The British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year is a British literary award, given annually to works of children's literature as part of the British Book Awards (known as the Nibbies). It was established in 1996, replacing the British Illustrated Children's Book of the Year and British Children's Author of the Year categories.
It is currently sponsored by WHSmith, although it was previously sponsored by Red House (who also sponsor the Red House Children's Book Award). Formerly called the "British Children's Book Award", it was renamed to "Children's Book of the Year" in 2010.
Winners YearAuthorTitlePublisherRef.1996Alison Sage ed.The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's LiteratureHutchinson1997Philip PullmanNorthern LightsScholastic1998J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneBloomsbury1999J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsBloomsbury2000Jacqueline WilsonThe Illustrated MumDoubleday2001Philip PullmanThe Amber SpyglassScholastic2002Eoin ColferArtemis FowlViking/Puffin2003Jacqueline WilsonGirls in TearsCorgi Children's2004Mark HaddonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeDavid Fickling2005Julia Donaldson and Axel SchefflerThe Gruffalo's ChildMacmillan Children's Books2006Anthony HorowitzArk AngelWalker Books2007Ricky GervaisFlanimals of the DeepFaber & Faber2008Francesca SimonHorrid Henry and the Abominable SnowmanOrion Children's Books2009Stephenie MeyerBreaking DawnLittle, Brown2010Julia Donaldson and Axel SchefflerZogAlison Green2011Patrick NessA Monster CallsWalker Books2012David WalliamsRatburgerHarperCollins2013David WalliamsDemon DentistHarperCollins2014David WalliamsAwful AuntieHarperCollins2015No award2016No award
+2017–present Year Name Title2017 Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink & Stars 2018 Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris The Lost WordsAngie Thomas The Hate U Give2019 David Walliams The Ice Monster2020 Holly Jackson A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Shortlists
2006 Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz (winner) I, Coriander by Sally Gardner SilverFin by Charlie Higson Eldest by Christopher Paolini ...and that's when it fell off in my hand by Louise Rennison Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin by Dugald Steer
2007 Flanimals of the Deep by Ricky Gervais (winner) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend by Francesca Simon (author) and Tony Ross (illustrator)
2008 Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman by Francesca Simon (author) and Tony Ross (illustrator) (winner) That's Not My Penguin by Fiona Watte Katie Price's Perfect Ponies by Katie Price Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo Kiss by Jacqueline Wilson
British Children's Author of the Year The British Children's Author of the Year Award was given annually to authors of children's literature as part of the British Book Awards. It was established in 1990 and awarded for the last time in 1995. During the 1996 British Book Awards both it and the Illustrated Children's Book of the Year award were replaced by the Children's Book of the Year category.
Winners Year Name 1990 Roald Dahl 1991 Anne Fine 1992 Dick King-Smith 1993 Raymond Briggs 1994 Anne Fine 1995 Janet and Allan Ahlberg Source
British Illustrated Children's Book of the Year The British Illustrated Children's Book of the Year Award was given annually to illustrated works of children's literature as part of the British Book Awards. It was established in 1991 and awarded for the last time in 1995. For the 1996 British Book Awards both it and the Children's Author of the Year award were replaced by the Children's Book of the Year category.
Winners Year Name Title 1991 Nicola Bayley The Mousehole Cat 1992 Martin Waddell (ill. Helen Oxenbury) Farmer Duck 1993 Mick Inkpen Penguin Small 1994 Babette Cole Mummy Laid an Egg 1995 Jay Young The Amazing Pop-Up Science Book
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