Blue Peter Book Award

Categories

• Most Fun Story with Pictures, from 2007
• Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud, 2004 to 2006
• Best Book with Facts, from 2003
• Best New Information Book, 2002
• Favourite Story, 2011
• Book I Couldn't Put Down, 2000 to 2010

Shortlists

• Best Book with Facts:
• * Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories by Amanda Li, illus. Amy Blackwell designed by Kim Hankinson and Jack Clucas
• * Fanatical About Frogs by Owen Davey
• * How To Be An Astronaut and Other Space Jobs by Dr Sheila Kanani & Sol Linero
• Best Story
• * Wildspark by Vashti Hardy
• * Owen and the Soldier by Lisa Thompson, illus. Mike Lowery
• * Vote for Effie by Laura Wood

• Best Book with Facts:
• * The Colours of History by Clive Gifford, illus. Marc-Etienne Peintre
• * Professor Astro Cat’s Human Body Odyssey by Dr Dominic Walliman, illus. Ben Newman
• * The Element in the Room: Investigating the Atomic Ingredients that Make Up Your Home by Mike Barfield, illus. Lauren Humphrey
• Best Story
• * The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Raúf
• * The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher
• * The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

• Best Book with Facts:
• * Real-Life Mysteries by Susan Martineau, illus. Vicky Barker
• * Beyond the Sky: You and the Universe by Dara Ó Briain, illus. Dan Bramall
• * Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Scientists by Adam Murphy and Lisa Murphy
• Best Story
• * The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell
• * The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• * Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans

• Best Book with Facts:
• * Destination: Space by Christoph Englert, illus. Tom Clohosy Cole
• * Football School: Where Football Explains the World by Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton, illus. Spike Gerrell
• * Survivors by David Long
• Best Story:
• * Lost Tales by Adam Murphy
• * Podkin One Ear by Kieran Larwood, illus. David Wyatt
• * Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford

• Best Book with Facts:
• * The Epic Book of Epicness by Adam Frost
• * The Silly Book of Weird and Wacky Words by Andy Seed, illus. by Scott Garrett
• * FactFeed by Penny Arlon
• Best Story:
• * The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illus. by Steven Lenton
• * The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair by Lara Williamson
• * The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie

• Best Book with Facts:
• * Animalium by Jenny Broom, illus. Katie Scott
• * The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff by Andy Seed, illus. Scott Garrett
• * Corpse Talk: Season 1 by Adam Murphy
• Best Story
• * The Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen
• * Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death by Chris Riddell
• * The Spy Who Loved School Dinners by Pamela Butchart, illus. Thomas Flintham

• Best Book with Facts:
• * Marvellous Maths by Jonathan Litton, illus. Thomas Flintham
• * The World in Infographics: Animal Kingdom by Jon Richards illus. Ed Simkins
• * Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II by Tony Robinson, illus. Del Thorpe
• Favourite Story
• * Whale Boy by Nicola Davies
• * Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve, illus. Sarah McIntyre
• * Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

• Best Book with Facts:
• * House of Horrors by Nick Arnold, illus. Tony De Saulles
• * Fantastic Mr Dahl by Michael Rosen
• * Walter Tull's Scrapbook by Michaela Morgan – about Walter Tull
• Favourite Story
• * Tom Gates: Genius Ideas by Liz Pichon
• * Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes
• * The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas by David Almond, illus. Oliver Jeffers

• Best Book with Facts:
• * The Official Countdown to the London 2012 Games by Simon Hart
• * Discover the Extreme World by Camilla de la Bedoyere, Clive Gifford, John Farndon, Steve Parker, Stewart Ross and Philip Steele
• Favourite Story
• * The Considine Curse by Gareth P. Jones
• * A Year without Autumn by Liz Kessler

