- Blue Peter Book Awards
The Blue Peter Book Awards are a series of literary prizes for
children's literature awarded annually by theBBC 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 " byS. F. Said , illustrated byDave McKean
** Most Fun Story With Pictures: "You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum " byAndy Stanton andDavid Tazzyman
** Best Book with Facts: "The Worst Children's Jobs in History " byTony Robinson
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "The Outlaw Varjak Paw " byS. F. Said , illustrated byDave McKean 2006
* Book of the Year: "Lost and Found" by
Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
** Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud: "Lost and Found" byOliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
** Best Book with Facts: "Spud Goes Green " byGiles Thaxton (Egmont)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Blood Fever " byCharlie Higson (Puffin)2005
* Book of the Year: "
Private Peaceful " byMichael Morpurgo (Collins)
** Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud: "The Snail and the Whale " byJulia Donaldson , illustrated byAxel Scheffler (Macmillan)
** Best Book with Facts: "Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole " by Simon Chapman (Egmont)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Private Peaceful " byMichael 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" bySimon Bartram (Templar)
** Best Book with Facts: "The Ultimate Book Guide " edited byDaniel Hahn (A and C Black)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Montmorency" byEleanor Updale (Scholastic)2003
* Book of the Year: "
Mortal Engines " byPhilip Reeve (Scholastic)
** Best Book to Read Aloud: "Room on the Broom " byJulia Donaldson , illustrated byAxel Scheffler (Macmillan)
** Best Book with Facts: "Pirate Diary " byRichard Platt , illustrated byChris Riddell (Walker)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Mortal Engines " byPhilip Reeve (Scholastic)2002
* Book of the Year: "
Feather Boy " byNicky Singer (Collins)
** Best Book to Read Aloud: "Crispin, the Pig Who Had It All " byTed Dewan (Random House)
** Best New Information Book: "" byLucy Lethridge
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Feather Boy " byNicky Singer (Collins)
* Voter's Awards:
** Best Storybook: "The Story of Tracy Beaker " byJacqueline Wilson (Yearling)
** Best Book With Facts In: "Terrible Tudors " byTerry Deary , illustrated byMartin Brown (Scholastic)2001
* Book of the Year: "
The Wind Singer " by William Nicholson (Egmont)
** Best Book to Read Aloud: "The Bravest Ever Bear " byAllan 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 " byGeraldine McCaughrean (Oxford University Press)
* Voters' Awards:
** Best Storybook: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone " byJ. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury)
** Best Book of Knowledge: "Rotten Romans " byTerry Deary (Scholastic)2000
* Book of the Year: "
A Pilgrim's Progress " retold byGeraldine McCaughrean , illustrated byJason Cockcroft (Hodder)
** Special Book to Keep Forever: "A Pilgrim's Progress " retold byGeraldine McCaughrean , illustrated byJason Cockcroft (Hodder)
** Book I Couldn't Put Down: "Shadow of the Minotaur " byAlan Gibbons (Orion)
** Best Book to Read Aloud: "The Gruffalo " byJulia Donaldson , illustrated byAxel Scheffler (Macmillan)
* Voters' Awards:
** Best Book With Facts In It: "Guinness World Records 2000" (Guinness)
** Book that Made Me Laugh the Loudest: "Matilda" byRoald Dahl , illustrated byQuentin Blake (Puffin)
** Best Book to Share: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire " byJ. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury)hortlists
2007
* Most Fun Story with Pictures:
** "Melrose and Croc Together at Christmas " byEmma Chichester Clark
** "Charlie Cook's Favourite Books " byJulia Donaldson andAxel Scheffler
** "You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum " byAndy Stanton andDavid Tazzyman
* Best Book with Facts:
** "Why is Snot Green? " by Glenn Murphy
** "The Worst Children's Jobs in History " byTony Robinson
** "A Little Guide to Wild Flowers " byCharlotte Voake
* The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
** "Framed" byFrank Cottrell Boyce
** "The Bad Spy's Guide " by Pete Johnson
** "The Outlaw Varjak Paw " byS. F. Said , illustrated byDave McKean 2006
* Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
** "Traction Man is Here " byMini Grey
** "Lost and Found" byOliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
** "Guess Who's Coming for Dinner " by John Kelly andCathy Tincknell
* Best Book with Facts:
** "Connor's Eco Den " byPippa Goodhart
** "Poo" by Nicola Davies andNeal Layton
** "Spud Goes Green " byGiles Thaxton (Egmont)
* Book I Couldn't Put Down:
** "GRK and the Pelotti Gang " byJoshua Doder
** "Blood Fever " byCharlie Higson (Puffin)
** "The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips " byMichael Morpurgo 2005
* Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
** "The Snail and the Whale " byJulia Donaldson , illustrated byAxel Scheffler (Macmillan)
** "Biscuit Bear " byMini Grey (Red Fox)
** "Aristotle" byDick 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? " byMick Manning , illustrated byBrita Granström (Watts)
** "Art Fraud Detective " byAnna Nilsen , illustrated by Andy Parker (Kingfisher)
** "Rome in spectacular cross-section " byAndrew Solway , illustrated byStephen Biesty (Oxford University Press)
* Book I Couldn't Put Down:
** "Millions " byFrank Cottrell Boyce (Macmillan)
** "SilverFin " byCharlie Higson (Puffin)
** "Thora " byGillian Johnson (Hodder)
** "Private Peaceful " byMichael Morpurgo (Collins)2004
* Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
** "The Woman Who Won Things " byAllan Ahlberg , illustrated byKatharine McEwen (Walker Books)
** "Man on the Moon" bySimon Bartram (Templar)
** "Quiet! " byPaul Bright , illustrated byGuy Parker Rees (Little Tiger Press)
** "Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths " byLucy Coats , illustrated by Anthony Lewis (Orion)
** "The Smartest Giant in Town " byJulia Donaldson , illustrated byAxel Scheffler (Macmillan)
* Best Book with Facts:
** "Journey into the Arctic " by Bryan andCherry Alexander (OUP)
** "" byRichard Brassey (Orion)
** "Who is Emily Davison? " byClaudia Fitzherbert (Short Books)
** "The Ultimate Book Guide " edited byDaniel Hahn (A and C Black)
** "" byLucy Micklethwaite (Collins)
* Book I Couldn't Put Down:
** "Stealing Stacey " byLynne Reid Banks (Collins)
** "Fat Boy Swim " byCatherine Forde (Egmont)
** "The Garbage King " byElizabeth Laird (Macmillan)
** "When Mum Threw Out the Telly " byE. F. Smith (Orchard Books)
** "Montmorency" byEleanor 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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