Charting the past 28 years since the Award has been running, we thought we would let you see the many authors and illustrators who have won this prestigious award.

2007

Overall Winner - Younger Readers
YOU'RE A BAD MAN, MR. GUM! by Andy Stanton - (Egmont)
Winner of Younger Children
WHO'S IN THE LOO? by Jeanne Willis & Adrian Reynolds - (Transworld)
Winner of Older Readers
GIRL, MISSING by Sophie McKenzie - (Simon and Schuster)

2006

Overall Winner - Older Readers
PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan - (Puffin)
Winner of Younger Children
PIGS MIGHT FLY by Jonathan Emmett & Steve Cox - (Puffin)
Winner of Younger Readers
SPY DOG by Andrew Cope - (Puffin)

2005

Overall Winner - Younger Children
BABY BRAINS by Simon James - (Walker)
Winner of Younger Readers
BEST FRIENDS by Jacqueline Wilson - (Doubleday)
Winner of Older Readers
CHERUB: THE RECRUIT by Robert Muchamore - (Hodder)

2004

Overall Winner - Older Readers
PRIVATE PEACEFUL by Micheal Morpurgo - (Collins)
Winner of Younger Children
BILLYS BUCKET by Kes Gray & Garry Parsons - (Bodley Head)
Winner of Younger Readers
THE MUM HUNT by Gwyneth Rees - (Macmillan)

2003

Overall Winner - Older Readers
SKELETON KEY by Anthony Horowitz - (Walker)
Winner of Younger Children
PANTS by Giles Andreae & Nick Sharratt - (David Fickling)
Winner of Younger Readers
BLITZED by Robert Swindells - (Doubleday)

2002

Overall Winner - Older Readers
NOUGHTS & CROSSES by Malorie Blackman - (Doubleday)
Winner of Younger Children
THE MAN WHO WORE ALL HIS CLOTHES by Allan Ahlberg & Katharine McEwen - (Walker)
Winner of Younger Readers
OUT OF THE ASHES by Michael Morpurgo - (Macmillan)

2001

Overall Winner - Younger Children
EAT YOUR PEAS by Kes Gray & Nick Sharratt - (Bodley Head)
Winner of Younger Readers
LIZZIE ZIPMOUTH by Jacqueline Wilson - (Doubleday)
Winner of Older Readers
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J.K. Rowling - (Bloomsbury)

2000

Overall Winner - Younger Readers
KENSUKE'S KINGDOM by Michael Morpurgo - (Mammoth)
Winner of Younger Children
DEMON TEDDY by Nicholas Allan - (Hutchinson)
Winner of Older Readers
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN by J.K. Rowling - (Bloomsbury)

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