Over their 17 year history, the blue peter book awards have grown to become a highly respected accolade in the world of literature. Philosophers stone wins winner of winners blue peter. Fantastic mr dahl, which is illustrated by quentin blake, is one of the three books battling for the best book with facts category. Were delighted to be involved in the blue peter book awards again this year, helping to excite and encourage children everywhere. This book tells the stories of girls and boys from around the world and the challenges they have faced and overcome. Scroll down to find out who the winners are and read extracts. The award for best story went to cressida cowells the wizards of once and the winner of the best book with facts was reallife mysteries by susan martineau and illustrator vicky barker. Two graphic artists turned authors are blue peter book awards 2016 winners, chosen by schoolchildren across the uk.
Mar 05, 2015 the silly book of sidesplitting stuff and the spy who loved school dinners win childrens book prize. Previous blue peter book award winners include onjali rauf, cressida cowell, michael morpurgo, katherine rundell, oliver jeffers and liz pichon. Me and my friends were asked to take part and we were awarded with a blue peter badge for judging. The blue peter book award recognizes a fan favorite book of the year, which is voted on by children in the united kingdom. The favourite of the three is voted blue peter book of the year. Titles by firsttime authors sophie anderson and onjali rauf have been selected in the best story category. Podkin one ear and survivors tell stories of struggle and strength podkin one ear and survivors have been chosen as this years blue peter book awards winners. Axed author hits back andy mulligan, whose novel trash was removed from the 2011 blue peter book awards shortlist, believes the organisers should have been braver. Managed by booktrust, the uks largest childrens reading charity, the blue peter book awards honour amazing authors, imaginative illustrators and the best books. But i was gobsmacked to hear that the book had been longlisted, then shortlisted, for the blue peter book awards 2020 blue peter is something ive grown up watching and i always wanted to be on an episode. The shortlists for the blue peter book awards have been revealed, with owen and the soldier by lisa thompson, the first dyslexiafriendly title to be shortlisted by the prize, managed by booktrust. The winners will be announced on world book day 2020.
Two illustration graduates, lauren humphrey and joe lillington, have been recognised at the prestigious blue peter book awards this year, which celebrates top authors, illustrators and books for children. Kids blue peter book awards buckinghamshire council. Joel, andy and helen present this years award ceremony featuring childrens favourite authors. Two teachers, who have written funny and silly books, are top of their class as they win best book with facts and best story in the blue peter book awards 2015, voted for by hundreds of schoolchildren. The enormously popular and influential blue peter book awards have been recognising and celebrating the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children since 2000. Blue peter book awards 2020 the blue peter book awards 2020 celebrates the amazing fact and fiction books that have been. The winner of best fiction is the boy at the back of the class by onjali q. Mar 08, 2019 with this in mind and to celebrate world book day, blue peter has announced the winners of their 2019 childrens book awards.
From those winners, a panel of experts from booktrust have nominated ten of those winners books be part of the viewers vote. All about blue peter book awards 2020 on lovereading4kids. Blue peter book awards 20 shortlist announced telegraph. Mar 06, 2014 tony robinson, who has written 20 books for children and adults including the worst childrens jobs in history, which sold over 60,000 copies and won a blue peter book award in 2007, said. Harry potter and the philosophers stone wins winner of. Sep 10, 2018 greg james and lindsey russell have a mission for primary schools join the expert reading panel for the blue peter book awards and help to choose the winning books. Dec 07, 2010 blue peter awards drop unsuitable finalist. Blue peter book awards 2019 shortlists revealed the bookseller.
Fact and fiction battle for the blue peter book award this article is more than 7 years old three novels and three nonfiction books are in the running for the blue peter book award 20. Shortlist for 2017 blue peter book awards revealed. The winners for the blue peter book awards 2018 have just been announced. Blue peter book 20th anniversary winner shelf awareness. Blue peter book awards 2017 calls for submissions bookmachine. Illustration graduates listed at blue peter book awards. With this in mind and to celebrate world book day, blue peter has announced the winners of their 2019 childrens book awards. Fact and fiction battle for the blue peter book award. Its world book day, and this means just one thing if youre a book lover who also watches blue peter the blue peter book awards 2016 winners have just been announced. Best book with facts the element in the room by mike barfield and illustrated by lauren humphry, laurence king publishing the colours of history by clive gifford and marcetienne peintre, qed publishing professor astro cats human body odyssey by dominic. Harry potter and the philosophers stone wins winner of winners blue peter book award for 2020 written by the wizarding world team published on mar 5th 2020. Becoming a member of the lovereading4kids community is free. The target audiences were for the children at the age of 6 till 12 years old.
