Waterstones Children's Book Prize

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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 three books.

Beginning in 2012, the prize was divided into three categories: Picture Books, Fiction 5–12, and Teen.[1] 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).[2]

Recipients[]

Waterstones Children's Book Prize winners and finalists
Year Category Author Title Result Ref.
2005 Best Book Stuart Hill The Cry of the Icemark Winner
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 Tyler The Time Wreccas
The Merrybegot
Shannon Hale The Goose Girl
Ann Halam Siberia
Ellen Potter Olivia Kidney
Nelly the Monster Sitter
Jammy Dodgers on the Run
Kenneth Oppel Airborn
2006 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
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 Best Book Tom Becker Darkside Winner
Tom Kelly The Thing with Finn Finalist
Gareth P. Jones The Case of the Missing Cats
F. E. Higgins The Black Book of Secrets
Smugglers
Philip Caveney Sebastian Darke
Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times
Michael Broad Jake Cake: The Werewolf Teacher
Bunker 10
Siobhan Dowd A Swift Pure Cry
2008 Best Book Sally Nicholls Ways to Live Forever Winner
Tumtum and Nutmeg Finalist
Sam Enthoven TIM Defender of the Earth
Stone Goblins
Matt Haig Shadow Forest
Jenny Valentine Broken Soup
Blue Sky Freedom
Marie-Louise Jensen Between Two Seas
Oisín McGann Ancient Appetites
2009 Best Book Michelle Harrison 13 Treasures Winner
Zelah Green Queen of Clean Finalist
Marie-Louise Jensen The Lady in the Tower
Rachel Ward Numbers
Rob Stevens Mapmaker's Monsters
How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant
Gnomes are Forever
Changeling
2010 Best Book The Great Hamster Massacre Winner
The Toymaker Finalist
The Seven Sorcerers
Victoria Forester The Girl Who Could Fly
Pat Walsh The Crowfield Curse
Meteorite Strike
Love, Aubrey
Lucy Christopher Flyaway
Laura Summers Desperate Measures
2011 Best Book Artichoke Hearts Winner [3][4]
Rebecca Stead When You Reach Me Finalist
Curtis Jobling Wereworld: The Rise of the Wolf
The Pain Merchants
The Memory Cage
Candy Gourlay Tall Story
Mortlock
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain
A Beautiful Lie
2012 Overall The Pirates Next Door Winner [5]
Fiction 5-12 Liz Pichon The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Winner
Mackenzie Crook The Windvale Sprites Finalist [5]
Muncle Trogg
Sky Hawk
Milo and the Restart Button
Alex T. Smith Claude in the City
Picture Book The Pirates Next Door Winner [5]
No! Finalist
Jon Klassen I Want My Hat Back
and Simon Rickerty I Don't Want to be a Pea!
Good Little Wolf
Chris Haughton A Bit Lost
Teen The Pirates Next Door Winner
Jenny Downham You Against Me Finalist
Annabel Pitcher My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Veronica Roth Divergent
Ruta Sepetys Between Shades of Gray
Being Billy
Morgan Matson Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
2013 Overall Annabel Pitcher Ketchup Clouds Winner
Fiction 5-12 R. J. Palacio Wonder Winner
Catherine Constable The Wolf Princess Finalist
Helen Peters The Secret Hen House Theatre
Jim Smith I Am Not A Loser
Geoff Rodkey Chronicles of Egg: Deadweather and Sunrise
Jennifer Gray Atticus Claw Breaks the Law
Picture Book Rebecca Cobb Lunchtime Winner
The Worst Princess Finalist
The Journey Home
Rabbityness
Chris Haughton Oh No, George!
Can You See Sassoon?
Teen Annabel Pitcher Ketchup Clouds Winner
Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass Finalist
Skin Deep
Rachel Hartman Seraphina
Insignia
Geekhood: Close Encounters of the Girl Kind
2014 Overall Katherine Rundell Rooftoppers Winner
Fiction 5–12 Katherine Rundell Rooftoppers Winner
Soman Chainani The School for Good and Evil Finalist
Piers Torday The Last Wild
Sandra Greaves Skull in the Wood
Emerald Fennell Shiverton Hall
Laura Dockrill Darcy Durdock
Picture Book Open Very Carefully Winner
Elys Dolan Weasels Finalist
Yasmeen Ismail Time For Bed, Fred
The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water
Penguin in Peril
Harold Finds a Voice
Teen Holly Smale Geek Girl Winner
The Bone Dragon Finalist
Dawn O'Porter Paper Aeroplanes
Ruta Sepetys Our of the Easy
If You Find Me
Butter
2015 Overall Blown Away Winner [6][7]
Fiction 5-12 Robin Stevens Murder Most Unladylike Winner
with Beck Moor (illus.) Violet and the Pearl of the Orient Finalist
Anne Booth Girl with a White Dog
Cowgirl
Boy in the Tower
Lara Williamson A Boy Called Hope
Picture Book Blown Away Winner
Where Bear? Finalist
The Sea Tiger
Steve Antony The Queen's Hat
The Dawn Chorus
Atlas of Adventures
