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
  • 1076 books submitted for the 2007 Award
  • 162,076 votes for 2007 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
  • Award Ceremony held at the Hay Festival in June since 2006