Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 571386 213442399 2008-05-19T10:50:00Z KittyRainbow 653893 /* 2002 */ fix wikilink The '''Nestlé Children's Book Prize''', also known as the '''Nestlé Smarties Book Prize''', was an annual award given to [[Children's literature|children's books]] written in the previous year by a [[United Kingdom|UK]] citizen or resident. The prize was administered by Booktrust, an independent charity which promotes books and reading, and sponsored by [[Nestlé]], manufacturer of [[Smarties (Nestlé)|Smarties]]. It was one of the most respected and prestigious prizes for children's literature.<ref name="Guardian-23Jan08">{{cite web |url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2245514,00.html |title=Nestlé book prize put to bed for last time |accessdate=2008-01-24 |date=2008-01-23 |publisher=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2543873.stm |title=Fantasy novel wins children's votes |accessdate=2008-01-24 |date=2002-12-05 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> The prize was discontinued in 2008 by what was described as a "mutual" decision from Booktrust and Nestlé, with "no hostility".<ref name="Guardian-23Jan08" /> Explaining their reasons for this decision, Booktrust stated it had "been reviewing the organisation's priorities and how prizes and awards fit in with its strategic objectives", while Nestlé was "increasingly moving its community support towards the company strategy of nutrition, health and wellness."<ref name="Booktrust-end">{{cite web |url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/show/feature/Prizes%20and%20awards/Nestle-Childrens-Book-Prize |title=Nestlé and Booktrust have agreed to end the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize after 23 years of partnership |accessdate=2008-01-24 |publisher=Booktrust}}</ref> Additionally, they said that it was a "natural time to conclude"<ref name="Guardian-23Jan08" /> and that were "confident that increased importance has been placed on children's books."<ref name="Booktrust-end" /> The shortlist for the award was chosen by a panel of adult judges, and schoolchildren across the UK would then vote on the first, second and third place winners. ==List of prize winners== ===2007=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Shadow Forest]]'' by [[Matt Haig]] (Bodley Head) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Ottoline and the Yellow Cat]]'' by [[Chris Riddell]] (Macmillan Children's Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[When a Monster is Born]]'' by [[Sean Taylor (author)|Sean Taylor]] and [[Nick Sharratt]] (Orchard Books) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Catcall (novel)|Catcall]]'' by [[Linda Newbery]] (Orion Children's Books) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Ivan the Terrible (novel)|Ivan the Terrible]]'' by [[Anne Fine]] (Egmont Press) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Penguin (book)|Penguin]]'' by [[Polly Dunbar]] (Walker Books) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Here Lies Arthur]]'' by [[Philip Reeve]] (Scholastic Children's Books) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears]]'' by [[Emily Gravett]] (Macmillan Children's Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie]]'' by [[Joel Stewart]] (Doubleday) ===2006=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Diamond of Drury Lane]]'' by [[Julia Golding]] (Egmont Press) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Mouse Noses on Toast]]'' by [[Daren King]] (Faber and Faber) ***0-5 years category: ''[[That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown]]'' by [[Cressida Cowell]] & [[Neal Layton]] (Orchard Books) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Tide Knot]]'' by [[Helen Dunmore]] (HarperCollins) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Hugo Pepper]]'' by [[Paul Stewart (writer)|Paul Stewart]] and [[Chris Riddell]] (Doubleday) ***0-5 years category: ''[[The Emperor of Absurdia]]'' by [[Chris Riddell]] (Macmillan) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Pig Who Saved the World]]'' by [[Paul Shipton]] (Puffin) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon]]'' by [[Mini Grey]] (Jonathan Cape) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Wibbly Pig's Silly Big Bear]]'' by [[Mick Inkpen]] (Hodder) ===2005=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[I, Coriander]]'' by [[Sally Gardner]] (Orion) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Whisperer]]'' by [[Nick Butterworth]] (HarperCollins) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Lost and Found (book)|Lost and Found]]'' by [[Oliver