Teen Sally Green Half Bad Winner
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender Finalist
The Apple Tart of Hope
Smart
Louise O'Neill Only Ever Yours
Dead Ends
2016 Overall David Solomon My Brother is a Superhero Winner [8]
Illustrated Book David Litchfield The Bear and the Piano Winner [8]
The Crow's Tale Finalist
Super Happy Magic Forest
Hector and Hummingbird
David Barrow Have You Seen Elephant?
and Migy Blanco Cinderella's Sister and the Big Bad Wolf
Older Fiction [[Lisa Williamson[disambiguation needed]|Lisa Williamson]] The Art of Being Normal Winner [8]
The Sin Eater's Daughter Finalist [9]
The Accident Season
Seed
Jandy Nelson I'll Give You the Sun
13 Days of Midnight
Younger Fiction David Solomon My Brother is a Superhero Winner [8]
Witch Wars Finalist
Katherine Woodfine The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow
The Blackthorn Key
Darkmouth
Bird
2017 Overall Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink and Stars Winner [10]
Illustrated Book There’s a Tiger in the Garden Winner
Tiger in a Tutu Finalist [11]
The Journey
The Bear Who Stared
Super Stan
Life is Magic
Older Fiction Patrice Lawrence Orangeboy Winner
Nilanjana Roy The Wildings Finalist [11]
Nicola Yoon The Sun is also a Star
Paper Butterflies
Hour of the Bees
Gavriel Savit Anna and the Swallow Man
Younger Fiction Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink and Stars Winner [10]
Lauren Wolk Wolf Hollow Finalist [11]
Ross Welford Time Travelling with a Hamster
Cogheart
Laura James Captain Pug
Beetle Boy
2018 Overall Angie Thomas The Hate U Give Winner [12][13]
Illustrated Book The Secret of Black Rock Winner [12]
The Night Box Finalist
Superbat
Leaf
I Really Want the Cake
Fergal is Fuming!
Older Fiction Angie Thomas The Hate U Give Winner
Troublemakers Finalist
Thornhill
This Mortal Coil
The Disappearances
Ink
Younger Fiction Jessica Townsend Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Winner
Who Let the Gods Out? Finalist
The Legend of Podkin One-Ear
Lisa Thompson The Goldfish Boy
Greg James and Chris Smith Kid Normal
A Place Called Perfect
2019 Overall Onjali Q. Raúf The Boy At The Back Of The Class Winner [13]
Illustrated Book and Jenny Løvlie The Girl Winner
The King Who Banned the Dark Finalist [14]
John Bond Mini Rabbit Not Lost
Vashti Harrison Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Jessica Love Julián is a Mermaid
100 Dogs
Older Fiction Tomi Adeyemi Children Of Blood And Bone Winner
The Truth About Lies Finalist [14]
Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X
Me Mam. Me Dad. Me.
Boy 87
Christelle Dabos A Winter's Promise
Younger Fiction Onjali Q. Raúf The Boy At The Back Of The Class Winner [13]
The Train to Impossible Places Finalist [14]
The Mystery of the Colour Thief
[[Sophie Anderson[disambiguation needed]|Sophie Anderson]] The House With Chicken Legs
Andy Shepherd The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure
2020 Overall Nathan Bryon Look Up! Winner [15]
Illustrated Book Nathan Bryon Look Up! Winner [15]
Otto Blotter, Bird Spotter Finalist
Kate Read One Fox
Once Upon a Unicorn Horn
Me and My Sister
Hidden Planet
Older Fiction Bearmouth Winner [15]
The Million Pieces of Neena Gill Finalist
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 Mystery Winner
Kirsty Applebaum The Middler Finalist
The Deepest Breath
Our Castle, the Sea
Charlie Changes Into a Chicken
Asha & the Spirit Bird
2021 Overall Elle McNicoll A Kind of Spark Winner [16][17]
Illustrated Book The Grumpy Fairies Winner [16]
Where Happiness Begins Finalist
The Blue Giant
Freedom, We Sing
Found You
Bear Shaped
Older Fiction Wranglestone Winner [16]
Dean Atta The Black Flamingo Finalist
Jordan Ifueko Raybearer
Sophie Gonzales Only Mostly Devastated
A. M. Dassu Boy, Everywhere
And the Stars Were Burning Brightly
Younger Fiction Elle McNicoll A Kind of Spark Winner [16][17]
When Life Gives You Mangoes Finalist
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
Orion Lost
Llama Out Loud!
A Clock of Stars: The shadow moth
2022 Illustrated Book Wolfboy Finalist [18]
The Viking Who Liked Icing
Steve Small The Duck Who Didn’t Like Water
Out to Sea
Grandad’s Camper
Alone!
Older Fiction Femi Fadugba The Upper World
Namina Forna The Gilded Ones
Manjeet Mann The Crossing
Not My Problem
Not Here to Be Liked
Angeline Boulley Firekeeper’s Daughter
Younger Fiction The Last Bear
Benjamin Dean Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow
Kelly Yang Front Desk
Children of the Quicksands
Mark Bradley Bumble and Snug and the Angry Pirates
Amari and the Night Brothers

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