Best Book With Facts:
Archaeology Detectives by Simon Adams
100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet by Anna Claybourne
Horrible Geography Handbooks: Planet in Peril by Anita Ganeri, illustrated by Mike Phillips.
Book I Couldn't Put Down:
Abela by Berlie Doherty
Shadow Forest by Matt Haig
Foul Play by Tom Palmer.
Most Fun Story with Pictures:
Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton, illustrated by David Tazzyman
Fleabag by Helen Stephens
Lost! The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong.
The winner of the Blue Peter Book Awards will be announced in the spring of 2009.