Blue Peter Book Awards

Blue Peter Book Awards

The Blue Peter Book Awards are a series of literary prizes for children's literature awarded annually by the BBC television programme "Blue Peter", and inaugurated in 2000.

An overall award, The Blue Peter Book of the Year, is selected from the winners of three categories: "The Book I Couldn't Put Down", "The Best Book with Facts", and "The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud".

List of Prize Winners

2007

* Book of the Year: "The Outlaw Varjak Paw" by S. F. Said, illustrated by Dave McKean
** Most Fun Story With Pictures: "You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum" by Andy Stanton and David Tazzyman
** Best Book with Facts: "The Worst Children's Jobs in History" by Tony Robinson
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "The Outlaw Varjak Paw" by S. F. Said, illustrated by Dave McKean

2006

* Book of the Year: "Lost and Found" by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
** Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud: "Lost and Found" by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
** Best Book with Facts: "Spud Goes Green" by Giles Thaxton (Egmont)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Blood Fever" by Charlie Higson (Puffin)

2005

* Book of the Year: "Private Peaceful" by Michael Morpurgo (Collins)
** Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud: "The Snail and the Whale" by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Macmillan)
** Best Book with Facts: "Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole" by Simon Chapman (Egmont)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Private Peaceful" by Michael Morpurgo (Collins)

2004

* Book of the Year: "Man on the Moon" by Simon Bartram (Templar)
** Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud: "Man on the Moon" by Simon Bartram (Templar)
** Best Book with Facts: "The Ultimate Book Guide" edited by Daniel Hahn (A and C Black)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Montmorency" by Eleanor Updale (Scholastic)

2003

* Book of the Year: "Mortal Engines" by Philip Reeve (Scholastic)
** Best Book to Read Aloud: "Room on the Broom" by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Macmillan)
** Best Book with Facts: "Pirate Diary" by Richard Platt, illustrated by Chris Riddell (Walker)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Mortal Engines" by Philip Reeve (Scholastic)

2002

* Book of the Year: "Feather Boy" by Nicky Singer (Collins)
** Best Book to Read Aloud: "Crispin, the Pig Who Had It All" by Ted Dewan (Random House)
** Best New Information Book: "" by Lucy Lethridge
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Feather Boy" by Nicky Singer (Collins)
* Voter's Awards:
** Best Storybook: "The Story of Tracy Beaker" by Jacqueline Wilson (Yearling)
** Best Book With Facts In: "Terrible Tudors" by Terry Deary, illustrated by Martin Brown (Scholastic)

2001

* Book of the Year: "The Wind Singer" by William Nicholson (Egmont)
** Best Book to Read Aloud: "The Bravest Ever Bear" by Allan Ahlberg and Paul Howard (Walker)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "The Wind Singer" by William Nicholson (Egmont)
** Best Book to Keep Forever: "The Kite Rider" by Geraldine McCaughrean (Oxford University Press)
* Voters' Awards:
** Best Storybook: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury)
** Best Book of Knowledge: "Rotten Romans" by Terry Deary (Scholastic)

2000

* Book of the Year: "A Pilgrim's Progress" retold by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Jason Cockcroft (Hodder)
** Special Book to Keep Forever: "A Pilgrim's Progress" retold by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Jason Cockcroft (Hodder)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Shadow of the Minotaur" by Alan Gibbons (Orion)
** Best Book to Read Aloud: "The Gruffalo" by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Macmillan)
* Voters' Awards:
** Best Book With Facts In It: "Guinness World Records 2000" (Guinness)
** Book that Made Me Laugh the Loudest: "Matilda" by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake (Puffin)
** Best Book to Share: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury)

hortlists

2007

* Most Fun Story with Pictures:
** "Melrose and Croc Together at Christmas" by Emma Chichester Clark
** "Charlie Cook's Favourite Books" by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
** "You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum" by Andy Stanton and David Tazzyman
* Best Book with Facts:
** "Why is Snot Green?" by Glenn Murphy
** "The Worst Children's Jobs in History" by Tony Robinson
** "A Little Guide to Wild Flowers" by Charlotte Voake
* The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
** "Framed" by Frank Cottrell Boyce
** "The Bad Spy's Guide" by Pete Johnson
** "The Outlaw Varjak Paw" by S. F. Said, illustrated by Dave McKean

