Oscar's Book Prize
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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.[1][2] Actor Gillian Anderson was one of the judges for the 2015 prize.[3] In 2021, the prize money was raised to £10,000.[4]
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.[2][5]
The 2014 prize was awarded to Benji Davies for The Storm Whale.[6]
Shortlisted Books List[6]
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Open Very Carefully | Nick Bromley and Nicola O'Byrne |
| The Black Rabbit | Philippa Leathers |
| The Snatchabook | 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.[6]
Shortlisted Books List[6]
| 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.[6]
Shortlisted Books List[7]
| 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.[6][8]
Shortlisted Books List[9]
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Hello, Mr Dodo | Nicholas John Frith |
| Odd Dog Out | Rob Biddulph |
| The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight | 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.[6]
Shortlisted Books List[10]
2019
2020
The 2020 prize was awarded to Benji Davies for Tad.[12]
Shortlisted Books List[13]
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| The Suitcase | Chris Naylor-Ballesteros |
| A Mouse Called Julian | Joe Todd Stanton |
| Alphonse, There’s Mud on the Ceiling! | Daisy Hirst |
| I Am a Tiger | Karl Newson and Ross Collins |
| The Runaway Pea | Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore |
| Tad | Benji Davies |