20 March 2013

Recent Book Awards

Waterstones Children's Book Prize
Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher has won the Waterstones children's book prize.

BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2013
Hundreds of children from schools across the country chose Tom Gates: Genius Ideas, Mostly by Liz Pichon as the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story.
Horrible Science: House of Horrors by Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles is the winner of the Best Book with Facts.

RED HOUSE CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2013.

The Federation of Children's Book Groups have announced the winners of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013, where the votes are cast by children. Over 800 books were submitted over the course of the year for the award by all major UK publishers with more than 53,000 votes cast for the top ten books in this year’s shortlist.
The Medusa Project: Hit Squad by Sophie McKenzie won the category for Older Readers.
Gangsta Granny by David Walliams won the Younger Readers category.
Spooky Spooky House won the Younger Children category, and beat the winners of the other two categories to the overall prize, which was presented by Patrick Ness, winner of last year's award with A Monster Calls.