2006

* Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
** "Traction Man is Here" by Mini Grey
** "Lost and Found" by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
** "Guess Who's Coming for Dinner" by John Kelly and Cathy Tincknell
* Best Book with Facts:
** "Connor's Eco Den" by Pippa Goodhart
** "Poo" by Nicola Davies and Neal Layton
** "Spud Goes Green" by Giles Thaxton (Egmont)
* Book I Couldn't Put Down:
** "GRK and the Pelotti Gang" by Joshua Doder
** "Blood Fever" by Charlie Higson (Puffin)
** "The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips" by Michael Morpurgo

2005

* Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
** "The Snail and the Whale" by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Macmillan)
** "Biscuit Bear" by Mini Grey (Red Fox)
** "Aristotle" by Dick King-Smith, illustrated by Bob Graham (Walker)
** "" retold by Lynn Roberts, illustrated by David Roberts (Chrysalis)
* Best Book with Facts:
** "Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole" by Simon Chapman (Egmont)
** "What's My Family Tree?" by Mick Manning, illustrated by Brita Granström (Watts)
** "Art Fraud Detective" by Anna Nilsen, illustrated by Andy Parker (Kingfisher)
** "Rome in spectacular cross-section" by Andrew Solway, illustrated by Stephen Biesty (Oxford University Press)
* Book I Couldn't Put Down:
** "Millions" by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Macmillan)
** "SilverFin" by Charlie Higson (Puffin)
** "Thora" by Gillian Johnson (Hodder)
** "Private Peaceful" by Michael Morpurgo (Collins)

2004

* Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
** "The Woman Who Won Things" by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Katharine McEwen (Walker Books)
** "Man on the Moon" by Simon Bartram (Templar)
** "Quiet!" by Paul Bright, illustrated by Guy Parker Rees (Little Tiger Press)
** "Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths" by Lucy Coats, illustrated by Anthony Lewis (Orion)
** "The Smartest Giant in Town" by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Macmillan)
* Best Book with Facts:
** "Journey into the Arctic" by Bryan and Cherry Alexander (OUP)
** "" by Richard Brassey (Orion)
** "Who is Emily Davison?" by Claudia Fitzherbert (Short Books)
** "The Ultimate Book Guide" edited by Daniel Hahn (A and C Black)
** "" by Lucy Micklethwaite (Collins)
* Book I Couldn't Put Down:
** "Stealing Stacey" by Lynne Reid Banks (Collins)
** "Fat Boy Swim" by Catherine Forde (Egmont)
** "The Garbage King" by Elizabeth Laird (Macmillan)
** "When Mum Threw Out the Telly" by E. F. Smith (Orchard Books)
** "Montmorency" by Eleanor Updale (Scholastic)

ee also

* Carnegie Medal
* Children's Laureate
* Guardian Award
* Kate Greenaway Medal
* Nestle Smarties Book Prize

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/ Blue Peter website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/content/articles/2007/10/03/book_awards_2007_finalists_feature.shtml 2007 Shortlists]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/content/articles/2006/12/06/book_awards_2006_feature.shtml 2006 Awards]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/bookclub/awards/ 2005 Awards]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/11_november/26/bp.shtml 2004 Awards]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/10_october/06/books.shtml 2004 Shortlists]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/12_december/16/bp_book_awards.shtml 2003 Awards]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/12_december/13/bp_bookawards.shtml 2002 Awards]
* [http://www.booktrust.org.uk/info/prizes.php?action=3&przid=187 Booktrust]


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