Blue Peter Book Award
Awarded forChildren's literature
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBlue Peter
First awarded2000 (2000)
Last awarded2022 (2022)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBBC

The Blue Peter Book Awards were a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999 and 2000. The awards were managed by reading charity, BookTrust, from 2006 until the final award in 2022. From 2013 until the final award, there were two award categories: Best Story and Best Book with Facts.

The awards were discontinued in 2022, one month after the end of the Costa Book Awards, which included a category for children's book, leaving only three widely recognized awards for children's literature (the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Carnegie Medal, and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize).[1]

Categories

The Book of the Year dated from 2000 when there were also some "Voters' Awards" (2000 to 2002). Previously there were award categories for:

  • Most Fun Story with Pictures, from 2007
  • Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud, 2004 to 2006
  • Best Book with Facts, from 2003
  • Best New Information Book, 2002
  • Favourite Story, 2011
  • Book I Couldn't Put Down, 2000 to 2010

Three books in each category were announced 4 December 2014 and considered by the panel of 200 children from 10 schools. The two winners for the 2015 awards were announced on 5 March 2015, or World Book Day (UK and Ireland).[2]

Winners

Blue Peter Book Award winners
Year Category Author Title Ref.
2000 Book of the Year Geraldine McCaughrean, illus. by Jason Cockcroft A Pilgrim's Progress, retelling of The Pilgrim's Progress
Best Book to Read Aloud Julia Donaldson, illus. by Axel Scheffler The Gruffalo
Book I Couldn't Put Down Alan Gibbons Shadow of the Minotaur
Special Book to Keep Forever Geraldine McCaughrean, illus. by Jason Cockcroft A Pilgrim's Progress
Voters' Awards: Best Book With Facts in It Guinness Book of World Records
Voters' Awards: Best Book to Share J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Voters' Awards: Book that Made Me Laugh the Loudest Roald Dahl, illus. by Quentin Blake Matilda
2001 Book of the Year William Nicholson The Wind Singer
Best Book to Keep Forever Geraldine McCaughrean The Kite Rider
Best Book to Read Aloud Allan Ahlberg and Paul Howard The Bravest Ever Bear
Book I Couldn't Put Down William Nicholson The Wind Singer
Voters' Awards: Best Book of Knowledge Terry Deary Rotten Romans
Voters' Awards: Best Storybook J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2002 Book of the Year Nicky Singer Feather Boy
Best Book to Read Aloud Ted Dewan Crispin, the Pig Who Had It All
Best New Information Book Lucy Lethbridge Ada Lovelace: The Computer Wizard of Victorian England
Book I Couldn't Put Down Nicky Singer Feather Boy
Voter's Awards: Best Book With Facts In Terry Deary, illus. by Martin Brown Terrible Tudors
Voter's Awards: Best Storybook Jacqueline Wilson The Story of Tracy Beaker
2003 Book of the Year Philip Reeve Mortal Engines
Best Book to Read Aloud Julia Donaldson, illus. by Axel Scheffler Room on the Broom
