Oscar's Book Prize facts for kids
Oscar's Book Prize is a British children's book prize awarded annually to a book for pre-school age children, which was first published in the UK during the previous calendar year. The £5,000 prize is supported by the London Evening Standard and sponsored by Amazon and the National Literacy Trust, its patron is Princess Beatrice.
The prize was founded in 2014 by James Ashton and Viveka Alvestrand in memory of their three-year-old son Oscar Ashton who died unexpectedly in 2012. It aims to celebrate a child's love for magical stories and to reward the creativity of early-years literature and to highlight the importance of reading with children.
2014
The 2014 prize was awarded to Benji Davies for The Storm Whale.
Shortlisted Books List
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Open Very Carefully | Nick Bromley and Nicola O'Byrne |
| The Black Rabbit | Philippa Leathers |
| The Snatchabook | Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty |
| The Storm Whale | Benji Davies |
| Spaghetti with the Yeti | Charlotte Guillain, Adam Guillain, and Lee Wildish |
2015
The 2015 prize was awarded to Steve Antony for The Queen's Hat.
Shortlisted Books List
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Dangerous! | Tim Warnes |
| Hedgehugs | Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper |
| The Queen's Hat | Steve Antony |
| The Sea Tiger | Victoria Turnbull |
| This Book Just Ate My Dog! | Richard Byrne |
2016
The 2016 prize was awarded to Gemma Merino for The Cow Who Climbed a Tree.
Shortlisted Books List
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Hector And Hummingbird | Nicholas John Frith |
| Sir Lilypad | Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie |
| The Cow Who Climbed A Tree | Gemma Merino |
| The Fox And The Star | Coralie Bickford-Smith |
| The Lion Inside | Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
2017
The 2017 prize was awarded to Rachel Bright and Jim Field for The Koala Who Could.
Shortlisted Books List
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Hello, Mr Dodo | Nicholas John Frith |
| Odd Dog Out | Rob Biddulph |
| The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight | Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty |
| The Koala Who Could | Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
| There's A Tiger In The Garden | Lizzy Stewart |
2018
The 2018 prize was awarded to John Dougherty and Laura Hughes for There's a Pig Up My Nose.
Shortlisted Books List
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Lucie Goose | Danny Baker and Pippa Curnick |
| That Bear Can't Babysit | Ruth Quayle and Alison Friend |
| The Secret of Black Rock | Joe Todd Stanton |
| There's a Pig Up My Nose | John Dougherty and Laura Hughes |
| Sunk! | Rob Biddulph |
2019
The 2019 prize was awarded to Ed Vere for How to be a Lion.
Shortlisted Books List
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Almost Anything | Sophie Henn |
| Ruby's Worry | Tom Percival |
| The Way Home for Wolf | Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
| How to be a Lion | Ed Vere |
| Baby’s First Bank Heist | Jim Whalley and Stephen Collins |
