Recent winners of the Children’s Book Award
2025 overall winner
I am Rebel, written by Ross Montgomery, published by Walker Books
2025 category winners
Books for Younger Children
Grotti, written and illustrated by Leonie Lord, published by Walker Books
Books for Younger Readers
I am Rebel, written by Ross Montgomery, published by Walker Books
Books for Older Readers
Seven Million Sunflowers, written by Malcolm Duffy, published by Zephyr
2024 overall winner
Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy!, written and illustrated by Thomas Flintham, published by Nosy Crow
2024 category winners
Books for Younger Children
Gigantic, written and illustrated by Rob Biddulph, published by HarperCollins
Books for Younger Readers
Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy!, written and illustrated by Thomas Flintham, published by Nosy Crow
Books for Older Readers
The Final Year, written by Matt Goodfellow and illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, published by Otter-Barry Books
2023 overall winner
Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good, written and illustrated by Louie Stowell, published by Walker Books
2023 category winners
Books for Younger Children
Blobfish, written and illustrated by Olaf Falafel, published by Walker Books
Books for Younger Readers
Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good, written and illustrated by Louie Stowell, published by Walker Books
Books for Older Readers
Dread Wood, written by Jennifer Killick, published by Farshore
2022 overall winner
Octopus Shocktopus!, written by Peter Bently and illustrated by Steven Lenton, published by Nosy Crow
2022 category winners
Books for Younger Children
Octopus Shocktopus!, written by Peter Bently and illustrated by Steven Lenton, published by Nosy Crow
Books for Younger Readers
The Highland Falcon Thief, written by M G Leonard and Sam Sedgman and illustrated by Elisa Paganelli, published by Macmillan Children’s Books
Books for Older Readers
When The World Was Ours, written by Liz Kessler, published by Simon and Schuster
2020 overall winner
D-Day Dog, written by Tom Palmer and published by Barrington Stoke
2020 category winners
Books for Younger Children
The Runaway Pea, written by Kjartan Poskitt and illustrated by Alex Willmore, published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Books
Books for Younger Readers
Mutant Zombies Cursed My School Trip, written by Matt Brown and illustrated by Paco Sordo, published by Usborne
Books for Confident Reader
D-Day Dog, written by Tom Palmer and published by Barrington Stoke
Books for Older Readers
On The Come Up, written by Angie Thomas, published by Walker Books
2019 overall winner
Mixed, written and illustrated by Arree Chung, published by Macmillan
2019 category winners
Books for Younger Children
Mixed, written and illustrated by Arree Chung, published by Macmillan
Books for Younger Readers
The Dog Who Lost His Bark, written by Eoin Colfer and illustrated by P.J. Lynch, published by Walker Books
Books for Older Readers
Armistice Runner, written by Tom Palmer, published by Barrington Stoke