The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2022 (the Lollies) celebrates the best and funniest children’s books in the UK and Ireland, voted for by children.

The winners are:-

Best Laugh Out Loud Picture Book

101 Bums by Sam Harper and Chris Jevons 

101 Bums

Featuring an array of animal bums - from little to large, and everything in between - this brilliantly silly picture book is sure to get children giggling. Just follow the bouncy read-aloud rhyme, then get ready to join in with the jiggly wiggly dance finale!

Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6–8 year olds

Cats React to Science Facts by Izzi Howell 

Cats React to Science Facts

Share in the wonderment of science with a crew of crazy cats and measure your amazement, awe and disgust alongside their furry feline faces! This is a book for very young kids that love laughing at silly things but also good for getting them interested in science early.

Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 9–13 year olds

The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson and Rob Biddulph 

The Super-Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates

There aren’t many books that can have you laughing out loud one minute, and tearing up the next, but The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates is one. This is the story of three boys on an incredible journey – a brilliantly funny, heart-warming adventure, sprinkled with miracles.

The Lollies is now in its fifth year, and back from a brief hiatus due to lockdown in 2021. The awards, where the winners are decided by children’s votes alone, are run via Scholastic’s schools channels, reaching millions of children.

The winners were selected from a shortlist drawn up by a panel of judges, composed of Michael Rosen, actor and writer, Stephen Mangan and teachers Maaria Khan and Ceridwen Eccles.

They were announced at a virtual ceremony held yesterday with schools tuning to watch via Scholastic’s Schools Live platform. The ceremony was hosted by presenter Katie Thistleton and prizes presented by Alesha Dixon, Stephen Mangan and Lollies judges, Maaria Khan and Ceridwen Eccles, with a special performance by Michael Rosen and Simon James Green.