Children's Book Award (UK)
The Red House Children's Book Award is a series of literary prizes for works of children's literature published during the previous year. The prize was known as the Children's Book Award from its inauguration in 1981. The award was established by The Federation of Children's Book Groups. In 2001 when it began to be sponsored by the mail order bookshop Red House, a brand owned by bookselling company The Book People, it changed its name. The award is still owned and coordinated by The Federation of Children's Book Groups.
There are three categories: Younger Children, Younger Readers and Older Readers. From the winners of these, an overall winner is selected. The award is judged entirely by children.
List of Prize Winners
2012
- Overall: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay (Walker Books)
- Younger Children: Scruffy Bear and the Six White Mice by Chris Wormell (Jonathan Cape)
- Younger Readers: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon (Scholastic)
- Older Readers: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay (Walker Books)
2011
- Overall: Shadow by Michael Morpurgo (Harper Colins)
- Younger Children: Yuck! That's not a Monster! by Angela McAllister and Alison Edgson (Little Tiger Press)
- Younger Readers: Shadow by Michael Morpurgo (Harper Colins)
- Older Readers: Time Riders by Alex Scarrow (Penguin)
2010
- Overall: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
- Younger Children: Bottoms Up! by Jeanne Willis and Adam Stower (Puffin Books)
- Younger Readers: Mondays are Murder by Tanya Landman (Walker Books)
- Older Readers: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
2009
- Overall: Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie (Simon & Schuster Ltd)
- Younger Children: The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman (Walker Books)
- Younger Readers: Daisy and the Trouble with Zoos by Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt (Transworld)
- Older Readers: Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie (Simon & Schuster Ltd)
2008
- Overall: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (Harper Collins)
- Younger Children: Penguin by Polly Dunbar (Walker Books)
- Younger Readers: Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell (Macmillan)
- Older Readers: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (Harper Collins)
2007
- Overall: You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum! by Andy Stanton (Egmont)
- Younger Children: Who's in the Loo? by Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds (Andersen Press)
- Younger Readers: You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum! by Andy Stanton (Egmont)
- Older Readers: Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie (Simon&Schuster)
2006
- Overall: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion)
- Younger Children: Pigs Might Fly! by Jonathan Emmett and Steve Cox (Puffin)
- Younger Readers: [[Spy Dogwasd] by Andrew Cope (Puffin)
- Older Readers: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion)
2005
- Overall: Baby Brains by Simon James (Walker)
- Younger Children: Baby Brains by Simon James (Walker)
- Younger Readers: Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday)
- Older Readers: CHERUB: The Recruit by Robert Muchamore (Hodder)
2004
- Overall: Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (HarperCollins)
- Younger Children: Billy's Bucket by Kes Gray (Bodley Head)
- Younger Readers: The Mum Hunt by Gwyneth Rees (Macmillan)
- Older Readers: Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (HarperCollins)
2003
- Overall: Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz (Walker)
- Younger Children: Pants by Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt (David Fickling)
- Younger Readers: Blitzed by Robert Swindells (Doubleday)
- Older Readers: Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz (Walker)
2002
- Overall: Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (Corgi)
- Younger Children: The Man Who Wore All His Clothes by Allan Ahlberg (Walker)
- Younger Readers: Out of the Ashes by Michael Morpurgo (Macmillan)
- Older Readers: Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (Corgi)
2001
- Overall: Eat Your Peas (book) by Kes Gray, illustrated by Nick Sharratt (The Bodley Head)
- Picture Book: Eat Your Peas (book) by Kes Gray, illustrated by Nick Sharratt (The Bodley Head)
- Short Novel: Lizzie Zipmouth by Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Nick Sharratt (Corgi)
- Long Novel: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
2000
- Overall: Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman (Heinemann)
- Picture Book: Demon Teddy by Nicholas Allan (Hutchinson)
- Short Novel: Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman (Heinemann)
- Long Novel: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
1999
- Overall: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
- Picture Book: What! by Kate Lum, illustrated by Adrian Johnson (Bloomsbury)
- Short Novel: Little Dad by Pat Moon, illustrated by Nick Sharratt (Mammoth)
- Long Novel: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
1998
- Overall: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
- Picture Book: The Lion Who Wanted to Love by Giles Andreae (Orchard Books)
- Short Novel: Nightmare Stairs by Robert Swindells (Doubleday)
- Long Novel: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
1997
- Overall: The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong (Viking)
- Picture Book: Mr Bear to the Rescue by Debi Gliori (The O'Brien Press)
- Short Novel: The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong (Viking)
- Long Novel: Which Way is Home? by Ian Strachan (Methuen)
1996
- Overall: Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday)
- Picture Book: Solo by Paul Geraghty (Hutchinson)
- Short Novel: Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday)
- Long Novel: The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo (Heinemann)
1995
- Overall: Harriet's Hare by Dick King-Smith (Doubleday)
- Picture Book: The Rascally Cake by Jeanne Willis and Korky Paul (Andersen Press)
- Short Novel: Harriet's Hare by Dick King-Smith (Doubleday)
- Long Novel: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (Pan Macmillan)
1994
- Overall: The Boy in the Bubble by Ian Strachan (Methuen)
- Picture Book: Amazing Anthony Ant by Lorna and Graham Philpot (Orion)
- Short Novel: The Finders by Nigel Hinton (Viking)
- Long Novel: The Boy in the Bubble by Ian Strachan (Methuen)
1993
- Overall: The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson (Heinemann)
- Picture Book: Snowy by Berlie Doherty (Collins)
- Short Novel: The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson (Heinemann)
- Long Novel: Gulf by Robert Westall (Methuen)
1992
- Overall: Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird (Methuen)
- Picture Book: SHHH! by Sally Grindley and Peter Utton (ABC)
- Short Novel: Find the White Horse by Dick King-Smith (Viking)
- Long Novel: Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird (Methuen)
1991
- Threadbear by Mick Inkpen (Hodder & Stoughton)
1990
- Room 13 by Robert Swindells (Doubleday)
1989
- Matilda by Roald Dahl (Cape)
1988
- Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul (Oxford University Press)
1987
- The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Heinemann)
1986
- Arthur by Amanda Graham (Spindlewood)
1985
- Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells (Oxford University Press)
1984
- The Saga of Erik the Viking by Terry Jones (Pavilion)
1983
- The BFG by Roald Dahl (Cape)
1982
- Fair's Fair by Leon Garfield (Macdonald)
1981
- Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake (Cape)
Shortlists
2008
- Younger Children:
- The Tear Thief by Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli (Barefoot Books)
- Penguin by Polly Dunbar (Walker Books)
- A Dog Called Rod by Tim Hopgood (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure by Kristina Stephenson (Egmont)
- Younger Readers:
- Mammoth Academy in Trouble by Neal Layton (Hodder)
- The Perfumed Pirates of Perfidy by Charlie Small (David Fickling Books)
- Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell (Macmillan)
- Older Readers:
- The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (David Fickling Books)
- Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (Harper Collins)
- Teacher's Dead by Benjamin Zephaniah (Bloomsbury)