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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]
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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]
The 2014 prize was awarded to Benji Davies for The Storm Whale.[6]
Shortlisted Books List[6]
Title | Author(s) |
---|---|
Open Very Carefully | Nick Bromley and Nicola O'Byrne |
The Black Rabbit | Philippa Leathers |
The Snatchabook | Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty |
The Storm Whale | Benji Davies |
Spaghetti with the Yeti | Charlotte Guillain, Adam Guillain, and Lee Wildish |
The 2015 prize was awarded to Steve Antony for The Queen's Hat.[6]
Shortlisted Books List[6]
Title | Author(s) |
---|---|
Dangerous! | Tim Warnes |
Hedgehugs | Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper |
The Queen's Hat | Steve Antony |
The Sea Tiger | Victoria Turnbull |
This Book Just Ate My Dog! | Richard Byrne |
The 2016 prize was awarded to Gemma Merino for The Cow Who Climbed a Tree.[6]
Shortlisted Books List[7]
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 |
The 2017 prize was awarded to Rachel Bright and Jim Field for The Koala Who Could.[6][8]
Shortlisted Books List[9]
Title | Author(s) |
---|---|
Hello, Mr Dodo | Nicholas John Frith |
Odd Dog Out | Rob Biddulph |
The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight | Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty |
The Koala Who Could | Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
There's A Tiger In The Garden | Lizzy Stewart |
The 2018 prize was awarded to John Dougherty and Laura Hughes for There's a Pig Up My Nose.[6]
Shortlisted Books List[10]
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 | Joe Todd Stanton |
There's a Pig Up My Nose | John Dougherty and Laura Hughes |
Sunk! | Rob Biddulph |
The 2019 prize was awarded to Ed Vere for How to be a Lion.[6][11]
Shortlisted Books List[10]
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 |
The 2020 prize was awarded to Benji Davies for Tad.[12]
Shortlisted Books List[13]
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 |
The 2021 prize was awarded to Lu Fraser and illustrator Kate Hindley for The Littlest Yak.[14]
Shortlisted Books List[15]
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 |
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