Jeffers]] (HarperCollins) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Scarecrow and his Servant]]'' by [[Philip Pullman]] (DoubleDay) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Sad Book]]'' by [[Michael Rosen]], illustrated by [[Quentin Blake]] (Walker Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[The Dancing Tiger]]'' by [[Malachy Doyle]], illustrated by [[Steve Johnson (illustrator)|Steve Johnson]] and [[Lou Fancher]] (Simon and Schuster) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Whispering Road]]'' by [[Livi Michael]] (Puffin) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Corby Flood]]'' by [[Paul Stewart (writer)|Paul Stewart]] and [[Chris Riddell]] (DoubleDay) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Wolves (book)|Wolves]]'' by [[Emily Gravett]] (MacMillan) ===2004=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Spilled Water]]'' by [[Sally Grindley]] ([[Bloomsbury Publishing]]) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Fergus Crane]]'' by [[Paul Stewart (writer)|Paul Stewart]] and [[Chris Riddell]] (Doubleday) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Biscuit Bear]]'' by [[Mini Grey]] (Cape) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Star of Kazan]]'' by [[Eva Ibbotson]] (Macmillan) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Cloud Busting]]'' by [[Malorie Blackman]] (Doubleday) ***0-5 years category: ''[[My Big Brother Boris]]'' by [[Liz Pichon]] (Scholastic) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Keeper (novel)|Keeper]]'' by [[Mal Peet]] (Walker) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Smile! (novel)|Smile!]]'' By [[Geraldine McCaughrean]] (OUP) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Bartholomew and the Bug]]'' by [[Neal Layton]] (Hodder) **4Children Special Award: ''[[Fergus Crane]]'' by [[Paul Stewart (writer)|Paul Stewart]] and [[Chris Riddell]] (Doubleday) ===2003=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Fire-Eaters]]'' by [[David Almond]] ***6-8 years category: ''[[Varjak Paw]]'' by [[S. F. Said]], illustrated by [[Dave McKean]] ***0-5 years category: ''[[The Witch's Children and the Queen]]'' by [[Ursula Jones]], illustrated by [[Russell Ayto]] **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Montmorency Series]]'' by [[Eleanor Updale]] ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Last Castaways]]'' by [[Harry Horse]] ***0-5 years category: ''[[Tadpole's Promise]]'' by [[Jeanne Willis]], illustrated by [[Tony Ross]] **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Various]]'' by [[Steve Augarde]] ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Countess's Calamity]]'' by [[Sally Gardner]] ***0-5 years category: ''[[Two Frogs]]'' by [[Chris Wormell]] **Kids' Club Award: ''[[The Countess's Calamity]]'' by [[Sally Gardner]] ===2002=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Mortal Engines]]'' by [[Philip Reeve]] (Scholastic) ***6-8 years category: ''[[That Pesky Rat]]'' by [[Lauren Child]] (Orchard Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Jazzy in the Jungle]]'' by [[Lucy Cousins]] (Walker Books) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Cold Tom]]'' by [[Sally Prue]] (Oxford University Press) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Pirate Diary]]'' by [[Richard Platt]], illustrated by [[Chris Riddell]] (Walker Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Pizza Kittens]]'' by [[Charlotte Voake]] (Walker Books) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Stop the Train]]'' by [[Geraldine McCaughrean]] (Oxford University Press) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Last Wolf]]'' by [[Michael Morpurgo]], illustrated by [[Michael Foreman (author / illustrator)|Michael Foreman]] (Doubleday) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Oscar and Arabella]]'' by [[Neal Layton]] (Hodder) **Kids' Club Network Special Award: ''[[That Pesky Rat]]'' by [[Lauren Child]] (Orchard Books) ===2001=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Journey to the River Sea]]'' by [[Eva Ibbotson]] (Macmillan) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Shrimp]]'' by [[Emily Smith]] (Young Corgi) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Chimp and Zee]]'' by [[Catherine Anholt|Catherine]] and [[Laurence Anholt]] (Frances Lincoln) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray]]'' by [[Chris Wooding]] (Scholastic) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Ug (book)|Ug]]'' by [[Raymond Briggs]] (by Cape) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Kipper's A to Z]]'' by [[Mick Inkpen]] (Hodder) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Kite Rider]]'' by [[Geraldine McCaughrean]] (Oxford University Press) ***6-8 