The Nestlé Smarties Book Prize is an annual award given to children's books written in the previous year by a UK citizen or resident. The prize is administered by Booktrust, an independent charity which promotes books and reading. The prize is sponsored by Nestlé, manufacturer of Smarties.

A panel of adult judges chooses a shortlist for the award, and schoolchildren across the UK vote on the first, second and third place winners. (A similar American award is the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award).

List of prize winners

2004

- Gold Award
  - 9-11 years category: Spilled Water by Sally Grindley (Bloomsbury)
  - 6-8 years category: Fergus Crane by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell (Doubleday)
  - 0-5 years category: Biscuit Bear by Mini Grey (Cape)
- Silver Award
  - 9-11 years category: The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson (Macmillan)
  - 6-8 years category: Cloud Busting by Malorie Blackman (Doubleday)
  - 0-5 years category: My Big Brother Boris by Liz Pichon (Scholastic)
- Bronze Award
  - 9-11 years category: Keeper by Mal Peet (Walker)
  - 6-8 years category: Smile! By Geraldine McCaughrean (OUP)
  - 0-5 years category: Bartholomew and the Bug by Neal Layton (Hodder)

- 4Children Special Award: Fergus Crane by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell (Doubleday)

2003

- Gold Award
  - 9-11 years category: The Fire-Eaters by David Almond
  - 6-8 years category: Varjak Paw by SF Said, illustrated by Dave McKean
  - 0-5 years category: The Witch's Children and the Queen by Ursula Jones, illustrated by Russell Ayto
- Silver Award
  - 9-11 years category: Montmorency by Eleanor Updale
  - 6-8 years category: The Last Castaways by Harry Horse
  - 0-5 years category: Tadpole's Promise by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross
- Bronze Award
  - 9-11 years category: The Various by Steve Augarde
  - 6-8 years category: The Countess's Calamity by Sally Gardner
  - 0-5 years category: Two Frogs by Chris Wormell

- Kids' Club Award: The Countess's Calamity by Sally Gardner

2002

- Gold Award
  - 9-11 years category: Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (Scholastic)
  - 6-8 years category: That Pesky Rat by Lauren Child (Orchard Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Jazzy in the Jungle by Lucy Cousins, (Walker Books)
- Silver Award
  - 9-11 years category: Cold Tom by Sally Prue (Oxford University Press)
  - 6-8 years category: Pirate Diary - The Journal of Jake Carpenter by Richard Platt and illustrated by Chris Riddell (Walker Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Pizza Kittens by Charlotte Voake (Walker Books)
- Bronze Award
  - 9-11 years category: Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean (Oxford University Press)
  - 6-8 years category: The Last Wolf by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman (Doubleday)
  - 0-5 years category: Oscar and Arabella by Neal Layton (Hodder)

- Kids' Club Network Special Award: That Pesky Rat by Lauren Child (Orchard Books)

2001

- Gold Award
  - 9-11 years category: Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson (Macmillan)
  - 6-8 years category: The Shrimp by Emily Smith (Young Corgi)
  - 0-5 years category: Chimp and Zee by Catherine and Laurence Anholt (Frances Lincoln)
- Silver Award
  - 9-11 years category: The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding (Scholastic)
  - 6-8 years category: Ug by Raymond Briggs (by Cape)
  - 0-5 years category: Kipper's A to Z by Mick Inkpen (Hodder)
- Bronze Award
  - 9-11 years category: The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean (Oxford University Press)
  - 6-8 years category: What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean? by Lauren Child (Orchard Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Five Little Friends by Sarah Dyer (Bloomsbury)
- Kids' Club Network Special Award: What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean? by Lauren Child (Orchard Books)

2000

- Gold Award
  - 9-11 years category: William Nicholson, The Wind Singer (Mammoth)
  - 6-8 years category: Jacqueline Wilson (illustrated by Nick Sharratt), Lizzie Zipmouth (Young Corgi)
  - 0-5 years category: Bob Graham,Max (Walker Books)
- Silver Award
  - 9-11 years category: Beverley Naidoo, The Other Side of Truth (Puffin)
  - 6-8 years category: Tony Mitton (illustrated by Peter Bailey), The Red and White Spotted Handkerchief (Scholastic)
  - 0-5 years category: Satoshi Kitamura, Me and My Cat (Andersen)
- Bronze Award
  - 9-11 years category: Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Seeing Stone (Orion)
  - 6-8 years category: Lauren Child, Beware of the Storybook Wolves (Hodder)
  - 0-5 years category: John Burningham, Husherbye (Jonathan Cape)
- Kids' Club Network Special Award: Jacqueline Wilson (illustrated by Nick Sharratt), Lizzie Zipmouth (Young Corgi)

1999

- Gold Award
  - 9-11 years category: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Bloomsbury)
  - 6-8 years category: Laurence Anholt (illustrated by Arthur Robins), Snow White and the Seven Aliens (Orchard Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Julia Donaldson (illustrated by Axel Scheffler), The Gruffalo (Macmillan)
- Silver Award
  - 9-11 years category: David Almond, Kit's Wilderness (Hodder Children's Books)
  - 6-8 years category: Emily Smith, Astrid, the Au Pair from Outer Space (Corgi)
  - 0-5 years category: Bob Graham, Buffy - An Adventure Story (Walker Books)
- Bronze Award
  - 9-11 years category: Louise Rennison, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Piccadilly Press)
  - 6-8 years category: Lauren Child, Clarice Bean That's Me (Orchard Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Lydia Monks, I Wish I Were a Dog (Methuen)

