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British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year

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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 W H Smith, although previously it has been sponsored by Red House (who also sponsor the Red House Children's Book Award). Previously called the "British Children's Book Award", it was renamed to Children's Book of the Year in 2010.

Winners

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Year Author Title Publisher Ref.
1996 Alison Sage ed. The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Literature Hutchinson
1997 Philip Pullman Northern Lights Scholastic
1998 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Bloomsbury
1999 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Bloomsbury
2000 Jacqueline Wilson The Illustrated Mum Doubleday
2001 Philip Pullman The Amber Spyglass Scholastic
2002 Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl Viking/Puffin
2003 Jacqueline Wilson Girls in Tears Corgi Children's
2004 Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time David Fickling
2005 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler The Gruffalo's Child Macmillan Children's Books
2006 Anthony Horowitz Ark Angel Walker Books
2007 Ricky Gervais Flanimals of the Deep Faber & Faber
2008 Francesca Simon Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman Orion Children's Books
2009 Stephenie Meyer Breaking Dawn Little, Brown
2010 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Zog Alison Green
2011 Patrick Ness A Monster Calls Walker Books
2012 David Walliams Ratburger HarperCollins
2013 David Walliams Demon Dentist HarperCollins
2014 David Walliams Awful Auntie HarperCollins
2015 No award
2016 No award
2017–present
Year Name Title
2017 Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink & Stars
2018 Robert Macfarlane (writer) and Jackie Morris The Lost Words
Angie Thomas The Hate U Give
2019 David Walliams The Ice Monster
2020 Holly Jackson A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Shortlists

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2006

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2007

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2008

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British Children's Author of the Year

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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

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Year Name
1990 Roald Dahl
1991 Anne Fine
1992 Dick King-Smith
1993 Raymond Briggs
1994 Anne Fine
1995 Janet and Allan Ahlberg

British Illustrated Children's Book of the Year

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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

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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