Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates The Nestlé Children's Book Prize, and Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for a time, was a set of annual awards for British children's books that ran from 1985 to 2007. It was administered by BookTrust, an independent charity that promotes books and reading in the United Kingdom, and sponsored by Nestlé, the manufacturer of Smarties chocolate. It was one of the most respected and prestigious prizes for children's literature.<ref name=booktrust/><ref name=pauli/><ref name=bbc/>

There were three award categories defined by audience ages 0 to 5 years, 6 to 8 years, and 9 to 11 years (introduced in 1987 after two years with no single prize).<ref name=booktrust/> Silver and bronze runners-up in each category were introduced in 1996 and designation of one overall winner was abandoned at the same time.

Eligible books were written by UK citizens and residents and published during the preceding year (not precisely the calendar year). The shortlists were selected by a panel of adult judges, finally chaired by Julia Eccleshare, children's books editor for The Guardian. First, second, and third places were determined by British schoolchildren—at least finally, by vote of "selected school classes"<ref name=pauli/>

The prize was discontinued in 2008 by what was described as a "mutual" decision from BookTrust and Nestlé, with "no hostility".<ref name=pauli/> 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=end2008/> Additionally, they said that it was a "natural time to conclude"<ref name=pauli/> and that they were "confident that increased importance has been placed on children's books."<ref name=end2008/>

Winners

There were 65 winning books in 23 years<ref name=booktrust/> and 72 silver or bronze runners-up in the last twelve years.

1980s

Prize winners, 1985-1989<ref name=":0" />
Year Category Author Title Publisher Ref.
1985 Overall Template:Sortname Gaffer Samson's Luck Kestrel <ref name=":0" />
1986 Overall Template:Sortname Template:Sort Methuen
1987 Overall Template:Sortname Template:Sort Hamish Hamilton
9–11 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort Hamish Hamilton
6–8 years Template:Sortname Tangle and the Firesticks Julia MacRae
0–5 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort Methuen
1988 Overall Template:Sortname, illus. by Barbara Firth Can't You Sleep Little Bear? Walker Books
6–8 years Template:Sortname Can it be True? Hamish Hamilton
0–5 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Barbara Firth Can't You Sleep Little Bear? Walker Books
1989 Overall Template:Sortname, illus. by Helen Oxenbury We're Going on a Bear Hunt Walker Books
9–11 years Template:Sortname Blitzcat Macmillan <ref name="ChildAtWar">Template:Cite book</ref>
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Philippe Dupasquier Bill's New Frock Methuen
0–5 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Helen Oxenbury We're Going on a Bear Hunt Walker Books

1990s

Beginning in 1996, the awards included silver and bronze winners rather than a single overall winner.

