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Blue Peter Book Awards archive: 2021
A debut novel that busts the stereotypes around autism and a quirky fact book with laugh-out-loud cartoons won over hundreds of children in 2021, as A Kind of Spark and A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You took the top prizes.
The winning titles were selected by hundreds of children from 12 schools across the UK, after reading their way through a shortlist of three books in each category.
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Best Story: A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Best Book with Facts: A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You written by Mike Barfield and illustrated by Jess Bradley
When 11 year old Addie, who is autistic, learns about the 16th century women who were persecuted for witchcraft, she starts to lobby for a local memorial in her small Scottish village. With the help of a new girl at school, she fights valiantly against injustice and oppression.
Life of Riley: Beginner's Luck
Following a badly timed sneeze at a funfair, Riley finds himself cursed - everything he does is doomed to be a complete disaster, whether it's wetting himself onstage or losing the school rabbit. Could his cool new friend Brad Chicago be the antidote?
Anisha Accidental Detective: School's Cancelled!
Can Anisha Mistry find out who sabotaged her science experiment and flooded the school with foam when all the potential suspects have alibis?
Read more about Anisha Accidental Detective: School's Cancelled!
Check out fun features on the books
- "I write about anything and everything, but I always write about neurodiversity": Elle McNicoll on being a neurodivergent author
- Dreaming the Big Dream: Serena Patel on the importance of children seeing themselves in books
- Odd Kid Out: In praise of the underdog in children's books
Longlisted books in this category
- Be Plastic Clever by Amy and Ella Meek
- Copycat Science by Mike Barfield
- Fearless! How to be your true, confident self by Liam Hackett, illustrated by Mike Perry
- I Like Animals... What Jobs Are There? by Steve Martin, illustrated by Roberto Blefari
- Professor Astro Cat’s Deep Sea Voyage by Dr Dominic Walliman, illustrated by Ben Newman
- Question Everything! An Investigator's Toolkit by Susan Martineau, illustrated by Vicky Barker
- Who Do You Think You Are? by Alice Harman, illustrated by Blok Magnaye
Blue Peter Book Awards 2021: Best Book with Facts
Shortlisted books
A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You
A very unusual fact book with laugh-out-loud strip cartoons about everything from eyeballs to Bactrian camels.
This engaging non-fiction book celebrates more than 50 incredible inventors from across the globe and throughout history.
This highly-illustrated reference book celebrates the incredible achievements of various ancient civilisations, exploring their lifestyles, discoveries and inventions, many of which have influenced modern-day society.
Check out fun features on the books
- The Humans: A stupendously brief history of books and stories
- Inventors: 9 incredible people who changed the world we live in
- A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You: Test your knowledge in a fun quiz
Longlisted books in this category
- Adventures on Trains: The Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli
- Llama Out Loud by Annabelle Sami, illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan
- Pizazz by Sophy Henn
- Snow Foal by Susanna Bailey
- Tamarind and the Star of Ishta by Jasbinder Bilan
- The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook
- Where the Wilderness Lives by Jess Butterworth
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