Oscar's Book Prize#2014
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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.{{cite web|title=Oscar's Book Prize|url=http://www.oscarsbookprize.co.uk/|accessdate=4 May 2018}}{{cite web|title=Oscar's Book Prize - Oscar|url=http://www.oscarsbookprize.co.uk/oscar/|accessdate=4 May 2018}} Actor Gillian Anderson was one of the judges for the 2015 prize.{{cite news |last1=Eyre |first1=Charlotte |title=Gillian Anderson joins Oscar's First Book judges |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/gillian-anderson-joins-oscars-first-book-judges |work=The Bookseller |date=10 February 2015}} In 2021, the prize money was raised to £10,000.{{cite news |last1=Dex |first1=Robert |title=Oscar's Book Prize shortlist revealed - along with double the prize money |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/books/oscars-book-prize-2021-shortlist-unveiled-double-prize-money-b929202.html |access-date=16 June 2021 |work=Evening Standard |date=12 April 2021}}
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.{{cite web |last1=Ashton |first1=James |title=Announcing the Oscar's |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/oscars-book-prize-937576 |website=The Bookseller |access-date=16 June 2021}}
2014
The 2014 prize was awarded to Benji Davies for The Storm Whale.{{cite web|title=Oscar's Book Prize - Winners|url=http://www.oscarsbookprize.co.uk/winners/|accessdate=4 May 2018}}
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Author(s) |
| Open Very Carefully
| Nick Bromley and Nicola O'Byrne |
| The Black Rabbit
| Philippa Leathers |
| The Snatchabook
| Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty (illustrator)|Thomas Docherty |
| The Storm Whale
| Benji Davies |
| Spaghetti with the Yeti
| Charlotte Guillain, Adam Guillain, and Lee Wildish |
2015
The 2015 prize was awarded to Steve Antony for The Queen's Hat.
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Author(s) |
| Dangerous! |
| Hedgehugs
| Steve Wilson (author)|Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper |
| The Queen's Hat |
| The Sea Tiger
| Victoria Turnbull |
| This Book Just Ate My Dog!
| Richard Byrne (author)|Richard Byrne |
2016
The 2016 prize was awarded to Gemma Merino for The Cow Who Climbed a Tree.
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Author(s) |
| Hector And Hummingbird
| Nicholas John Frith |
| Sir Lilypad
| Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie |
| The Cow Who Climbed A Tree
| Gemma Merino |
| The Fox And The Star
| Coralie Bickford-Smith |
| The Lion Inside
| Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
2017
The 2017 prize was awarded to Rachel Bright and Jim Field for The Koala Who Could.{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Lisa |title=The Koala Who Could wins Oscar's Book Prize |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/koala-who-could-wins-oscars-book-prize-551716#:~:text=Book%20Prize%202017.-,The%20Koala%20Who%20Could%20by%20Rachel%20Bright%20and%20Jim%20Field,%2Dfive%2Dyears%2Dold. |access-date=16 June 2021 |work=The Bookseller |date=16 May 2017}}
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Author(s) |
| Hello, Mr Dodo |
| Odd Dog Out |
| The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight |
| The Koala Who Could
| Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
| There's A Tiger In The Garden |
2018
The 2018 prize was awarded to John Dougherty and Laura Hughes for There's a Pig Up My Nose.
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Author(s) |
| Lucie Goose
| Danny Baker and Pippa Curnick |
| That Bear Can't Babysit
| Ruth Quayle and Alison Friend |
| The Secret of Black Rock |
| There's a Pig Up My Nose
| John Dougherty and Laura Hughes |
| Sunk! |
2019
The 2019 prize was awarded to Ed Vere for How to be a Lion.{{cite news |last1=Eyre |first1=Charlotte |title=Ed Vere wins Oscar's Book Prize |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/ed-vere-wins-oscar-s-book-prize-1006796#:~:text=)....-,Ed%20Vere%20has%20won%20this%20year%27s%20%C2%A35%2C000%20Oscar%27s%20Book,published%20for%20the%20under%2D5s. |access-date=16 June 2021 |work=The Bookseller |date=13 May 2019}}
Shortlisted Books List{{cite web|title=Oscar's Book Prize - News|url=http://www.oscarsbookprize.co.uk/news/|accessdate=20 April 2020}}
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Author(s) |
| 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.{{cite web |title=Teaching Resources for Oscar's Book Prize 2020 |url=https://clpe.org.uk/teaching-resources-oscars-book-prize-2020#:~:text=This%20year%27s%20winner%20of%20the,is%20Tad%20by%20Benji%20Davies. |website=CLPE |access-date=16 June 2021}}
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Author(s) |
| 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.{{cite web |title=Fraser and Hindley win £10k Oscar's Book Prize |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/fraser-and-hindley-win-10k-oscars-book-prize-1259144 |access-date=16 June 2021}}
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Author(s) |
| 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
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External links
- [http://www.oscarsbookprize.co.uk Oscar's Book Prize]
Category:Children's literary awards