Book to Keep Forever:
A Pilgrim's Progress Retold by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Jason Cockcroft (Hodder)

The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
Shadow of the Minotaur by Alan Gibbons (Orion)

The Best Book to Read Aloud:
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Macmillan)

The Voters' Awards:

The Best Book With Facts in it:
Guinness World Records 2000 (Guinness)

The Book that Made Me Laugh the Loudest:
Matilda by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake (Puffin)

The Best Book to Share:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury)

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