Most fun story with pictures, best book with facts, and. Managed by booktrust, the blue peter book awards honour the best books for children published in the last 12 months. Ordinary kids with extraordinary stories by amanda li and amy blackwell. How to be an astronaut and other space jobs is the runnerup. Katherine rundell who counts philip pullman and jacqueline wilson among her fans is the blue peter book award best story winner for rooftoppers. Mar 03, 2010 the blue peter book awards have been recognising and celebrating the best childrens books since 2000. The blue peter book awards 2020 celebrates childrens books published in the last year in two categories.
The blue peter book awards 2020 thirsk community library. How to be an astronaut and other space jobs is the runnerup for the 2020 blue peter book awards. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the blue peter book awards. Greg james and lindsey russell have a mission for primary schools join the expert reading panel for the blue peter book awards and help to choose the winning books. Not coincidentally announced on world book day, harry potter and the philosophers stone has won the blue peter winner of winners book award for 2020. See the blue peter book awards collection from buckinghamshire council. Due to the wonderful story, trash was shortlisted in one of blue peter book awards by the judges. Blue peter book awards these awards are great because theyre judged by kids as well as adults.
Tony robinson and katherine rundell win blue peter book award. They beat thousands of other children to get a judges place. Two teachers, who have written funny and silly books, are top of their class as they win best book with facts and best story in the blue peter book awards 2015, voted for. A statement from blue peter said the book should not have been shortlisted in the first place because it contains scenes of violence and swearing. The shortlists for the blue peter book awards have been revealed, with owen and the soldier by lisa thompson, the first dyslexiafriendly title. The blue peter book awards 2020 celebrates the amazing fact and fiction books that have been published for children in the last year. Stories include greta thunberg, boyan slat and phiona mutesi, to name a few. Podkin oneear by kieran larwood, samuel blink and the forbidden forest by matt haig, room on the broom by j. Katherine was inspired to write the book by her summers working in paris and it was also shortlisted for.
Blue peter book awards 2020 vote for the best childrens. The blue peter book awards, now in their 19th year, aim to guide children towards quality literature, encouraging them to read and establish a love of reading for life. Looking for inspiration to kickstart your childs reading for 2020. Mar 11, 2019 on world book day 2019 the blue peter book awards winners were announced. Michael rosens biography of roald dahl is one of the shortlisted books for the blue peter book awards 20. Two teachers win blue peter book awards voted for by children. The blue peter book awards 2019 celebrates childrens books published in the last year in two categories. The vibrant history of colour and the loving tale of a refugee boys new life in london took the top spots in 2019, with the colours of history and the boy at the back of the class voted for by over 500 children. Onjali raufs first book tells the story of how one ordinary nineyearold child and three classmates are full of empathy for ahmet the boy at the back of the class, who comes to their school as a refugee from syria. The blue peter book award st aidans catholic primary school.
Blue peter teamed up with booktrust to present the blue peter book awards as a way to honour childrens books and help reach as many children as possible the 2018 shortlist for the two categories, the best story and the best book with facts, has been announced and can be found below. Best story, best book with facts, and now the winner of winners was recently added to the list. The winners of the 2020 blue peter book awards have been announced and were very excited to announce that how to be an astronaut and other space jobs is a runnerup in the best book with facts category. Faber titles win 2017 blue peter book awards world book day. You can order all of these from the library catalogue completely free of charge all you need is your library card number and pin which the library volunteers can reset for you. Blue peter awards drop unsuitable finalist books the. A compilation of major prizes, medals, honors, and distinctions brook, herbert on. Managed by the booktrust, the top titles were chosen by. The blue peter book awards are a set of literary awards for childrens books conferred by the bbc television programme blue peter. My school the glasgow gaelic school was chosen to judge the blue peter book awards 2019. We are really excited to find out the book titles and start reading. As part of the celebrations, we have created a brand new viewers vote award. Jul 04, 2016 booktrust, britains largest reading charity, invites entries from publishers for the blue peter book awards 2017 the 2017 awards will celebrate great childrens books published in the last year in two categories.
