Booktrust Early Years Award

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The Booktrust Early Years Awards, originally the Sainsbury’s Baby Book Award(s), was a set of annual literary prizes for children's picture books. It was administered by Booktrust, an independent charity that promotes books and reading; from 1999 to 2004. The Booktrust Early Years Awards was sponsored by the supermarket chain Sainsbury's with its last award give in 2010.

As of 2005 there were three categories: the Baby Book Award, the Pre-School Award, and the Best Emerging Illustrator Award. The winners in each category received £2000 with the Emerging Illustrator also receiving a specially commissioned award. The publishers of the winning books were given awards too.

Honorees

Booktrust Early Years Award winners and shortlists
Year Category Author/Illustrator Title Publisher Result
1999 N/A Helen Oxenbury Tickle, Tickle Walker Books Winner
Steve Bland Woof! Macmillan Children's Books Shortlist
Lucy Cousins Humpty Dumpty and Other Nursery Rhymes Macmillan Children's Books Shortlist
Debbie MacKinnon and Anthea Sieveking Find My Cake! Frances Lincoln Shortlist
Jan Ormerod Peek-a-Boo! Dutton Children's Books Shortlist
Nick Sharratt A Bear with a Pear Macmillan Children's Books Shortlist
2000 N/A Alex Ayliffe Boo Barney Orchard Books Winner
2001 N/A Sandra Lousada Baby Faces Baby Campbell Winner
Debi Gliori Where, Oh Where, is Baby Bear? Little Orchard Shortlist
Annie Kubler If You're Happy and You Know It... Child's Play Shortlist
Jo Lodge Baby's Very First Book: Farm Baby Campbell Shortlist
Mandy Ross and Kate Merritt Peekaboo Baby! Ladybird Shortlist
Nicola Smee Sleepyhead Baby Campbell Shortlist
2002 N/A Annie Kubler Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Child's Play Winner
2003 N/A Sam Lloyd Happy Dog, Sad Dog Little Tiger Press Winner
Lara Jones Goodnight, Poppy Cat Campbell Books Shortlist
Roger Priddy Baby Activity Centre Priddy Books Shortlist
DK Team Baby Fun: Five in the Bed Dorling Kindersley Shortlist
Fiona Watt and Rachel Wells That's Not My Bear Usborne Publishing Shortlist
Amanda Wood and Fiona Macmillan Baby Boo! Templar Shortlist
2004 Baby Book David Ellwand and Mike Jolley I Love You! Templar Winner
New Illustrator Polly Horner Polly and the North Star Orion Winner
Pre-School Julia Donaldson, illus. by Axel Scheffler The Snail and the Whale Macmillan Children's Books Winner
2005 Baby Book Lara Jones Poppy Cat's Farm Campbell Books Winner
John Butler Can You Cuddle Like a Koala? Little Orchard Shortlist
Tony Maddox Not So Loud, Oliver! Little Orchard Shortlist
Joanne Partis Look at Me! Chrysalis Books Shortlist
Nicola Smee No Bed Without Ted Bloomsbury Shortlist
DK Team Bathtime Peekaboo! Dorling Kindersley Shortlist
New Illustrator Kanako Usui The Fantastic Mr Wani Little Tiger Press Winner
Heather Allen, written by Alec Sillifant Little Green Monsters Meadowside Shortlist
Uwe Mayer, written by Rachel Elliot Eric the Liontamer Meadowside Shortlist
Rob Scotton Russell the Sheep HarperCollins Children's Shortlist
Pre-School Jack Tickle The Very Dizzy Dinosaur Little Tiger Press Winner
Jez Alborough Duck's Key Where Can it be? HarperCollins Children's Shortlist
Caroline Jayne Church Pond Goose Oxford University Press Shortlist
Atsuko Morozumi My Friend Gorilla Mathew Price Books Shortlist
Jan Ormerod and Lindsey Gardiner Doing the Animal Bop Oxford University Press Shortlist
Kaye Umansky and Chris Fisher A Chair for Baby Bear Oxford University Press Shortlist
2006 Baby Book Mandy Stanley How Do You Feel? HarperCollins Children's Winner
Marie Birkinshaw and Kate Merritt Night, Night, Baby Ladybird Shortlist
Kathy Henderson and Paul Howard Look at You! Walker Books Shortlist
Annie Kubler Peek-a-Boo! Child’s Play Shortlist