1998

- Gold Award
  - 9-11 years category: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Bloomsbury)
  - 6-8 years category: Harry Horse, Last of the Gold Diggers (Puffin Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Sue Heap, Cowboy Baby (Walker Books)
- Silver Award
  - 9-11 years category: Andrew Noriss, Aquila (Puffin Books)
  - 6-8 years category: Keith Gray, The Runner (Mammoth Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Jane Simmons, Come On Daisy (Orchard Books)
- Bronze Award
  - 9-11 years category: Dick King-Smith, The Crowstarver (Doubleday)
  - 6-8 years category: Quentin Blake, The Green Ship (Jonathan Cape)
  - 0-5 years category: Margaret Nash, Secret in the Mist (David & Charles)

1997

- Gold Award
  - 9-11 years category: J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Bloomsbury)
  - 6-8 years category: Jenny Nimmo (illustrated by Anthony Lewis), The Owl Tree (Walker Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Charlotte Voake, Ginger (Walker Books)
- Silver Award
  - 9-11 years category: Philip Pullman, Clockwork or All Wound Up (Corgi Yearling)
  - 6-8 years category: Michael Foreman, The Little Reindeer (Andersen Press)
  - 0-5 years category: Simon James, Leon and Bob (Walker Books)
- Bronze Award
  - 9-11 years category: Henrietta Branford, Fire, Bed and Bone (Walker Books)
  - 6-8 years category: John Agard (illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura), We Animals Would Like a Word With You (Bodley Head)
  - 0-5 years category: Valerie Bloom, (illustrated by David Axtell), Fruits (Macmillan)

1996

- Gold Award
  - 9-11 years category: Philip Pullman (illustrated by Nick Harris), The Firework-Maker’s Daughter (Corgi Yearling)
  - 6-8 years category: Michael Morpurgo (illustrated by Christian Birmingham), The Butterfly Lion (Collins Children’s Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Colin McNaughton, Oops! (Andersen Press)
- Silver Award
  - 9-11 years category: Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb (Doubleday)
  - 6-8 years category: Lynne Reid Banks (illustrated by Tony Ross), Harry the Poisonous Centipede (Collins Children’s Books)
  - 0-5 years category: Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom, The World is Full of Babies (Watts Books)
- Bronze Award
  - 9-11 years category: Geraldine McCaughrean, Plundering Paradise (Oxford University Press)
  - 6-8 years category: Dick King-Smith (illus. John Eastwood), All Because of Jackson (Doubleday)
  - 0-5 years category: Quentin Blake, Clown (Cape)

1995

- 9-11 category and overall winner: Jacqueline Wilson, Double Act (Doubleday)
- 6 - 8 years category winner: Jill Paton Walsh, Thomas and the Tinners (Macdonald Young Books)
- 0 - 5 years category winner: Jill Murphy, The Last Noo-Noo (Walker Books)

1994

- 9 - 11 category and overall winner: Hilary McKay, The Exiles at Home (Gollancz)
- 6 - 8 years category winner: Henrietta Branford (illustrated by Lesley Harker), Dimanche Diller (Young Lions)
- 0 - 5 years category winner: Trish Cooke (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury), So Much (Walker Books)

1993

- 6 - 8 category and overall winner: Michael Foreman, War Game (Pavilion)
- 9 - 11 years category winner: Maeve Henry, Listen to the Dark (Heinemann)
- 0 - 5 years category winner: Rita Phillips Mitchell, Hue Boy (Gollancz)

1992

- 9 - 11 category and overall winner: Gillian Cross, The Great Elephant Chase (Oxford University Press)
- 0 - 5 years category winner: Hilda Offen, Nice Work, Little Wolf (Hamish Hamilton)
- 6 - 8 years category winner: Jane Ray, The Story of the Creation (Orchard Books)

1991

- 0 - 5 years category and overall winner: Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury, Farmer Duck (Walker Books)
- 6 - 8 years category winner: Magdalen Nabb, Josie Smith and Eileen (Collins)
- 9 - 11 years category winner: Philip Ridley, Krindledrax (Cape)

1990

- 9 - 11 years category and overall winner: Pauline Fisk, Midnight Blue (Lion)
- 0 - 5 years category winner: Inga Moore, Six Dinner Sid (Simon & Schuster)
- 6 - 8 years category winner: Roald Dahl (illustrated by Quentin Blake), Esio Trot (Cape)

1989

- 0 - 5 years category and overall winner: Michael Rosen (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury), We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Walker Books)
- 6 - 8 years category winner: Anne Fine, Bill's New Frock (Methuen)
- 9 - 11 years category winner: Robert Westall, Blitzcat (Macmillan)

1988

- 0 - 5 years category and overall winner: Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth, Can't You Sleep Little Bear? (Walker Books)
- 6 - 8 years category winner: Susan Hill, Can it be True? (Hamish Hamilton)
- 9 - 11 years category winner: Theresa Whistler, Rushavenn Time (Brixworth Primary School)

1987

- 9 - 11 years category and overall winner: James Berry, A Thief in the Village (Hamish Hamilton)
- 0 - 5 years category winner: Peter Collington, The Angel and the Soldier Boy (Methuen)
- 6 - 8 years category winner: Benedict Blathwayt, Tangle and the Firesticks (Julia MacRae)

1986

- Jenny Nimmo, The Snow Spider (Methuen)

1985

- Jill Paton Walsh, Gaffer Samson's Luck (Kestrel)

External links

Booktrust website (http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/)

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