As well as the book awards, the shows family of presenters, live studio home, amazing competitions, incredible challenges, live music, interviews with celebrities, access behind the scenes, pets, makes and bakes, free games online and most importantly its commitment to the audience are all long standing elements. Blue peter book awards winners 2019 wokinghamboroughlibraries. Ive had a lot of fun promoting the book, from hay festival to edinburgh, to my local independent bookshop and local library. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. Both were delighted to be crowned this years blue peter book awards 2016 winners and viewers will be able to see them receive their awards on blue peter 5pm tonight from the childrens laureate, chris riddell who will also be sketching live throughout the show. Guardian coverage of the 2012 carnegie shortlist calls carnegie the uks most prestigious award for childrens literature, the carnegie medal carnegie shortlist includes andy mulligans controversial trash. Watch blue peter season 50, episode 44 blue peter book awards 2009. The winners of the 2020 winners have been announced.
The awards have been managed by reading charity, booktrust, since 2006. The shortlists have been announced for the 2019 blue peter book awards. Blue peter book award winner of winners goes to harry. Wizarding world digital celebrated world book day with a special announcement.
The awards, managed by booktrust, the uks largest childrens reading charity, are now in their 17th year and celebrate the best new childrens books from the last 12 months. Axed author hits back andy mulligan, whose novel trash was removed from the 2011 blue peter book awards shortlist. On world book day 2019 the blue peter book awards winners were announced. The winners for the blue peter book awards have been announced the best story is the wonderful wildspark by vashti hardy, and the winner for best book with facts is the inspiring rise up, ordinary kids with extraordinary stories by amanda li and amy blackwell.
One of these features is a day in the life of an author and what better author to choose than the waterstones childrens laureate, malorie blackman. A compilation of major prizes, medals, honors, and distinctions. Childrens librarians choose novel vetoed by blue peter to join seven other exceptional titles for the childrens book award. Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, personalise content and ads, provide social media features and analyse your use of this website. The silly book of sidesplitting stuff and the spy who loved school dinners win childrens book prize. As part of the blue peter book awards, the show has been running all sorts of special book content. Blue peter is the longest running childrens magazine programme in the world. Managed by booktrust, the uks largest childrens reading charity, the blue peter book awards honour amazing authors, imaginative illustrators and the best books for children, published in the last 12 months. Booktrust, britains largest reading charity, invites entries from publishers for the blue peter book awards 2017 the 2017 awards will celebrate great childrens books published in the last year in two categories. Tom gates triumphs on world book day, liz pichon wins the best story in the 20 blue peter book awards, and horrible science. Nov 09, 2018 two debuts have made it on to the 2019 blue peter book awards best story shortlist.
Two teachers win blue peter book awards voted for by. It announced the winner of winners for the blue peter book award. The blue peter book awards 2016 pulitzer prize winner its a massive day in arts and journalism because the 100th annual pulitzer prize winners were just announced, and theres a big surprise. The blue peter book award for best story 2019 was the boy at the back of the class. Rowlings harry potter and the philosophers stone won the blue peter book awards 20th anniversary prize. Blue peter book awards 2019 shortlists revealed the. Feb 26, 2011 this feature is not available right now. The british childrens tv program asked its audience to vote for their favorite blue peter book award book from the last two decades, and thousands of viewers voted. However, the show was criticized due to the violence and swearing scenes. Almost 50 books have won a blue peter book award since the year 2000.
Nov 07, 2019 the shortlists for the blue peter book awards have been revealed, including owen and the soldier by lisa thompson, the first dyslexiafriendly title to be shortlisted by the prize. Ali sparkes wins blue peter book of the year award bbc. Blue peter book awards reveals shortlists for 2020 the. This book tells the story of how four classmates have a massive impact on the life of ahmet, a boy that comes to their. And as booktrust manage the laureate and help out with the. Blue peter blue peter book awards 2020 the blue peter book awards 2020 celebrates the amazing fact and fiction books that have been published for children in the last year.
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