About the Red House Children's Book Award
The Award
- Awarded annually in three categories
- Judged entirely by children from shortlist to final overall Winner
- The top 50 titles each year published as the Pick of the Year list
The Award in numbers
- 1 overall winner
- 3 category winners
- Books for Younger Children
- Books for Younger Readers
- Books for Older Readers
- 10 shortlisted books
- 50 longlisted books
- 838 books submitted for the 2009 Award
- 143,925 votes for 2009 Award
The Award's History
- Founded in 1980 as The Children's Book Award by Pat Thomson, a member of the Federation of Children's Book Groups
- Sponsored by Red House since 2001 when it became the Red House Children's Book Award
- Awarded prizes in three categories since 1992