Best Book with Facts Richard Platt, illus. by Chris Riddell Pirate Diary
Book I Couldn't Put Down Philip Reeve Mortal Engines
2004 Book of the Year Simon Bartram Man on the Moon
Best Book with Facts Daniel Hahn, Leonie Flynn, and Susan Reuben (eds.) The Ultimate Book Guide
Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud Simon Bartram Man on the Moon
Book I Couldn't Put Down Eleanor Updale Montmorency
2005 Book of the Year Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful
Best Book with Facts Simon Chapman Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole
Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud Julia Donaldson, illus. by Axel Scheffler The Snail and the Whale
Book I Couldn't Put Down Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful
2006 Book of the Year Oliver Jeffers Lost and Found
Best Book with Facts Giles Thaxton Spud Goes Green
Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud Oliver Jeffers Lost and Found
Book I Couldn't Put Down Charlie Higson Blood Fever
2007 Book of the Year S. F. Said, illus. by Dave McKean The Outlaw Varjak Paw
Best Book with Facts Tony Robinson The Worst Children's Jobs in History
Book I Couldn't Put Down S. F. Said, illus. by Dave McKean The Outlaw Varjak Paw
Most Fun Story With Pictures Andy Stanton and David Tazzyman You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum
2008 Prize didn't run [3]
2009 Book of the Year Matt Haig Shadow Forest
2010 Book of the Year Ali Sparkes Frozen in Time
2011 Book of the Year Lauren St. John Dead Man's Cove
2012 Book of the Year Gareth P. Jones The Considine Curse
2013 Best Book with Facts Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles House of Horrors
Best Story Liz Pichon Tom Gates: Genius Ideas (Mostly)
2014 Best Book with Facts Tony Robinson, illus. by Del Thorpe Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II
Best Story Katherine Rundell Rooftoppers
2015 Best Book with Facts Andy Seed, illus. by Scott Garrett The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff [2]
Best Story Pamela Butchart, illus. by Thomas Flintham The Spy Who Loved School Dinners [2]
2016 Best Book with Facts Adam Frost The Epic Book of Epicness [4]
Best Story Ross MacKenzie The Nowhere Emporium [4]
2017 Best Book with Facts David Long, illus. by Kerry Hyndman Survivors [5]
Best Story Kieran Larwood, illus. by David Wyatt Podkin One Ear [5]
2018 Best Book with Facts Susan Martineau, illus. by Vicky Barker Real-Life Mysteries [6]
Best Story Cressida Cowell The Wizards of Once [6]
2019 Best Book with Facts Clive Gifford, illus. by Marc-Etienne Peintre The Colours of History [7]
Best Story Onjali Q. Rauf The Boy at the Back of the Class [7]
2020 Best Book with Facts Amanda Li, illus. by Amy Blackwell, designed by Kim Hankinson and Jack Clucas Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories [8]
Best Story Vashti Hardy Wildspark [8]
2021 Best Book with Facts Mike Barfield, illus. by Jess Bradley A Day in the Life of a Poo, A Gnu And You [9]
Best Story Elle McNicoll A Kind of Spark [9]
2022 Best Book with Facts Christiane Dorian, illus. by Gosia Herba Invented by Animals [10]
Best Story Hannah Gold The Last Bear [10]