years category: ''[[What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean?]]'' by [[Lauren Child]] (Orchard Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Five Little Friends]]'' by [[Sarah Dyer]] ([[Bloomsbury Publishing]]) **Kids' Club Network Special Award: ''[[What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean?]]'' by [[Lauren Child]] (Orchard Books) ===2000=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Wind Singer]]'' by [[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]] (Mammoth) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Lizzie Zipmouth]]'' by [[Jacqueline Wilson]], illustrated by [[Nick Sharratt]] (Young Corgi) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Max (book)|Max]]'' by [[Bob Graham (author / illustrator)|Bob Graham]] (Walker Books) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Other Side of Truth]]'' by [[Beverley Naidoo]] (Puffin) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Red and White Spotted Handkerchief]]'' by [[Tony Mitton]], illustrated by Peter Bailey (Scholastic) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Me and My Cat]]'' by [[Satoshi Kitamura]] (Andersen) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Seeing Stone]]'' by [[Kevin Crossley-Holland]] (Orion) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Beware of the Storybook Wolves]]'' by [[Lauren Child]] (Hodder) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Husherbye]]'' by [[John Burningham]] (Jonathan Cape) **Kids' Club Network Special Award: ''[[Lizzie Zipmouth]]'' by [[Jacqueline Wilson]], illustrated by [[Nick Sharratt]] (Young Corgi) ===1999=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' by [[J. K. Rowling]] ([[Bloomsbury Publishing]]) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Snow White and the Seven Aliens]]'' by [[Laurence Anholt]], illustrated by [[Arthur Robins]] (Orchard Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[The Gruffalo]]'' by [[Julia Donaldson]], illustrated by [[Axel Scheffler]] (Macmillan) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Kit's Wilderness]]'' by [[David Almond]] (Hodder Children's Books) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Astrid, the Au Pair from Outer Space]]'' by [[Emily Smith]] (Corgi) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Buffy - An Adventure Story]]'' by [[Bob Graham (author / illustrator)|Bob Graham]] (Walker Books) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging]]'' by [[Louise Rennison]] (Piccadilly Press) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Clarice Bean That's Me]]'' by [[Lauren Child]] (Orchard Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[I Wish I Were a Dog]]'' by [[Lydia Monks]] (Methuen) ===1998=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' by [[J. K. Rowling]] ([[Bloomsbury Publishing]]) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Last of the Gold Diggers]]'' by [[Harry Horse]] (Puffin Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Cowboy Baby]]'' by [[Sue Heap]] (Walker Books) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''Aquila'' by [[Andrew Norriss]] (Puffin Books) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Runner]]'' by [[Keith Gray]] (Mammoth Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Come On Daisy]]'' by [[Jane Simmons]] (Orchard Books) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Crowstarver]]'' by [[Dick King-Smith]] (Doubleday) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Green Ship]]'' by [[Quentin Blake]] (Jonathan Cape) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Secret in the Mist]]'' by [[Margaret Nash]] (David & Charles) ===1997=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' by [[J. K. Rowling]] ([[Bloomsbury Publishing]]) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Owl Tree]]'' by [[Jenny Nimmo]], illustrated by [[Anthony Lewis (illustrator)|Anthony Lewis]] (Walker Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Ginger (book)|Ginger]]'' by [[Charlotte Voake]] (Walker Books) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Clockwork (novel)|Clockwork or All Wound Up]]'' by [[Philip Pullman]] (Corgi Yearling) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Little Reindeer]]'' by [[Michael Foreman (author / illustrator)|Michael Foreman]] (Andersen Press) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Leon and Bob]]'' by Simon James (Walker Books) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Fire, Bed, and Bone]]'' by [[Henrietta Branford]] (Walker Books) ***6-8 years category: ''[[We Animals Would Like a Word With You]]'' by [[John Agard]], illustrated by [[Satoshi Kitamura]] (Bodley