• Most Fun Story with Pictures:
• * Lunatics and Luck by Marcus Sedgwick, illus. Pete Williamson
• * Alienography by Chris Riddell
• * Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree by Andy Stanton, illus. David Tazzyman
• Best Book with Facts:
• * Do Igloos Have Loos by Mitchell Symons
• * How the World Works by Christian Dorion, illus. Beverley Young, pop-ups designed by Andy Mansfield
• * What You Need To Know Now: The World in Facts, Stats, and Graphics by Joe Fullman, Ian Graham, Sally Regan and Isabel Thomas, illus. Sheila Collins, Mik Gates, Jim Green, Katie Knutton, Phillip Letsu and Hoa Luc
• Favourite Story
• * Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St John
• * A Web of Air by Philip Reeve
• * Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

• Most Fun Story with Pictures:
• * Peter the Penguin Pioneer by Daren King
• * Spells by Emily Gravett
• * Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things by Guy Bass
• Best Book with Facts:
• * Usborne Lift-the-flap Picture Atlas by Alex Frith and Kate Leake
• * Tail-End Charlie by Mick Manning and Brita Granström
• * Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You by Mitchell Symons
• Book I couldn't Put Down
• * Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
• * The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43 by Harriet Goodwin
• * Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes

• Most Fun Story with Pictures:
• * Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton and David Tazzyman
• * Fleabag by Helen Stephens
• * Lost! The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong, illus. Rowan Clifford
• Best Book with Facts:
• * Archaeology Detectives by Simon Adams
• * 100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet by Anna Claybourne
• * Planet in Peril by Anita Ganeri, illus. Mike Phillips
• The 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:
• * Melrose and Croc Together at Christmas by Emma Chichester Clark
• * Charlie Cook's Favourite Books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
• * You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum by Andy Stanton and David Tazzyman
• Best Book with Facts:
• * Why is Snot Green? by Glenn Murphy
• * The Worst Children's Jobs in History by Tony Robinson
• * A Little Guide to Wild Flowers by Charlotte Voake
• The Book I Couldn't Put Down:
• * Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
• * The Bad Spy's Guide by Pete Johnson
• * The Outlaw Varjak Paw by S. F. Said, illus. Dave McKean

• Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
• * Traction Man is Here by Mini Grey
• * Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
• * Guess Who's Coming for Dinner by John Kelly and Cathy Tincknell
• Best Book with Facts:
• * Connor's Eco Den by Pippa Goodhart
• * Poo by Nicola Davies and Neal Layton
• * Spud Goes Green by Giles Thaxton
• Book I Couldn't Put Down:
• * GRK and the Pelotti Gang by Joshua Doder
• * Blood Fever by Charlie Higson
• * The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo

• Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
• * The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson, illus. Axel Scheffler
• * Biscuit Bear by Mini Grey
• * Aristotle by Dick King-Smith, illus. Bob Graham
• * Rapunzel: A Groovy Fairy Tale, retelling of "Rapunzel" by Lynn Roberts, illus. David Roberts
• Best Book with Facts:
• * Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole by Simon Chapman
• * What's My Family Tree? by Mick Manning, illus. Brita Granström
• * Art Fraud Detective by Anna Nilsen, illus. Andy Parker
• * Rome in spectacular cross-section by Andrew Solway, illus. Stephen Biesty
• Book I Couldn't Put Down:
• * Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
• * SilverFin by Charlie Higson
• * Thora by Gillian Johnson
• * Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

• Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud:
• * The Woman Who Won Things by Allan Ahlberg, illus. Katharine McEwen
• * Man on the Moon by Simon Bartram
• * Quiet! by Paul Bright, illus. Guy Parker-Rees
• * Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths by Lucy Coats, illus. Anthony Lewis
• * The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson, illus. Axel Scheffler
• Best Book with Facts:
• * Journey into the Arctic by Bryan and Cherry Alexander
• * Brilliant Brits: Shakespeare by Richard Brassey
• * Who is Emily Davison? by Claudia Fitzherbert
• * The Ultimate Book Guide edited by Daniel Hahn
• * I Spy: Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwaite
• Book I Couldn't Put Down:
• * Stealing Stacey by Lynne Reid Banks
• * Fat Boy Swim by Catherine Forde
• * The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird
• * When Mum Threw Out the Telly by E. F. Smith
• * Montmorency by Eleanor Updale