Waterstones Children's Book Prize

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The Waterstone Children's Book Prize
Awarded forto uncover hidden talent in children's writing
Date21 March 2023
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by Waterstones
Formerly called Ottakar's Children's Book Prize
First awarded2005;19 years ago (2005)
Website www.waterstones.com/the-waterstones-childrens-book-prize

The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than two or three books, depending on which category they are in. [1] The prize is awarded by British book retailer Waterstones.

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It was originally called the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize, after the bookshop chain. When all Ottakar's stores were rebranded as Waterstone's following the HMV Group takeover in 2006, the prize also changed its name to become the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.

Beginning in 2012, the prize was divided into three categories: Picture Books, Fiction 5–12, and Teen. [2] Each category winner receives £2,000 with an overall winner chosen from the three getting an additional £3,000 (thus the overall winner receives £5,000 in total). [3]

In 2016 the categories were renamed: Picture Books became Illustrated Books, Fiction 5–12 became Younger Fiction and the Teen category became Older Fiction.

Nominations and winners

2005

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
Best Book Stuart Hill The Cry of the Icemark Winner [4]
M. I. McAllister Urchin of the Riding Stars Finalist
Barry Jonsberg The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull
Livi Michael The Whispering Road
Val TylerThe Time Wreccas
Julie Hearn The Merrybegot
Shannon Hale The Goose Girl
Ann Halam Siberia
Ellen Potter Olivia Kidney
Kes Gray Nelly the Monster Sitter
Bowering Sivers Jammy Dodgers on the Run
Kenneth Oppel Airborn

2006

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
Best Book Julia Golding The Diamond of Drury Lane Winner
Michael Carroll The Quantum Prophecy Finalist
Beth Goobie The Lottery
John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Heather Vogel Frederick Spymice
Elise Broach Shakespeare's Secret
Adam Frost Ralph the Magic Rabbit
Edith Pattou North Child
John Dougherty Jack Slater, Monster Investigator
Suzanne Collins Gregor and the Rats of Underland

2007

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
Best Book Tom Becker Darkside Winner
Tom KellyThe Thing with FinnFinalist
Gareth P. Jones The Case of the Missing Cats
F. E. Higgins The Black Book of Secrets
Christopher Russell Smugglers
Philip Caveney Sebastian Darke
L. Brittney Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times
Michael Broad Jake Cake: The Werewolf Teacher
J. A. Henderson Bunker 10
Siobhan Dowd A Swift Pure Cry

2008

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
Best Book Sally Nicholls Ways to Live Forever Winner
Emily Bearn Tumtum and Nutmeg Finalist
Sam Enthoven TIM Defender of the Earth
David Melling Stone Goblins
Matt Haig Shadow Forest
Jenny Valentine Broken Soup
Gabrielle Halberstam Blue Sky Freedom
Marie-Louise Jensen Between Two Seas
Oisín McGann Ancient Appetites

2009

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
Best Book Michelle Harrison 13 Treasures Winner
Elen Caldecott How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the ElephantFinalist
Vanessa Curtis Zelah Green Queen of Clean
Steve Feasey Changeling
Ceci Jenkinson Gnomes Are Forever
Marie-Louise Jensen The Lady in the Tower
Rob StevensMapmaker's Monsters
Rachel WardNumbers

2010

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
Best Book Katie Davies The Great Hamster Massacre Winner [5]
Jeremy De Quidt The ToymakerFinalist [6]
Caro King The Seven Sorcerers
Victoria Forester The Girl Who Could Fly
Pat WalshThe Crowfield Curse
A. G. Taylor Meteorite Strike
Suzanne Lafleur Love, Aubrey
Lucy Christopher Flyaway
Laura SummersDesperate Measures

2011

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
Best Book Sita Brahmachari Artichoke HeartsWinner [7]
Ruth Eastham The Memory CageFinalist [8]
Candy Gourlay Tall Story
Janice Hardy The Pain Merchants
Curtis Jobling Wereworld: The Rise of the Wolf
Anna Kemp Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain Machine
Irfan Master A Beautiful Lie
Jon Mayhew Mortlock
Rebecca Stead When You Reach Me

2012

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALL Jonny Duddle The Pirates Next Door Winner [9] [10]
Fiction 5-12 Liz Pichon The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Category winner [9]
Mackenzie Crook The Windvale SpritesFinalist [11]
Janet Foxley Muncle Trogg
Gill Lewis Sky Hawk
Alan Silberberg Milo and the Restart Button
Alex T. Smith Claude in the City
Picture Book Jonny Duddle The Pirates Next DoorCategory winner [9]
Marta Altés No!Finalist
Jon Klassen I Want My Hat Back
Ann Bonwill and Simon RickertyI Don't Want to be a Pea!
Nadia Shireen Good Little Wolf
Chris HaughtonA Bit Lost
Teen Jenny Downham You Against MeCategory winner [9]
Annabel Pitcher My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Finalist
Veronica Roth Divergent
Ruta Sepetys Between Shades of Gray
Phil Earle Being Billy
Morgan Matson Amy and Roger's Epic Detour