Shortlists

2020[8]
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories by Amanda Li, illus. Amy Blackwell designed by Kim Hankinson and Jack Clucas (Buster Books)
    • Fanatical About Frogs by Owen Davey (Flying Eye)
    • How To Be An Astronaut and Other Space Jobs by Dr Sheila Kanani & Sol Linero (Nosy Crow)
  • Best Story
    • Wildspark by Vashti Hardy (Scholastic)
    • Owen and the Soldier by Lisa Thompson, illus. Mike Lowery (Barrington Stoke)
    • Vote for Effie by Laura Wood (Scholastic)
2019[11]
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • The Colours of History by Clive Gifford, illus. Marc-Etienne Peintre (QED Publishing)
    • Professor Astro Cat’s Human Body Odyssey by Dr Dominic Walliman, illus. Ben Newman (Flying Eye Books)
    • The Element in the Room: Investigating the Atomic Ingredients that Make Up Your Home by Mike Barfield, illus. Lauren Humphrey (Laurence King)
  • Best Story
2018[12]
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Real-Life Mysteries by Susan Martineau, illus. Vicky Barker (b small)
    • Beyond the Sky: You and the Universe by Dara Ó Briain, illus. Dan Bramall (Scholastic)
    • Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Scientists by Adam Murphy and Lisa Murphy (David Fickling Books)
  • Best Story
2017[13]
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Destination: Space by Christoph Englert, illus. Tom Clohosy Cole (Wide Eyed Editions)
    • Football School: Where Football Explains the World by Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton, illus. Spike Gerrell (Walker Books)
    • Survivors by David Long (Faber and Faber)
  • Best Story:
    • Lost Tales by Adam Murphy (David Fickling Books)
    • Podkin One Ear by Kieran Larwood, illus. David Wyatt (Faber and Faber)
    • Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford (Harper Collins )
2016[14]
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • The Epic Book of Epicness by Adam Frost
    • The Silly Book of Weird and Wacky Words by Andy Seed, illus. by Scott Garrett
    • FactFeed by Penny Arlon
  • Best Story:
    • The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illus. by Steven Lenton
    • The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair by Lara Williamson
    • The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie
2015[15]
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Animalium by Jenny Broom, illus. Katie Scott (Big Picture Press)
    • The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff by Andy Seed, illus. Scott Garrett (Bloomsbury)
    • Corpse Talk: Season 1 by Adam Murphy (David Fickling Books)
  • Best Story
    • The Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen (DoubleDay)
    • Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death by Chris Riddell (Walker)
    • The Spy Who Loved School Dinners by Pamela Butchart, illus. Thomas Flintham (Nosy Crow)
2014
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Marvellous Maths by Jonathan Litton, illus. Thomas Flintham (Templar Publishing)
    • The World in Infographics: Animal Kingdom by Jon Richards illus. Ed Simkins (Wayland)
    • Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II by Tony Robinson, illus. Del Thorpe (Macmillan)
  • Favourite Story
2013
2012
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • The Official Countdown to the London 2012 Games by Simon Hart (Carlton Books)
    • Discover the Extreme World by Camilla de la Bedoyere, Clive Gifford, John Farndon, Steve Parker, Stewart Ross and Philip Steele (Miles Kelly)
  • Favourite Story
2011
  • Most Fun Story with Pictures:
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Do Igloos Have Loos by Mitchell Symons (Doubleday)
    • How the World Works by Christian Dorion, illus. Beverley Young, pop-ups designed by Andy Mansfield (Templar Publishing)
    • What You Need To Know Now: The World in Facts, Stats, and Graphics by Joe Fullman, Ian Graham, Sally Regan and Isabel Thomas, illus. Sheila Collins, Mik Gates, Jim Green, Katie Knutton, Phillip Letsu and Hoa Luc (Dorling Kindersley)
  • Favourite Story
2010
  • Most Fun Story with Pictures:
    • Peter the Penguin Pioneer by Daren King (Quercus)
    • Spells by Emily Gravett (Macmillan)
    • Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things by Guy Bass (Stripes)
  • Best Book with Facts:
    • Usborne Lift-the-flap Picture Atlas by Alex Frith and Kate Leake (Usborne)
    • Tail-End Charlie by Mick Manning and Brita Granström (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
    • Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You by Mitchell Symons (Red Fox)
  • Book I couldn't Put Down
2009
  • Most Fun Story with Pictures:
    • Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton and David Tazzyman (Egmont)
    • Fleabag by Helen Stephens (Alison Green Books)
    • Lost! The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong, illus. Rowan Clifford (Puffin Books)
  • Best Book with Facts:
  • The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
2008

Prize didn't run.[16]

2007
2006
2005
2004

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Children's books world reacts to 'horrible loss' of Blue Peter book awards". The Guardian. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Blue Peter Book Awards 2015 Winners Announced". 5 March 2015. Booktrust. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Blue Peter Book Awards 2015". Booktrust (booktrust.co.uk). Retrieved 2014-10-18. With list of past winners.
  4. 1 2 Drabble, Emily (3 March 2016). "Adam Frost and Ross MacKenzie win Blue Peter book awards 2016". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Blue Peter Book Awards 2017". BookTrust. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Blue Peter Book Awards 2018". BookTrust. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Blue Peter Book Awards 2019". BookTrust. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 "Blue Peter Book Awards 2020". BookTrust. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Blue Peter Book Awards 2021". BookTrust. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Blue Peter Book Awards 2022". www.booktrust.org.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  11. ↑ BookTrust – Blue Peter Book Awards 2019
  12. ↑ BookTrust – Blue Peter Book Awards 2018
  13. ↑ BookTrust – Blue Peter Book Awards 2017
  14. ↑ BookTrust – Blue Peter Book Awards 2016
  15. ↑ BookTrust – Blue Peter Book Awards 2015
  16. ↑ BookTrust – Blue Peter Book Awards archive
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