The Blue Peter Book Awards 2012
The Blue Peter Book of the Year AND Book of the Decade have just been announced.
The hilarious Diary of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney has been voted best children's books of the last 10 years and the spookily brilliant werewolf mystery, The Considine Curse by Gareth P Jones won the 2012 Blue Peter Book of the Year.
Blue Peter Editor Tim Levell comments on the winners:
‘I am delighted with our two winning books. They are very different in terms of subject matter: one about school life, one about a creepy family with a secret. But they're both funny, well-observed and well-written books that do exactly what Blue Peter tries to do: treat children as grown-ups. The awards even contained a bit of a shock, with Diary of a Wimpy Kid beating hot favourite and top- seller Harry Potter. The accident-prone American upstart has snatched a bit of the boy wizard's magic.’
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The Blue Peter Book Awards aim to guide children towards quality literature, encouraging them to read and establish a love of reading for life. Just click on the tab below to find out more about the winning books.
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The Considine Curse
Gareth P. Jones
Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2012. Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother's funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2011
Gareth P. Jones
Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2012. Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother's funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2011
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The Official Countdown to the London 2012 Games
Simon Hart
Start the countdown for the greatest sporting event on the planet - the Olympic and Paralympic games!
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/03/2011
Simon Hart
Start the countdown for the greatest sporting event on the planet - the Olympic and Paralympic games!
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/03/2011
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A Year without Autumn
Liz Kessler
Jenni and Autumn have always been best friends, but a tragedy looms that will leave their friendship in tatters - unless Jenni can find a way to escape time and change the future.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
Liz Kessler
Jenni and Autumn have always been best friends, but a tragedy looms that will leave their friendship in tatters - unless Jenni can find a way to escape time and change the future.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Discover the Extreme World
Amanda Askew
A new way of looking at core reference subjects: Earth, Nature, Science, Technology, People and History.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 00/08/2011
Amanda Askew
A new way of looking at core reference subjects: Earth, Nature, Science, Technology, People and History.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 00/08/2011
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
Winner of the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. The 1st in the brilliant Wimpy Kid series that has taken the US, and now the UK by storm. The illustrations and story hillariously chart Greg's life at a new school. It's...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2008
Jeff Kinney
Winner of the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. The 1st in the brilliant Wimpy Kid series that has taken the US, and now the UK by storm. The illustrations and story hillariously chart Greg's life at a new school. It's...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2008
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Young Bond : Silverfin
Charlie Higson
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. James Bond is back, aged 13 years. The original superspy. A global phenomenon . A hero every boy wants to be, and every girl wants to know. Ages 10+ years. This...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2005
Charlie Higson
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. James Bond is back, aged 13 years. The original superspy. A global phenomenon . A hero every boy wants to be, and every girl wants to know. Ages 10+ years. This...
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Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend
Francesca Simon
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. A Richard and Judy Children's Book Club selection 2011 - Reading Together category A new collection of stories about Horrid Henry and his little brother, Perfect Pete. Henry is as determined...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
Francesca Simon
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. A Richard and Judy Children's Book Club selection 2011 - Reading Together category A new collection of stories about Horrid Henry and his little brother, Perfect Pete. Henry is as determined...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Signature Edition
J.K. Rowling
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2010
J.K. Rowling
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2010
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The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events 5)
Lemony Snicket
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. This bestselling series (in fact in the top five of bestsellers of the last decade), now at long last available in paperback. More ghastly than boarding school, and almost as interminable....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
Lemony Snicket
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. This bestselling series (in fact in the top five of bestsellers of the last decade), now at long last available in paperback. More ghastly than boarding school, and almost as interminable....
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Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. One of our 'Must Reads'. It will seem odd when reading this book that the author enjoyed writing it the most of all the 90 or so he has written so...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2004
Michael Morpurgo
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. One of our 'Must Reads'. It will seem odd when reading this book that the author enjoyed writing it the most of all the 90 or so he has written so...
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Candyfloss
Jacqueline Wilson
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. Floss's parents are divorced, and she divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her new stepdad and her baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2007
Jacqueline Wilson
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. Floss's parents are divorced, and she divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her new stepdad and her baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2007
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Alex Rider: Skeleton Key (3)
Anthony Horowitz
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. More edge of your seat thrilling action from one of the masters of suspense in children’s fiction. Super spy Alex Rider is in deep water again as he is enlisted by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2005
Anthony Horowitz
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. More edge of your seat thrilling action from one of the masters of suspense in children’s fiction. Super spy Alex Rider is in deep water again as he is enlisted by...
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Theodore Boone
John Grisham
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Brimming with the intrigue and suspense that made John Grisham a number one international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
John Grisham
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Brimming with the intrigue and suspense that made John Grisham a number one international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal...
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Mr Stink
David Walliams
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. A World Book Day 'Recommended Read' for 2011. Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010. Galaxy Children's Book Award shortlist 2010. The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2010
David Walliams
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. A World Book Day 'Recommended Read' for 2011. Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010. Galaxy Children's Book Award shortlist 2010. The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all...
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