2013

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALL Annabel Pitcher Ketchup Clouds Winner
Fiction 5-12 R. J. Palacio Wonder Category winner
Catherine ConstableThe Wolf PrincessFinalist [12] [13]
Jennifer GrayAtticus Claw Breaks the Law
Helen PetersThe Secret Hen House Theatre
Geoff Rodkey Chronicles of Egg: Deadweather and Sunrise
Jim Smith Barry Loser: I Am Not a Loser
Picture Book Rebecca Cobb LunchtimeCategory winner
Jo Empson RabbitynessFinalist
Chris Haughton Oh No, George!
Anna Kemp The Worst Princess
Frann Preston-Gannon The Journey Home
Sam Usher Can You See Sassoon?
Teen Annabel Pitcher Ketchup Clouds Category winner
Rachel Hartman Seraphina Finalist
Laura Jarratt Skin Deep
S. J. Kincaid Insignia
Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass
Andy Robb Geekhood: Close Encounters of the Girl Kind

2014 (10th anniversary)

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALL Katherine Rundell Rooftoppers Winner [14] [15] [16]
Fiction 5–12 Katherine Rundell RooftoppersCategory winner
Soman Chainani The School for Good and Evil Finalist [17]
Piers Torday The Last Wild
Sandra GreavesSkull in the Wood
Emerald Fennell Shiverton Hall
Laura Dockrill Darcy Durdock
Picture Book Nicola O'Byrne Open Very Carefully Category winner
Elys Dolan WeaselsFinalist [17]
Yasmeen IsmailTime for Bed, Fred
Gemma Merino The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water
Helen Hancocks Penguin in Peril
Courtney Dicmas Harold Finds a Voice
Teen Holly Smale Geek Girl Category winner
Alexia Casale The Bone DragonFinalist [17] [18]
Dawn O'Porter Paper Aeroplanes
Ruta Sepetys Out of the Easy
Emily Murdoch If You Find Me
Erin Lange Butter

2015

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALL Rob Biddulph Blown AwayWinner [19] [20] [21]
Fiction 5-12 Robin Stevens Murder Most Unladylike Category winner
Harriet Whitehorn with Beck Moor (illustrator)Violet and the Pearl of the OrientFinalist [22]
Anne Booth Girl with a White Dog
GR Gemin Cowgirl
Polly Ho-Yen Boy in the Tower
Lara Williamson A Boy Called Hope
Picture Book Rob Biddulph Blown AwayCategory winner
Sophy Henn Where Bear?Finalist [22]
Victoria Turnbull The Sea Tiger
Steve Antony The Queen's Hat
Suzanne Barton The Dawn Chorus
Lucy Letherland Atlas of Adventures
Teen Sally Green Half Bad Category winner
Leslye Walton The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava LavenderFinalist [22]
Sarah Moore Fitzgerald The Apple Tart of Hope
Kim Skater Smart
Louise O'Neill Only Ever Yours
Erin Lange Dead Ends

2016

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALLDavid Solomon My Brother Is a Superhero Winner [23]
Illustrated Book David Litchfield The Bear and the PianoCategory winner [23]
Naomi Howarth The Crow's TaleFinalist [24]
Matty Long Super Happy Magic Forest
Nicholas John Frith Hector and Hummingbird
David BarrowHave You Seen Elephant?
Lorraine Carey and Migy BlancoCinderella's Sister and the Big Bad Wolf
Older Fiction Lisa Williamson The Art of Being NormalCategory winner [23]
Melinda Salisbury The Sin Eater's Daughter Finalist [25] [24] [26]
Moïra Fowley-Doyle The Accident Season
Lisa Heathfield Seed
Jandy Nelson I'll Give You the Sun
Leo Hunt 13 Days of Midnight
Younger FictionDavid SolomonMy Brother Is a SuperheroCategory winner [23]
Sibéal Pounder Witch WarsFinalist [24]
Katherine Woodfine The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow
Kevin Sands The Blackthorn Key
Shane Hegarty Darkmouth
Crystal Chan Bird

