Supported by Bookstart and the Unwin Foundation, the Awards celebrate, publicise and reward the exciting range of books being published today for babies, toddlers and pre-school children.
2008 awards
The shortlists for the 2008 awards were announced on 29 July.
Baby Book Award
Baby’s Very First Book: Day illus. Angela Brooksbank (Campbell Books)
Baby Loves Peekaboo! by Dawn Sirett, designer Rachael Parfitt (Dorling Kindersley)
Daddy Hug by Tim Warnes, illus. Jane Chapman (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
Baby Touch: Playtime Book and DVD by Justine Smith, illus. Fiona Land (Ladybird)
Is This My Nose? illus. Georgie Birkett (Red Fox)
Amazing Baby: Rainbow Fun! by Emily Hawkins, illus. Emma Dodd (Templar)
Pre-School Award
It’s a George Thing! by David Bedford, illus. Russell Julian (Egmont Books)
Grizzly Dad by Joanna Harrison (David Fickling Books)
The Cow That Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill, illus. Russell Ayto (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
Wendel’s Workshop by Chris Riddell (Macmillan Children’s Books)
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis, illus. Gwen Millward (Puffin Books)
There’s An Ouch in My Pouch! by Jeanne Willis, illus. Garry Parsons (Puffin Books)
Best Emerging Illustrator
That Yucky Love Thing by Michael Catchpool, illus. Victoria Ball (Gullane Children’s Books)
Here Comes Frankie! by Tim Hopgood (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero by Anne Cottringer, illus. Alex T. Smith (Scholastic Children’s Books)
Bridget Fidget by Joe Berger (Puffin Books)
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis, illus. Gwen Millward (Puffin Books)
Ape by Martin Jenkins, illus. Vicky White (Walker Books)
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London on 23 September.
Read the press release (Microsoft Word .doc download 198Kb)
Read about the judges for the 2008 Awards (Microsoft Word .doc download 116Kb)
Administration
Prize information
Tarryn McKay
020 8516 2972
tarryn@booktrust.org.uk
Press enquiries
Katherine Solomon
020 8875 4583
katherine.solomon@booktrust.org.uk
