Anthony horowitz at christ church on 010412 oxford. Caitlin moran joins blue peter book award panel bbc news. Blue peter book award winner of winners goes to harry potter. Since 2000, 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. School library journal top 100 childrens novels, 2012 poll. Shortlisted for the national book tokens childrens book of the year 2012. The blue peter book awards 2020 celebrates the amazing fact and fiction books that have been published for children in the last year.
Ali sparkes wins blue peter book of the year award ali sparkes is also author of the shapeshifter and monster maker books a tale of two cryogenically frozen children from the 1950s, brought back to life in 2009, has won the blue peter book of the year award. Carnegie shortlist includes andy mulligans controversial. Liz pichon has won the 20 blue peter book award for best story with her. Blue peter book awards 20 shortlist announced telegraph. Casey learns the hard way that no matter how high you jump, or how fast you gallop, you can never outrun the past. Blue peter book award shortlist on 7th december 2011 the shortlist for the 2012 blue peter book award was announced. He currently lives in liverpool, england, where he used to teach in a primary school. Journalist turned author caitlin moran is named as one of the judges of the 20 blue peter book awards, which recognise literature for children aged between six and 12. Podkin oneear by kieran larwood, samuel blink and the forbidden forest by matt haig, room on the broom by j.
Blue peter held a contest for best childrens book of the past decade back in 2012. Blue peter best story award winners pamela butchart and thomas flintham continue their winning streak by being named overall winners of the childrens book award 2016. Past winners of the blue peter book of the year are. The blue peter book award for best story 2019 was the boy at the back of the class. This week it was shortlisted for a blue peter book award 20. Gareth p jones is the author of 32 books for children of all ages. Gareths first novel, the case of the missing cats, was shortlisted for the waterstones book prize.
Blue peter best story awardwinners pamela butchart and thomas flintham. Facts and fiction feature in the blue peter shortlist. The blue peter book awards 2020 celebrates childrens books published in the last year in two categories. Costa childrens book award the following announcement has been taken from. As a child keith gray was a reluctant reader, considering books a necessary chore. Anita lives in the north of england with her husband. Tom gates triumphs on world book day, liz pichon wins the best story in the 20 blue peter book awards, and horrible science.
Find out about the previous winners of the blue peter book awards, all the way. While his father buries the dead, sam is haunted by their constant demands for attention. As the only scottish school selected to participate, george heriots were delighted and honoured to be invited to take part in the blue peter book awards 2012. Winner of the blue peter book award 2012 fourteenyearold mariel returns to england for her grandmothers funeral. I had been keeping a journal, which i filled with cartoon drawings. The considine curse won the blue peter book award 2012. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the beginning of the uncovering of some really extraordinary truths about the. A rhyming picture book about pirate cats has won the roald dahl funny prize, which honours humorous books for children. South carolina childrens book award nominee 2012 20. The blue peter book awards celebrate the best authors, most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children. A real life thriller that delves into the competitive and elite equestrian world from the 2011 blue peter book of the year award winning author.
The only harry potter book up for the prize was harry potter and the order of the phoenix, but interestingly, it lost to none other than diary of a wimpy kid by jeff kinney. His books have won the whitbread award the wreck of zanzibar, the smarties book prize the butterfly lion, the childrens book award kensukes kingdom and cercle dor prix sorciere king of the cloud forests, the blue peter book award and the califonia young reader medal private peaceful, the independent booksellers book of the year. He also won the blue peter book award 2019 for the colours of history. The book has been awarded with blue peter book award for best book to read aloud 2003, and many others.
