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Children's book award -  The federation of children's book groups - Voted for by children.

2019 shortlist

2018 shortlist

Previous shortlisted books and winners:

Blue Peter Prize - shortlisted by a panel of judges then voted by 500 children across 12 UK schools. Two categories: Best story & Best book with facts.

Previous shortlisted books and winners:

Scottish Children's Books Prize - run by Scottish Booktrust & Creative Scotland. Voted for by children.

Waterstones children's book prize - Voted by booksellers.

The Lollies - The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards - awarded to funniest book. Voted by parents, teachers and children. Replaces the Roald Dahl Funny prize.

2018 shortlist 

2017 shortlist

Previous shortlisted books and winners:

Costa Prize - UK and Ireland  based authors. Five categories with the winner of the children's book prize being judged alongside the other categories for the main prize. Voted by judging panel.

Now in its 11th year, the Little Rebels Award is designed to recognise the rich tradition of radical publishing for children in the UK. Currently the award  is restricted to fiction targeted at children aged 0-12.

The award is given by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers.

Previous shortlisted books and winners:

Royal Society Young People's Book Prize - best science book, chosen by children.

Guardian children's book prize - for children's fiction 8 years and above. Voted by writers.

Previous shortlisted books and winners:

Kelpies Prize - Encouraging new Scottish writing for children's books. Awarded to unpublished Scottish children's fiction. Set up in 2004.

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