Hampshire Book Awards
The Hampshire Book Awards are an annual series of literary awards given to works of children's literature. The awards are run by Hampshire County Council's School Library Service.[1][2]
There are three awards: Hampshire Book Award, Hampshire Illustrated Book Award and Hampshire Picture Book Award. A fourth award, the Hampshire Information Book Award, is being piloted in 2013.
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Hampshire Book Award
The Hampshire Book Award is given to works of children's literature published in paperback during the previous year. Around June every year, the final is held and selected Year 8 students from schools across Hampshire attend it in order to vote for the winning book. A celebration event for the award is held in October, and where possible, the winning author is invited to attend.
- Winners and shortlists
- 2012 Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
- 2011 Time Riders by Alex Scarrow
- Diary of a Wimpy Vampire by Tim Collins
- Halo by Zizou Corder
- Two Good Thieves by Daniel Finn
- Moster Repuplic by Ben Horton
- Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
- 2010 Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- 2009 Dogfight by Craig Simpson
- 2008 Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
- 2007 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- 2006 The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
- 2005 Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
- 2004 A Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird
- 2003 Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
Hampshire Illustrated Book Award
The Hampshire Illustrated Book Award is an annual award given to illustrated works of children's literature. The award is judged by children in Year 5 and run by Hampshire County Council's School Library Service. The shortlist is announced in October each year, and the winner in December. An award ceremony is held in March the following year.
- Winners and shortlists
- 2014 The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
- Where The Poppies Now Grow by Hilary Robinson and Martin Impey
- Journey by Aaron Becker
- Jemmy Button by Valerio Vidali
- Weasels by Elys Dolan
- 2013 Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle
- Maude: The Not-So-Noticeable Shrimpton by Lauren Child & Tricia Krauss
- The Spider and the Fly by Tony DiTerlizzi
- The Frank Show by David Mackintosh
- Black Dog by Levi Pinfold
- How Dinosaurs Really Work by Alan Snow
- 2012 Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School by David Mackintosh
- 2011 The Santa Trap by Jonathan Emmett and Poly Bernatene
- 2010 Tortoise vs Hare: the re-match by Preston Rutt and Ben Redlich
- 2009 Don't Read this Book by Jill Lewis and Deborah Alwright
- 2008 Scoop! An exclusive by Monty Molenski by John Kelly and Cathy Tincknell
- 2007 Castles by Colin Thompson
- 2006 The Whisperer by Nick Butterworth
- 2005 The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
- 2004 The Adventures of a Nose by Vivianne Schwarz and Joel Stewart
- Two Frogs by Chris Wormell
- Cinderella by David Roberts and Lynn Roberts
- Blue John by Berlie Doherty
- Ben's Magic Telescope by Brian Patten
Hampshire Picture Book Award
The Hampshire Picture Book Award is an annual award given to works of children's literature published in paperback during the previous year. The award is judged by children in Year 1 and run by Hampshire County Council's School Library Service. The shortlist is announced in January each year, and the winner announced in April. In May 2012, an award ceremony was held for the first time for the Hampshire Picture Book Award.
- Winners and shortlists
- 2012 Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson
- 2011 This is My Book by Mick Inkpen
- 2010 Super Daisy and the Peril of Planet Pea by Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt
Hampshire Information Book Award
The Hampshire Information Book Award is being piloted in 2013. It will be awarded to a work of children's non fiction published in paperback in the previous year. The award will be judged by children in Year 4 and run by Hampshire County Council's School Library Service. Ten schools are participating in the inaugural award. The shortlist will be announced on 25 January 2013.