Head) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Fruits (book)|Fruits]]'' by [[Valerie Bloom]], illustrated by [[David Axtell]] (Macmillan) ===1996=== **Gold Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[The Firework-Maker's Daughter]]'' by [[Philip Pullman]], illustrated by [[Nick Harris]] (Corgi Yearling) ***6-8 years category: ''[[The Butterfly Lion]]'' by [[Michael Morpurgo]], illustrated by [[Christian Birmingham]] (Collins Children's Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Oops!]]'' by [[Colin McNaughton]] (Andersen Press) **Silver Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Johnny and the Bomb]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]] (Doubleday) ***6-8 years category: ''[[Harry the Poisonous Centipede]]'' by [[Lynne Reid Banks]], illustrated by [[Tony Ross]] (Collins Children's Books) ***0-5 years category: ''[[The World is Full of Babies]]'' by [[Mick Manning]] and [[Brita Granström]] (Watts Books) **Bronze Award ***9-11 years category: ''[[Plundering Paradise]]'' by [[Geraldine McCaughrean]] (Oxford University Press) ***6-8 years category: ''[[All Because of Jackson]]'' by [[Dick King-Smith]], illustrated by John Eastwood (Doubleday) ***0-5 years category: ''[[Clown (book)|Clown]]'' by [[Quentin Blake]] (Cape) ===1995=== **9-11 category and overall winner: ''[[Double Act (book)|Double Act]]'' by [[Jacqueline Wilson]] (Doubleday) **6 - 8 years category winner: ''[[Thomas and the Tinners]]'' by [[Jill Paton Walsh]] (Macdonald Young Books) ** 0 - 5 years category winner: ''[[The Last Noo-Noo]]'' by [[Jill Murphy]] (Walker Books) ===1994=== **9 - 11 category and overall winner: ''[[The Exiles at Home]]'' by [[Hilary McKay]] (Gollancz) **6 - 8 years category winner: ''[[Dimanche Diller]]'' by [[Henrietta Branford]], illustrated by [[Lesley Harker]] (Young Lions) **0 - 5 years category winner: ''So Much'' by [[Trish Cooke]], illustrated by [[Helen Oxenbury]] (Walker Books) ===1993=== **9 - 11 years category winner: ''[[Listen to the Dark]]'' by [[Maeve Henry]] (Heinemann) **6 - 8 category and overall winner: ''[[War Game (novel)|War Game]]'' by [[Michael Foreman (author / illustrator)|Michael Foreman]] (Pavilion) **0 - 5 years category winner: ''[[Hue Boy]]'' by [[Rita Phillips Mitchell]] (Gollancz) ===1992=== **9 - 11 category and overall winner: ''[[The Great Elephant Chase]]'' by [[Gillian Cross]] (Oxford University Press) **0 - 5 years category winner: ''[[Nice Work, Little Wolf]]'' by [[Hilda Offen]] (Hamish Hamilton) **6 - 8 years category winner: ''[[The Story of the Creation]]'' by [[Jane Ray]] (Orchard Books) ===1991=== **0 - 5 years category and overall winner: ''[[Farmer Duck]]'' by [[Martin Waddell]] and [[Helen Oxenbury]] (Walker Books) **6 - 8 years category winner: ''[[Josie Smith and Eileen]]'' by [[Magdalen Nabb]] (Collins) **9 - 11 years category winner: ''[[Krindledrax]]'' by [[Philip Ridley]] (Cape) ===1990=== **9 - 11 years category and overall winner: ''Midnight Blue'' by [[Pauline Fisk]] (Lion) **0 - 5 years category winner: ''[[Six Dinner Sid]]'' by [[Inga Moore]] (Simon & Schuster) **6 - 8 years category winner: ''[[Esio Trot]]'' by [[Roald Dahl]], illustrated by [[Quentin Blake]] (Cape) ===1989=== **0 - 5 years category and overall winner: ''[[We're Going on a Bear Hunt]]'' by [[Michael Rosen]], illustrated by [[Helen Oxenbury]] (Walker Books) **6 - 8 years category winner: ''[[Bill's New Frock]]'' by [[Anne Fine]] (Methuen) **9 - 11 years category winner: ''[[Blitzcat]]'' by [[Robert Westall]] (Macmillan) ===1988=== **0 - 5 years category and overall winner: ''[[Can't You Sleep Little Bear?]]'' by [[Martin Waddell]] and [[Barbara Firth]] (Walker Books) **6 - 8 years category winner: ''[[Can it be True?]]'' by [[Susan Hill]] (Hamish Hamilton) **9 - 11 years category winner: ''[[Rushavenn Time]]'' by [[Theresa Whistler]] ([[Brixworth]] Primary School) ===1987=== **9 - 11 years category and overall winner: ''[[A Thief in the Village]]'' by James Berry (Hamish Hamilton) **0 - 5 years category winner: ''[[The Angel and the Soldier Boy]]'' by [[Peter Collington]] (Methuen) **6 - 8 years category winner: ''[[Tangle and the Firesticks]]'' by [[Benedict Blathwayt]] (Julia MacRae) ===1986=== **''[[The Magician Trilogy|The Snow Spider]]'' by [[Jenny Nimmo]] (Methuen) ===1985=== **''[[Gaffer Samson's Luck]]'' by [[Jill Paton Walsh]] (Kestrel) ==See also== * [[Carnegie Medal]] * [[Guardian Award]] * [[Kate Greenaway Medal]] * [[Newbery Medal]] * [[Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/ Booktrust website] [[Category:British children's literary awards]] [[Category:British children's literature]] [[Category:Awards established in 1985]] [[Category:2008 disestablishments]] [[de:Nestlé Smarties Book Prize]]