Luana Rinaldo Clackety-Clacks: Bee Campbell Books Shortlist
Fiona Watt and Catherine-Anne MacKinnon Sleepy Baby Usborne Shortlist
Emerging Illustrator Catherine Rayner Augustus and His Smile Little Tiger Press Winner
Sebastien Braun I Love My Mummy Boxer Books Shortlist
Petra Brown, written by Beth Shoshan If Big Can... I Can Meadowside Shortlist
Natalie Chivers, written by Peter Dixon Dad’s Bug Bear Red Fox Shortlist
Pre-School Sam Lloyd Mr. Pusskins Orchard Books Winner
Jonathan Allen I'm Not Cute! Boxer Books Shortlist
Nick Butterworth Tiger HarperCollins Children's Shortlist
Emma Dodd What Pet to Get? Templar Publishing Shortlist
Emily Gravett Orange Pear Apple Bear Macmillan Children's Books Shortlist
Oliver Jeffers Lost and Found HarperCollins Children's Shortlist
Baby Book Jess Stockham Tucking In! Child's Play Winner
David McKee Elmer’s First Counting Book Andersen Press Shortlist
Justine Smith and Fiona Land Baby Touch: Noisy Book Ladybird Shortlist
Justine Smith and Fiona Land Baby Touch: Peekaboo Book Ladybird Shortlist
Jess Stockham Looking Good! Child’s Play Shortlist
Miriam Stoppard Happy Baby Dorling Kindersley Shortlist
2007 Emerging Illustrator Emily Gravett Monkey and Me Macmillan Children's Books Winner
Jason Chapman Ted, Bo and Diz: The First Adventure Little Tiger Press Shortlist
Viviane Schwarz Timothy and the Strong Pyjamas Alison Green Books Shortlist
Anna Wadham, written by Andrew Fusek Peters The Andrew Fusek Peters Child’s Play Shortlist
Pre-School Polly Dunbar Penguin Walker Books Winner
Mara Bergman and Nick Maland Oliver Who Would Not Sleep Hodder Children’s Books Shortlist
Emma Chichester Clark Eliza and the Moonchild Andersen Press Shortlist
Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown Orchard Books Shortlist
Joel Stewart Dexter Bexley and his Big Blue Beastie Doubleday Shortlist
Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross Grill Pan Eddy Andersen Press Shortlist
2008 Baby Book Georgie Birkett Is This My Nose? Red Fox Winner
Angela Brooksbank Baby's Very First Book: Day Campbell Books Shortlist
Emily Hawkins and Emma Dodd Amazing Baby: Rainbow Fun! Templar Shortlist
Dawn Sirett and Rachael Parfitt Baby Loves Peekaboo! Dorling Kindersley Shortlist
Justine Smith and Fiona Land Baby Touch: Playtime Book and DVD Ladybird Shortlist
Tim Warnes and Jane Chapman Daddy Hug HarperCollins Children's Shortlist
Emerging Illustrator Tim Hopgood Here Comes Frankie! Macmillan Children's Books Winner
Victoria Ball That Yucky Love Thing Gullane Children's Books Shortlist
Joe Berger Bridget Fidget Puffin Books Shortlist
Gwen Millward The Bog Baby Puffin Books Shortlist
Alex T. Smith Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero Scholastic Children's Books Shortlist
Vicky White Ape Walker Books Shortlist
Pre-School Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward The Bog Baby Puffin Books Winner
David Bedford and Russell Julian It's a George Thing! Egmont Books Shortlist
Andy Cutbill and Russell Ayto The Cow That Laid an Egg HarperCollins Children's Shortlist
Joanna Harrison Grizzly Dad David Fickling Books Shortlist
Chris Riddell Wendel's Workshop Macmillan Children's Books Shortlist
Jeanne Willis and Garry Parsons There's An Ouch in My Pouch! Puffin Books Shortlist
2009 Baby Book Ed Vere Chick Puffin Books Winner
Emerging Illustrator Katie Cleminson Box of Tricks Jonathan Cape Winner
Pre-School Mara Bergman and Nick Maland Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide Hodder Children's Books Winner
2010 Baby Book Giles Andreae I Love My Mummy Orchard Books Winner
Emerging Illustrator Levi Pinfold The Django Templar Winner
Pre-School Chris Wormell One Smart Fish Red Fox Winner

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