Prize winners, 1985-1989<ref name=":0" />
Year Category Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
1990 Overall Template:Sortname Midnight Blue Lion Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
0–5 years Template:Sortname Six-Dinner Sid Simon & Schuster Winner
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Quentin Blake Esio Trot Jonathan Cape Winner
9–11 years Template:Sortname Midnight Blue Lion Winner
1991 Overall Template:Sortname and Helen Oxenbury Farmer Duck Walker Books Winner
0–5 years Template:Sortname and Helen Oxenbury Farmer Duck Walker Books Winner
6–8 years Template:Sortname Josie Smith and Eileen Collins Winner <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
9–11 years Template:Sortname Krindlekrax Jonathan Cape Winner
1992 Overall Template:Sortname Template:Sort Oxford University Press Winner
0–5 years Template:Sortname Nice Work, Little Wolf Hamish Hamilton Winner
6–8 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort Orchard Books Winner
9–11 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort Oxford University Press Winner
1993 Overall Template:Sortname War Game Pavilion Winner
0–5 years Template:Sortname Hue Boy Gollancz Winner
6–8 years Template:Sortname War Game Pavilion Winner
9–11 years Template:Sortname Listen to the Dark Heinemann Winner
1994 Overall Template:Sortname Template:Sort Gollancz Winner
0–5 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Helen Oxenbury So Much Walker Books Winner
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Lesley Harker Dimanche Diller Young Lions Winner
9–11 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort Gollancz Winner
1995 Overall Template:Sortname Double Act Doubleday Winner
0–5 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort Walker Books Winner
6–8 years Template:Sortname Thomas and the Tinners Macdonald Young Books Winner
9–11 years Template:Sortname Weather Eye Penguin Winner
Template:Sortname Double Act Doubleday Winner
1996 0–5 years Template:Sortname Oops! Andersen Press Gold
Template:Sortname and Brita Granström Template:Sort Watts Books Silver
Template:Sortname Clown Jonathan Cape Bronze
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Christian Birmingham Template:Sort Collins Children's Books Gold <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname, illus. by Tony Ross Harry the Poisonous Centipede Collins Children's Books Silver
Template:Sortname, illus. by John Eastwood All Because of Jackson Doubleday Bronze
9–11 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Nick Harris Template:Sort Corgi Yearling Gold
Template:Sortname Johnny and the Bomb Doubleday Silver
Template:Sortname Plundering Paradise Oxford University Press Bronze
1997 0–5 years Template:Sortname Ginger Walker Books Gold
Template:Sortname Leon and Bob Walker Books Silver
Template:Sortname, illus. by David Axtell Fruits Macmillan Bronze
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Anthony Lewis Template:Sort Walker Books Gold
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Andersen Press Silver
Template:Sortname, illus. by Satoshi Kitamura We Animals Would Like a Word With You Bodley Head Bronze
9–11 years Template:Sortname Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Bloomsbury Publishing Gold citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Clockwork or All Wound Up Corgi Yearling Silver
Template:Sortname Fire, Bed, and Bone Walker Books Bronze
1998 0–5 years Template:Sortname Cowboy Baby Walker Books Gold
Template:Sortname Come On Daisy Orchard Books Silver
Template:Sortname Secret in the Mist David & Charles Bronze
6–8 years Template:Sortname Last of the Gold Diggers Puffin Books Gold
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Mammoth Books Silver
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Jonathan Cape Bronze
9–11 years Template:Sortname Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Bloomsbury Publishing Gold <ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />
Template:Sortname Aquila Puffin Books Silver
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Doubleday Bronze
1999 0–5 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Axel Scheffler Template:Sort Macmillan Gold <ref name=":6" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Buffy - An Adventure Story Walker Books Silver <ref name=":6" />
Template:Sortname I Wish I Were a Dog Methuen Bronze <ref name=":6" />
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Arthur Robins Snow White and the Seven Aliens Orchard Books Gold <ref name=":6" />
Template:Sortname, illus. by Tim Archbold Astrid, the Au Pair from Outer Space Corgi Silver <ref name=":6" />
Template:Sortname Clarice Bean That's Me Orchard Books Bronze <ref name=":6" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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9–11 years Template:Sortname Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Bloomsbury Publishing Gold <ref name=":6" />
Template:Sortname Kit's Wilderness Hodder Children's Books Silver <ref name=":6" />
Template:Sortname Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Piccadilly Press Bronze <ref name=":6" />