2017

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALL Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink and Stars Winner [27]
Illustrated Book Lizzy Stewart There's a Tiger in the GardenCategory winner
Fabi Santiago Tiger in a TutuFinalist [28]
Francesca Sanna The Journey
Duncan Beedie The Bear Who Stared
Matt Robertson Super Stan
Meg McLaren Life Is Magic
Older Fiction Patrice Lawrence OrangeboyCategory winner
Nilanjana Roy The WildingsFinalist [28]
Nicola Yoon The Sun Is Also a Star
Lisa Heathfield Paper Butterflies
Lindsay Eager Hour of the Bees
Gavriel Savit Anna and the Swallow Man
Younger Fiction Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink and StarsCategory winner [27]
Lauren Wolk Wolf Hollow Finalist [28]
Ross Welford Time Travelling with a Hamster
Peter Bunzl Cogheart
Laura JamesCaptain Pug
MG Leonard Beetle Boy

2018

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALL Angie Thomas The Hate U Give Winner [29] [30] [31]
Illustrated Book Joe Todd-Stanton The Secret of Black RockCategory winner
Louise Greig The Night BoxFinalist
Matt Carr Superbat
Sandra Dieckmann Leaf
Simon Philip I Really Want the Cake
Robert Starling Fergal Is Fuming!
Older Fiction Angie Thomas The Hate U Give Category winner
Catherine Barter TroublemakersFinalist
Pam Smy Thornhill
Emily Suvada This Mortal Coil
Emily Bain Murphy The Disappearances
Alice Broadway Ink
Younger Fiction Jessica Townsend Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Category winner
Maz Evans Who Let the Gods Out?Finalist
Kieran Larwood The Legend of Podkin One-Ear
Lisa Thompson The Goldfish Boy
Greg James and Chris Smith Kid Normal
Helena Duggan A Place Called Perfect

2019

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALL Onjali Q. Raúf The Boy at the Back of the Class Winner [30]
Illustrated Book Lauren Ace and Jenny LøvlieThe GirlCategory winner
Emily Haworth-Booth The King Who Banned the DarkFinalist [32]
John BondMini Rabbit Not Lost
Vashti Harrison Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Jessica Love Julián Is a Mermaid
Michael Whaite 100 Dogs
Older Fiction Tomi Adeyemi Children of Blood and Bone Category winner
Tracy Darnton The Truth About LiesFinalist [32]
Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X
Malcolm Duffy Me Mam. Me Dad. Me.
Ele Fountain Boy 87
Christelle Dabos A Winter's Promise
Younger Fiction Onjali Q. Raúf The Boy at the Back of the ClassCategory winner [30]
P.G. Bell The Train to Impossible PlacesFinalist [32]
Ewa Jozefkowicz The Mystery of the Colour Thief
Sophie Anderson The House with Chicken Legs
Andy Shepherd The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Vashti Hardy Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure

2020

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALL Nathan Bryon Look Up!Winner [33] [34] [35]
Illustrated Book Nathan Bryon Look Up!Category winner [36]
Graham Carter Otto Blotter, Bird SpotterFinalist
Kate ReadOne Fox
Beatrice Blue Once Upon a Unicorn Horn
Rose Robbins Me and My Sister
Ben Rothery Hidden Planet
Older Fiction Liz Hyder BearmouthCategory winner [36]
Emma Smith-Barton The Million Pieces of Neena GillFinalist
Tamsin Winter Jemima Small Versus the Universe
Samira Ahmed Internment
gal-dem I Will Not Be Erased: Our Stories About Growing Up as People of Colour
Holly Jackson A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Younger Fiction Sharna Jackson High-Rise MysteryCategory winner
Kirsty Applebaum The MiddlerFinalist
Meg Grehan The Deepest Breath
Lucy Strange Our Castle, the Sea
Sam Copeland Charlie Changes into a Chicken
Jasbinder Bilan Asha and the Spirit Bird

2021

CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
OVERALL Elle McNicoll A Kind of Spark Winner [37] [38] [39]
Illustrated Book Bethan Stevens The Grumpy FairiesCategory winner [37]
Eva Eland Where Happiness BeginsFinalist
Katie Cottle The Blue Giant
Amyra Leon Freedom, We Sing
Devon Holzwarth Found You
Dawn Coulter-Cruttenden Bear Shaped
Older Fiction Darren Charlton Wranglestone Category winner [37]
Dean Atta The Black FlamingoFinalist
Jordan Ifueko Raybearer
Sophie GonzalesOnly Mostly Devastated
A. M. Dassu Boy, Everywhere
Danielle Jawando And the Stars Were Burning Brightly
Younger Fiction Elle McNicoll A Kind of Spark Category winner [37] [38]
Kereen Getten When Life Gives You MangoesFinalist
Jenny Pearson The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
Alastair Chisholm Orion Lost
Annabelle Sami Llama Out Loud!
Francesca Gibbons A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth

