British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year

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

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

2006

• Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz (winner)
• I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
• SilverFin by Charlie Higson
• Eldest by Christopher Paolini
• ...and that's when it fell off in my hand by Louise Rennison
• Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin by Douglas Steer

2007

• Flanimals of the Deep by Ricky Gervais (winner)
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
• The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
• Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean
• Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
• Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend by Francesca Simon (author) and Tony Ross (illustrator)

2008

• Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman by Francesca Simon (author) and Tony Ross (illustrator) (winner)
• That's Not My Penguin by Fiona Watte
• Katie Price's Perfect Ponies by Katie Price
• Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo
• Kiss by Jacqueline Wilson

British Children's Author of the Year

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

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

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

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