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  2. Waterstones Children's Book Prize - Wikipedia

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    The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than two or three books, depending on which category they are in. [1] The prize is awarded by ...

  3. Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlist spotlights ... - AOL

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    The shortlist for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2025 has been announced.. The award, now in its 21st year, is voted for by booksellers across the UK, with the shortlist comprising 12 ...

  4. Children's Laureate - Wikipedia

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    Children's Laureate, now known as the Waterstones Children's Laureate, [1] is a position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a "writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field." The role promotes the importance of children's literature, reading, creativity and storytelling while ...

  5. Katherine Rundell - Wikipedia

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    Katherine Rundell (born 10 July 1987) is an English author and academic. She is the author of Impossible Creatures, named Waterstones Book of the Year for 2023. [1] She is also the author of Rooftoppers, which in 2015 won both the overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize [2] and the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, [3] and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. [4]

  6. Danielle Jawando - Wikipedia

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    Awards for Jawando's writing Year Title Award Category Result Ref. 2021 And the Stars Were Burning Brightly: YA Book Prize: Shortlisted [17] Jhalak Prize: Children's and Young Adult Shortlisted [18] Carnegie Medal: Longlisted [20] Waterstones Children's Book Prize: Older Fiction Shortlisted [16] Branford Boase Award: Shortlisted [19] 2022 When ...

  7. Rob Biddulph - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, he won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Blown Away, which was the second picture book to win the prize. [ 3 ] Several of his picture books have featured on the BBC television series CBeebies Bedtime Stories .

  8. Waterstones - Wikipedia

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    Waterstones maintains and supports various literary awards, including the Waterstones Book of the Year, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, [18] the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, Waterstones Irish Book of the Year, the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize, [155] and the Waterstones Children's Laureate, [17] as well as now-defunct awards ...

  9. Tom Gates - Wikipedia

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    The first book in the series, The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, was published in 2011 and won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, a Red House Children's Book Award and a Waterstones Children's Book Prize. [2] As of 2023 the books have sold more than 14 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 47 languages. [3]