The Blue Peter Book Awards 2013
The Winners for the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2013 have been announced.
Best Story went to 'Tom Gates: Genius Ideas' by Liz Pichon
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Best Book with Facts went to 'Horrible Science: House of Horrors' by Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles
Congratulations to Liz, Nick and Tony
All the winners and shortlisted titles are in this special section.
The Blue Peter Book Awards judges were The Times columnist and best-selling author of How to be a Woman Caitlin Moran; best-selling children’s author of How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell; librarian extraordinaire Jake Hope; and Blue Peter Editor Tim Levell, who chaired the panel.
The six books shortlisted by the judges were judged by more than 200 young Blue Peter viewers drawn from 10 schools across the UK, who decided the winners of the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2013 in each of the two categories: Best Story and Best Book with Facts.
Winners was announced on World Book Day 7 March 2013.
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The Blue Peter Book Awards aim to guide children towards quality literature, encouraging them to read and establish a love of reading for life.
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Nick Arnold
Winner of the Best Book with Facts in the 2013 Blue Peter Book Awards. House of Horrors lifts the roof on the disgusting details of domestic life as only Horrible Science. Who lives in a house like this? Just about...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Liz Pichon
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Awards 2013 - Best Story. Seeing Delia without her sunglasses on is a BIG shock, but that's nothing compared with the surprise Dad has in store for me with his new found fitness regime....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Michael Rosen
Just how did Roald Dahl get into writing? Where did he get his ideas from? What ingredients in his life turned him into the kind of writer he was? Michael Rosen - poet, broadcaster and former Children's Laureate, comes up...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Michaela Morgan
Born in Kent, Walter Tull (28 April 1888 - 25 March 1918) became one of Tottenham Hotspurs' top players. When he joined the Footballers' Battalion during the First World War, his leadership and courage won him a commission and a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/2012
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David Almond
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2013 - Best Story Award-winning David Almond tells a deliciously funny and refreshingly original story of Stanley, a boy who takes off on a journey of enlightenment and discovery after his uncle,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Shirley Hughes
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2013 - Best Story Best-selling illustrator Shirley Hughes writes beautifully in this gripping story set during World War Two. Living in Italy during the occupation by the Germans, Paolo and his sister Constanza...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2012
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