Oscar's Book Prize
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Oscar's Book Prize is a British children's book prize awarded annually to a book for pre-school age children, which was first published in the UK during the previous calendar year. The £5,000 prize is supported by the London Evening Standard and sponsored by Amazon and the National Literacy Trust, its patron is Princess Beatrice.[1][2] Actor Gillian Anderson was one of the judges for the 2015 prize.[3] In 2021, the prize money was raised to £10,000.[4]
The prize was founded in 2014 by James Ashton and Viveka Alvestrand in memory of their three-year-old son Oscar Ashton who died unexpectedly in 2012. It aims to celebrate a child's love for magical stories and to reward the creativity of early-years literature and to highlight the importance of reading with children.[2][5]
2014[]
The 2014 prize was awarded to for .[6]
Shortlisted Books List[6]
Title | Author(s) |
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Nick Bromley and | |
and | |
, , and |
2015[]
The 2015 prize was awarded to Steve Antony for .[6]
Shortlisted Books List[6]
Title | Author(s) |
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Dangerous! | |
and | |
Steve Antony | |
The Sea Tiger | |
2016[]
The 2016 prize was awarded to for .[6]
Shortlisted Books List[7]
Title | Author(s) |
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and | |
The Fox And The Star | |
Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
2017[]
The 2017 prize was awarded to Rachel Bright and Jim Field for .[6][8]
Shortlisted Books List[9]
Title | Author(s) |
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and | |
Rachel Bright and Jim Field | |
2018[]
The 2018 prize was awarded to John Dougherty and for .[6]
Shortlisted Books List[10]
Title | Author(s) |
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Danny Baker and | |
and | |
John Dougherty and | |
2019[]
The 2019 prize was awarded to Ed Vere for How to be a Lion.[6][11]
Shortlisted Books List[10]
Title | Author(s) |
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Almost Anything | Sophie Henn |
Ruby's Worry | Tom Percival |
The Way Home for Wolf | Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
How to be a Lion | Ed Vere |
Baby’s First Bank Heist | Jim Whalley and Stephen Collins |
2020[]
The 2020 prize was awarded to Benji Davies for Tad.[12]
Shortlisted Books List[13]
Title | Author(s) |
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The Suitcase | Chris Naylor-Ballesteros |
A Mouse Called Julian | Joe Todd Stanton |
Alphonse, There’s Mud on the Ceiling! | Daisy Hirst |
I Am a Tiger | Karl Newson and Ross Collins |
The Runaway Pea | Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore |
Tad | Benji Davies |
2021[]
The 2021 prize was awarded to Lu Fraser and illustrator Kate Hindley for The Littlest Yak.[14]
Shortlisted Books List[15]
Title | Author(s) |
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I’m Sticking with you | Smriti Halls and Steve Small |
Meesha Makes Friends | Tom Percival |
Rain Before Rainbows | Smriti Halls and David Litchfield |
The Hospital Dog | Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie |
The Littlest Yak | Lu Fraser and Kate Hindley |
Would You Like A Banana by | Yasmeen Ismail |
References[]
- ^ "Oscar's Book Prize". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Oscar's Book Prize - Oscar". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Eyre, Charlotte (10 February 2015). "Gillian Anderson joins Oscar's First Book judges". The Bookseller.
- ^ Dex, Robert (12 April 2021). "Oscar's Book Prize shortlist revealed - along with double the prize money". Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Ashton, James. "Announcing the Oscar's". The Bookseller. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Oscar's Book Prize - Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Oscar's Book Prize 2016: Beatrice battles it out for book prize shortlist". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Campbell, Lisa (16 May 2017). "The Koala Who Could wins Oscar's Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Oscar's Book Prize 2017: final shortlist revealed". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Oscar's Book Prize - News". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Eyre, Charlotte (13 May 2019). "Ed Vere wins Oscar's Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Teaching Resources for Oscar's Book Prize 2020". CLPE. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Law, Katie (4 May 2020). "This is the shortlist for the Oscar's Book Prize 2020". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Fraser and Hindley win £10k Oscar's Book Prize". Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Oscar's Book Prize shortlist revealed!". National Literacy Trust. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
External links[]
- Picture book awards
- Children's literary awards
- British children's literary awards
- Awards established in 2014