2023
Best Picture Book:
We Are the Shapes
by Kevin Jenner
Highly Commended Picture Book:
Mia Makes a Meadow
by Rachel Lawton and Beatriz Castro
Best Primary Novel:
Escape Room
by Christopher Edge
Highly Commended Junior Novel:
Sleep-Over Take-Over
by Simon James Green
Best Secondary Novel:
Win, Lose, Kill, Die
by Cynthia Murphy
Highly Commended Secondary Novel:
When the War Came Home
by Lesley Parr
2022
Best Picture Book:
What Did the Tree See
by Charlotte Guillain, illustrated by Sam Usher
Highly Commended Picture Book:
Barbara Throws a Wobbler
by Nadia Shireen
Best Primary Novel:
Vi Spy:Licence to Chill
by Maz Evans
Highly Commended Junior Novel:
The Night Bus Hero
by Onjali Q Rauf
Best Secondary Novel:
When the Sky Falls
by Phil Earle
Highly Commended Secondary Novel:
Worst Holiday Ever
by Charlie Higson
2020
Best Picture Book:
Daddy Hairdo
by Francis Martin and Claire Powell
Highly Commended Picture Book:
Sneaky Beak
by Tracey Corderoy and Tony Neal
Best Primary Novel:
Malamander by Thomas Taylor
Highly Commended Junior Novel:
Spylark by Danny Rurlander
Best Secondary Novel:
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson
Highly Commended Secondary Novel:
I Am Not a Number by Lisa Heathfield
2021
Best Picture Book:
Elephant in my Kitchen
by Smriti Hall, illustrated by Ella Okstad
Highly Commended Picture Book:
Perdu
by Richard Jones
Best Primary Novel:
The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke
Highly Commended Junior Novel:
The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson
Best Secondary Novel:
Dark Blue Rising
by Teri Terry
Highly Commended Secondary Novel:
Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann
2017
Best Picture Book:
Mr Nibbles by Emma Yarlett
Highly Commended Picture Book:
The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson
Best Primary Novel:
The Person Controller by David Baddiel
Highly Commended Junior Novel:
A Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Best Secondary Novel:
Library of Lemons by Jo Cotterill
Highly Commended Secondary Novel:
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
2018
Best Picture Book:
There’s A Monster in Your Book
by Tom Fletcher and Greg Abbott
Highly Commended Picture Book:
Super Bat by Matt Carr
Best Primary Novel:
Kid Normal
by Greg James, Chris Smith, and Erica Salcedo
Highly Commended Junior Novel:
A Place Called Perfect by Helena Duggan
Best Secondary Novel:
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Highly Commended Secondary Novels:
All About Mia by Lisa Williamson
Thornhill by Pam Smy
2019
Best Picture Book:
The King with Dirty Feet
by Sally Pomme Clayton and Rhiannon Sanderson
Highly Commended Picture Book:
Gaspard the Fox
by Zeb Soanes and James Mayhew
Best Primary Novel:
Boy Under Water by Adam Baron
Highly Commended Junior Novel:
The 1000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford
Best Secondary Novel:
White Rabbit Red Wolf by Tom Pollock
Highly Commended Secondary Novels:
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
Satellite by Nick Lake
Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
2016
Best Picture Book:
Please Mr Panda by Steve Antony
Highly Commended Picture Book:
Once Upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers
Best Primary Novel:
The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce, illustrated by Steven Lenton
Highly Commended Junior Novel:
The Accidental Prime Minister by Tom McLaughlin
Best Secondary Novel:
The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
Highly Commended Secondary Novel:
Mind Games by Teri Terry