Michael rosen at the 2012 telegraph bath festival of childrens literature. Axed author hits back andy mulligan, whose novel trash was removed from the 2011 blue peter book awards shortlist. Diary of a wimpy kid was named best book of the last ten years at the 2012 blue peter book awards. Gareth lives in south london with his wife and young son. Refugees was shortlisted for the british book awards whilst discover the extreme world was on the four book shortlist for the 2012 blue peter book award. He is probably most wellknown for the thornthwaite inheritance, the multi award winning cult classic about a pair of twins who have spent their lives trying to kill. He was one runnerup for the mother goose award in 1999 for pinocchio and for the kate greenaway medal in 2002 for man on the moon. A recent title for raintree, a day in the life of rainforest animals. The awards have been managed by reading charity, booktrust, since 2006. Their book my head teacher is a vampire rat wins the books for younger readers category before going on to win the overall prize. Judges for the blue peter prize initially chose trash for their shortlist in 2010, but then decided that mulligans scenes of violence and swearing were unsuitable for younger readers. The blue peter book awards, which is supported by booktrust, have been recognising the best in childrens literature since 2000. Childrens book award federation of childrens book groups. Andre norton award akata witch by nnedi okorafor the boy at the end of the world by greg van eekhout.
The case of the missing cats, the first book in the dragon detective agency series, was nominated for the waterstones childrens book prize. He recently won the blue peter book of the year prize 2012 for the considine curse. The blue peter book awards, now in their 18th year, aim to guide children towards. Pdf room on the broom book by julia donaldson free. He has won numerous awards such as the hay festival of literature and arts 2014. The considine curse is winner of the blue peter book award 2012. The blue peter book awards are a set of literary awards for childrens books conferred by the bbc television programme blue peter.
Early in december, the books arrived and the reading began. Our awards and prizes promote titles to a wide audience, bringing new releases to the publics attention and getting readers to engage. Herioters become blue peter judges george heriots school. He has since gone on to write over 10 books for teenagers, nearly all of which have won, or been shortlisted for, a major award. So it was a very special moment for me on thurs 5th march 2015 world book day when i appeared live on the programme to pick up a blue peter book award for best book with facts, for the silly book of sidesplitting stuff. In october 2018, clive won the sainsburys childrens book award for the book of comparisons. Capybara, has been shortlisted for a maryland blue crab award 2012. Gareth p joness hilarious tale of a teenage werewolf, the considine curse. From teaming up with blue peter to honour the books young people love to finding the best international childrens fiction, our prizes and awards celebrate writing from the uk and beyond. In 2004 man on the moon was voted best illustrated book to read aloud by a panel of blue peter viewers and also named blue peter book awards book of the year. Free download or read online room on the broom pdf epub book. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read more seriously silly stories. The winner will be announced and awarded a blue peter trophy on a special edition of the programme dedicated to childrens books on thursday 1 march 2012, to coincide with world book.
A darkly comic dickensian ghost story from blue peter award winner gareth p. The blue peter book awards are a set of literary awards for childrens books conferred by the. Blue peter book award winner of winners goes to harry. Can you remember where you were when the idea for wimpy kid popped into your head. Blue peter book award the considine curse by gareth p jones winner a year without autumn by liz kessler. He has written more than 150 novels and won many prizes, including the smarties prize, the whitbread award and the blue peter book award, while several of his books have been adapted for stage and screen, including the global theatrical phenomenon war horse.
All children in the uk are encouraged to read the books and vote for their. Costa and blue peter book awards shortlists announced school of. Ali sparkes wins blue peter book of the year award bbc. Scroll down to find out who the winners are and read extracts. 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. Simon harts timely and fascinating countdown to the london 2012 olympic games.
It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the beginning of the uncovering of some really extraordinary truths about the considine family. His father was a farm laborer, but was hurt in an accident when alan was eight years old. Alan gibbons is an author of childrens books and a blue peter book award. As before, this competition, jointly run with booktrust, will involve some 200 viewers of the programme, from a variety of schools, deciding which book they think deserves the award. The four shortlisted authors in the blue peter book of the year award will tell you about their outstanding books liz kesslers timetravel story a year without autumn. Sam toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed or cursed with an unusual gift. School library journal top 100 childrens novels, 2012.