2022

CategoryAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
OVERALL Hannah Gold , illustrated by Levi Pinfold (HarperCollins Children's Books)The Last Bear HarperCollins Children's Books Winner [40]
Illustrated Book Harry Woodgate Grandad's Camper Andersen Press Category winner [41]
Andy Harkness Wolfboy Bloomsbury Children's Finalist [42] [43]
Lu Fraser , illustrated by Mark McKinleyThe Viking Who Liked Icing Bloomsbury Children's
Steve SmallThe Duck Who Didn't Like Water Simon & Schuster
Helen Kellock Out to Sea Thames & Hudson
Barr Falls Alone!Farshore
Older Fiction Ciara Smyth (Andersen Press)Not My Problem Andersen Press Category winner [41]
Femi Fadugba The Upper World PRH Children's Finalist [42] [43]
Namina Forna The Gilded Ones Usborne
Manjeet Mann The Crossing PRH Children's
Michelle Quach Not Here to Be Liked Usborne
Angeline Boulley Firekeeper's Daughter OneWorld
Younger Fiction Hannah Gold , illustrated by Levi PinfoldThe Last Bear HarperCollins Children's Books Category winner [41]
Benjamin Dean, illustrated by Sandhya PrabhatMe, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow Simon & Schuster Finalist [42] [43]
Kelly Yang , illustrated by Maike Plenzke Front Desk Knights Of
Efua Traoré Children of the Quicksands The Chicken House
Mark BradleyBumble and Snug and the Angry Pirates Hodder Children's Books
B. B. Alston , illustrated by Godwin AkpanAmari and the Night BrothersFarshore

2023

CategoryAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
OVERALL Nadia Mikail The Cats We Meet Along the WayGuppy PublishingWinner [44]
Illustrated BookKim HillyardGretel the Wonder Mammoth PRH Children's Category winner [44]
Georgia Buckthorn, illustrated by Isabella MazzantiThe Fairy GardenIvy KidsFinalist [45] [46] [47]
Emma CarlisleWhat Do You See When You Look at a Tree?Big Picture Press
Rachael Davis, illustrated by Beatrix HatcherI Am NOT a Prince Hachette Children's Group
Stephen HogtunThe Station Cat DK
Jordan Stephens, illustrated by Beth SuzannaThe Missing Piece Bloomsbury Children's Books
Older FictionNadia MikailThe Cats We Meet Along the WayGuppy PublishingCategory winner [44]
Erik J BrownAll That's Left in the World Hachette Children's Group Finalist [45] [46] [47]
Lewis HancoxWelcome to St Hell Scholastic
Christine PillainayagamEllie Pillai Is Brown Faber and Faber
Cynthia SoIf You Still Recognise MeStripes Publishing
Angharad WalkerOnce Upon a Fever The Chicken House
Younger FictionM T KhanNura and the Immortal Palace Walker Books Category winner [44]
David FarrThe Book of Stolen Dreams Usborne Publishing Finalist [45] [46] [47]
Hannah MoffattSmall!Everything with Words
Lee NewberyThe Last Firefox PRH Children's
Varsha ShahAjay and the Mumbai Sun The Chicken House
J T Williams, illustrated by Simone Douglas  The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Drama and DangerFarshore

2024 (20th anniversary)

CategoryAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
OVERALL Pari Thomson Greenwild: The World Behind the Door Macmillan Winner [48]
Illustrated BookChloe SavageThe Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish Walker Books Category winner [48]
Marcela Ferreira, illustrated by Sally AgarThe Queen Next Door Orchard Books Finalist [49] [50] [51]
Natalie LabarreIncredible Jobs You've (Probably) Never Heard Of Nosy Crow
Ellan RankinThe Secret ElephantWren & Rook
Kate RolfeWolf and BearTwo Hoots
Andrew Sanders, illustrated by Aysha AwwadWhose Dog Is This? Macmillan
Older FictionKayvion LewisThieves' Gambit S&S Category winner [48]
Nick Brooks Promise Boys Macmillan Finalist [49] [50] [51]
Mel DarbonWhat the World Doesn't See Usborne
Bea FitzgeraldGirl, Goddess, Queen Penguin
Ayaan MohamudYou Think You Know Me Usborne
Alexandra SheppardFriendship Never Ends Knights Of
Younger FictionPari ThomsonGreenwild: The World Behind the Door Macmillan Category winner [48]
J J ArcanjoCrookhaven: The School for Thieves Hodder Finalist [49] [50] [51]
Emily-Jane ClarkThe Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the Vampire Sheep! Scholastic
Lizzie Huxley-Jones Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend Knights Of
Beth LincolnThe Swifts Puffin
G M LintonMy Name Is Sunshine Simpson Usborne

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