2000s

Prize winners, 2000-2007
Year Category Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2000 0–5 years Template:Sortname Max Walker Books Gold citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Me and My Cat? Andersen Silver
Template:Sortname Husherbye Jonathan Cape Bronze
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. Nick Sharratt Lizzie Zipmouth Young Corgi Gold <ref name=":0" />
Template:Sortname, illus. Peter Bailey Template:Sort Scholastic Silver <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Beware of the Storybook Wolves Hodder Bronze
9–11 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort Mammoth Gold <ref name=":0" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Puffin Silver
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Orion Bronze
Kids' Club Network Special Award Template:Sortname, illus. Nick Sharratt Lizzie Zipmouth Young Corgi Gold
2001 0–5 years Template:Sortname and Laurence Anholt Chimp and Zee Frances Lincoln Gold citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Kipper's A to Z Hodder Silver <ref name=":7" />
Template:Sortname Five Little Friends Bloomsbury Publishing Bronze <ref name=":7" />
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. Wendy Smith Template:Sort Young Corgi Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" />
Template:Sortname Ug Jonathan Cape Silver <ref name=":7" />
Template:Sortname What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean? Orchard Books Bronze <ref name=":7" />
9–11 years Template:Sortname Journey to the River Sea MacMillan Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Scholastic Silver <ref name=":7" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Oxford University Press Bronze <ref name=":7" />
Kids' Club Network Special Award Template:Sortname What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean? Orchard Books Gold
2002 0–5 years Template:Sortname Jazzy in the Jungle Walker Books Gold <ref name=":0" />
Template:Sortname Pizza Kittens Walker Books Silver
Template:Sortname Oscar and Arabella Hodder Bronze
6–8 years Template:Sortname That Pesky Rat Orchard Books Gold <ref name=":0" />
Template:Sortname, illus. Chris Riddell Pirate Diary Walker Books Silver
Template:Sortname, illus. Michael Foreman Template:Sort Doubleday Bronze
9–11 years Template:Sortname Mortal Engines Scholastic Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Cold Tom Oxford University Press Silver
Template:Sortname Stop the Train! Oxford University Press Bronze
Kids' Club Network Special Award Template:Sortname That Pesky Rat Orchard Books Gold
2003 0–5 years Template:Sortname, illus. Russell Ayto Template:Sort Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname, illus. Tony Ross Tadpole's Promise Silver <ref name=":1" />
Template:Sortname Two Frogs Bronze <ref name=":1" />
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. Dave McKean Varjak Paw Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Silver <ref name=":1" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Bronze <ref name=":1" />
9–11 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Template:Sortname Montmorency Series Silver <ref name=":1" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Bronze <ref name=":1" />
Kids' Club Award Template:Sortname Template:Sort Gold
2004 0–5 years Template:Sortname Biscuit Bear Jonathan Cape Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname My Big Brother Boris Scholastic Silver <ref name=":2" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Bartholomew and the Bug Hodder Bronze <ref name=":2" />
6–8 years Template:Sortname, illus. by Chris Riddell Fergus Crane Doubleday Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
Template:Sortname Cloud Busting Doubleday Silver <ref name=":2" />
Template:Sortname Smile! Oxford University Press Bronze <ref name=":2" />
9–11 years Template:Sortname Spilled Water Bloomsbury Publishing Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort MacMillan Silver <ref name=":2" />
Template:Sortname Keeper Walker Books Bronze <ref name=":2" />
4Children Special AwardTemplate:Efn Template:Sortname, illus. by Chris Riddell Fergus Crane Doubleday Gold <ref name=":2" />
2005 0–5 years Template:Sortname Lost and Found HarperCollins Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname, illus. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher Template:Sort Simon & Schuster Silver <ref name=":3" />
Template:Sortname Wolves MacMillan Bronze <ref name=":3" />
6–8 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort HarperCollins Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
Template:Sortname, illus. Quentin Blake Sad Book Walker Books Silver <ref name=":3" />
Template:Sortname and Chris Riddell Corby Flood Doubleday Bronze <ref name=":3" />
9–11 years Template:Sortname I, Coriander Orion Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Doubleday Silver <ref name=":3" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Puffin Bronze <ref name=":3" />
2006 0–5 years Template:Sortname and Neal Layton That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown Orchard Books Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort MacMillan Silver <ref name=":4" />
Template:Sortname Wibbly Pig's Silly Big Bear Hodder Bronze <ref name=":4" />
6–8 years Template:Sortname Mouse Noses on Toast Faber and Faber Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />
Template:Sortname and Chris Riddell Hugo Pepper Doubleday Silver <ref name=":4" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Jonathan Cape Bronze <ref name=":4" />
9–11 years Template:Sortname Template:Sort Egmont Press Gold <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort HarperCollins Silver <ref name=":4" />
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Puffin Bronze <ref name=":4" />
2007 0–5 years Template:Sortname and Nick Sharratt When a Monster is Born Orchard Books Gold <ref name=":0" />
Template:Sortname Penguin Walker Books Silver
Template:Sortname Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie Doubleday Bronze
6–8 years Template:Sortname Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Macmillan Children's Books Gold <ref name=":0" />
Template:Sortname Ivan the Terrible Egmont Press Silver
Template:Sortname Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears Macmillan Children's Books Bronze
9–11 years Template:Sortname Shadow Forest Bodley Head Gold <ref name=":0" />
Template:Sortname Catcall Orion Silver
Template:Sortname Here Lies Arthur Scholastic Bronze

See also

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