Children’s Book Award 2025
And the winners are…
Winner of the Younger Children’s category
Grotti by Leonie Lord, published by Walker Books
Overall winner and winner of the Younger Readers’ category
I am Rebel by Ross Montgomery, published by Walker Books
Winner of the Older Readers’ category
Seven Million Sunflowers by Malcolm Duffy, published by Zephyr
Watch the Ceremony
The winners of the 2025 awards were announced at the award ceremony on 7th June 2025. You can watch the ceremony on our YouTube channel
The Children’s Book Award Top 10 2025
The full shortlist is as follows:
Books for Younger Children
A Wild Walk to School, written and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb, published by Macmillan
Grotti, written and illustrated by Leonie Lord, published by Walker Books.
My Friend Andy, written and illustrated by Emma Chinnery, published by Little Tiger
The Bridges, written by Tom Percival, published by Simon & Schuster
Books for Younger Readers
I am Rebel, written by Ross Montgomery, published by Walker Books
Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman, written by Alex Atkinson, published by Usborne
Turtle Moon, written by Hannah Gold and illustrated by Levi Pinfold, published by HarperCollins
Books for Older Readers
Ditching Saskia, written by John Moore and illustrated by Neetols, published by Flying Eye
Seven Million Sunflowers, written by Malcolm Duffy, published by Zephyr
The Clockwork Conspiracy, written by Sam Sedgman and illustrated by Stephanie Shafer, published by Bloomsbury
Pick of the Year
As well as the shortlist, every year we produce our Pick of the Year which is a list of the top 50 books as chosen by the children. You can download the full list below.
Voting Partners
We work with the Arts Society in Wiltshire, Book Clubs in Schools and Read for Good.
Our Supporters
The Children’s Book Award is supported by the Marsh Charitable Trust and David Fickling Books
Buy the books
Once again we have partnered with Heath’s Books to offer a discount on all of the Pick of the Year books including the Top Ten.
To buy any of the books individually click here