The Winners of the Children’s Book Award 2023

Today is an exciting day for the Federation of Children’s Book Groups!

The winners of the Children’s Book Award have been announced today in a special and exciting event held at the CLPE Library in London. The live-streamed event can be watched back via the link.
https://www.youtube.com/@federationofchildrensbookg8427

The Children’s Book Award is the only national award for children’s books that is voted for entirely by children. It is owned and coordinated by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups and is highly respected by teachers, parents and librarians. It has brought acclaim and strong sales to past winners such as J.K. Rowling, Patrick Ness, Andy Stanton, Malorie Blackman, Anthony Horowitz and Michael Morpurgo, who has won a record four times. The award has often been the first to recognise the future stars of children’s fiction and has the ability to turn popular authors into bestsellers.

A dedicated page on our website  https://fcbg.org.uk/cba-home/ showcases all the shortlisted titles.

Books for Younger Children

Blobfishwritten and illustrated by Olaf Falafel, published by Walker Books

My Rhinoceroswritten and illustrated by Jon Agee, published by Scallywag Press

The Blue-Footed Booby – written and illustrated by Rob Biddulph, published by HarperCollins

Where Has all the Cake Gone? – written by Andrew Sanders and illustrated by Aysha Awwad, published by Macmillan Children’s 

Books for Younger Readers

Leonora Bolt Secret Inventor – written by Lucy Brandt and illustrated by Gladys Jose, published by Puffin

Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Goodwritten and illustrated by Louie Stowell, published by Walker Books

Ollie Spark and the Accidental Adventure – written by Gillian Cross and illustrated by Alan Snow, published by David Fickling Books

Books for Older Readers

Dread Woodwritten by Jennifer Killick, published by Farshore

The Light In Everythingwritten by Katya Balen, published by Bloomsbury

While The Storm Rages – written by Phil Earle, published by Andersen Press

And now for the WINNERS…

 

The Award in Numbers…

73,914 votes cast in total
Over 600 books read
Over 100 publishing imprints submit books to the award
Over 5,000 books donated every year
Nearly 250 schools involved each year
Sarah Stuffins, Coordinator of The Children’s Book Award, says ‘Access to books is vital if children are going to read for pleasure – and reading for pleasure is proven time and again to be so important to child development. We at the FCBG are delighted to be helping truly fantastic books reach children up and down the country, and then more delighted still to see those children engaging with – and thoroughly enjoying – the stories. Many congratulations to all our worthy winners, and many thanks to every child that voted.’
Congratulations to all on our Top Ten and to the winners for 2023!