Nestle Smarties Book Prize

The Nestle Smarties Book Prize is an annual award given to children's books written in the previous year by a UK citizen or resident. 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 Jacqueline Wilson (illustrated by 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: 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, 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: 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: 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: Guardian Award
• Newbery medal