The Book Awards category on Lovereading4kids will help you and your child discover authors currently in contention for and/or winners of the most prestigious awards. By their very presence on this page, you can be sure that each of the books featured here is the 'crème-de-la-crème' of today's children's literature.
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STOP PRESS - The long-running West End musical Wicked is proud to announce the third year of its hugely successful Wicked Young Writers’ Award. Spearheaded by author of War Horse and former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo, the Award recognises excellence in writing, encourages creativity, and helps develop writing talent in young people between 5 and 25 years of age from all backgrounds and areas of the UK. Young people from across the UK and Northern Ireland are free to submit entries to enter a piece of writing on a theme or subject of their choice, written at home or at school. Teachers are encouraged to enter writing on behalf of pupils through a schools’ entry form and online Teachers’ Resource featuring exclusive video tips for inspiring and encouraging writing in the classroom. Closing date for entries is 31st July 2012 so tell the kids about it now. A shortlist of 100 finalists will be announced in the autumn of 2012, followed by a special showcase of the winners’ entries at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre, home of the award-winning musical. Get involved at WickedYoungWriters.com
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For each of the awards included in this Book Award category, Lovereading4kids will feature the shortlist of books and authors before the individual winner is announced. As with all our Featured Books, you and your child will be able to download and print off free Opening Extracts of each book. In this way, you can choose your own winner and see if the judges agree with you!
And remember, even if the judges don't pick your favourite, all our Children's Book Award books are available to order online at 25% off the RRP.
As Lovereading4kids grows we'll be featuring as many awards as we can manage, including:
Costa Children's Award
Branford Boase Award
Marsh Award in Translation
The Guardian Children's Fiction Award
The Red House Children's Book Award
The Booktrust Teenage Prize
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Giles Paley-Phillips
April 2012 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for The People's Book Prize 2012. This is a terrific little picture book that parents are likely to be more worried about for the fear factor than any toddler. There's a great storyline written...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2011
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Kieran Larwood
April 2012 Debut of the Month and Winner of The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2011. This well-written and action-packed debut is even being considered...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Siobhan Curham
April 2012 Book of the Month. Winner of the YoungMinds Book Award 2010. This was a self-publishing YA phenomenon in 2010 and winner of the above award beating the likes of Julia Donaldson and Bali Rai. Then it was bought by Egmont...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Marta Altes
Shortlisted for The People's Book Prize 2012 - a national competition aimed at discovering new and unknown works: a truly democratic book prize decided exclusively by the public. To find out how to vote, click here. A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2011
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Ali Lewis
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal. Shortlisted for the North East Teenage Book Award and for the Coventry Inspiration Awards in the Simply The Book (age 14+) category. Longlisted for the Southern Schools Book Award. The Carnegie judges said: A hugely engaging and enjoyable...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
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Annabel Pitcher
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the 2012 Branford Boase Award. Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. The Carnegie Judges said: With a great central character, a sophisticated plot and an ending that is both credible...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Lindsey Barraclough
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. A chilling, beautiful novel inspired by a haunting folk song about murder, witchcraft and revenge. Intensely atmospheric and truly compelling, this is a stunning debut. The Branford Boase judges said: "An extremely atmospheric tale and...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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Lissa Evans
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the 2012 Branford Boase Award. Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Children's Book Award. The Carnegie Medal Judges said: A refreshing and plausibly magical novel which joyfully celebrates cleverness and a delight in words. Both the main...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Gill Lewis
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. Rich in atmosphere and full of heart, Sky Hawk is an intense and touching story of how protecting a rare bird forges a deep and special friendship between two children. The osprey is Iona’s...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/12/2011
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Phil Earle
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. "Faces flashed before my eyes. And for every face there was a time that they had let me down. Each punch that landed was revenge,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011
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Frances Hardinge
March 2012 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2011. Award winning Frances Hardinge’s first novel Fly By Night starred Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent. Now they are back for a thrilling new adventure in the city...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Sally Nicholls
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award. Winner of Glen Dimplex Prize for New Writers 2008. Winner of Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2008. Winner of Luchs Prize (Germany) for best children’s book published in Germany in the last year. Sympathetic, touching,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Eva Ibbotson
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. Award winning Eva Ibbotson’s poignant and beautiful last book celebrates a boy’s passion for a dog. All Hal has ever wanted is a dog but his parents refuse...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Julia Donaldson
Winner of the Scottish Book Award 2010 (0-7 years category). Best-selling author and illustrator Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks have teamed up for another brilliant picture book. Right in the farmyard among all the noisy animals with their MOOs! and QUACKS!...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler | Book Awards
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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John Agard
Age 9+. Winner of The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education's Poetry Award for 2009 and nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. Brilliantly original, John Agard’s poetic reworking of Dante’s Inferno for a young, modern audience is a thrilling journey of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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