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The Costa Book Award for Children's Book, formerly known as the Whitbread Award (1971–2005), was an annual literary award for children's books, part of the Costa Book Awards, which were discontinued in 2022, the 2021 awards being the last made.[1]

Recipients

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Costa Book Award for Children's Book winners and finalists[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1972 Rumer Godden The Diddakoi Winner
1973 Alan Aldridge and William Plomer The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast Winner
1974 Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen Winner
Jill Paton Walsh The Emperor's Winding Sheet Winner
1975 No award presented in 1975
1976 Penelope Lively A Stitch in Time Winner
1977 Shelagh Macdonald No End to Yesterday Winner
1978 Philippa Pearce The Battle of Bubble & Squeak Winner
1979 Peter Dickinson Tulku Winner
1980 Leon Garfield John Diamond Winner
1981 Jane Gardam The Hollow Land Winner
1982 W. J. Corbett The Song of Pentecost Winner
1983 Roald Dahl The Witches Winner
1984 Barbara Willard The Queen of the Pharisees' Children Winner
1985 Janni Howker The Nature of the Beast Winner
1986 Andrew Taylor The Coal House Winner
1987 Geraldine McCaughrean A Little Lower than the Angels Winner
1988 Judy Allen Awaiting Developments Winner
1989 Hugh Scott Why Weeps the Brogan Winner
1990 Peter Dickinson AK Winner
1991 Diana Hendry Harvey Angell Winner
1992 Gillian Cross The Great Elephant Chase Winner
1993 Anne Fine Flour Babies Winner
1994 Geraldine McCaughrean Gold Dust Winner
1995 Michael Morpurgo The Wreck of the Zanzibar Winner
Elizabeth Arnold The Parsley Parcel Shortlist
Philip Ridley Kasper in the Glitter
1996 Anne Fine The Tulip Touch Winner
Russell Hoban The Trokeville Way Shortlist
Geraldine McCaughrean Plundering Paradise
Philip Pullman Clockwork or All Wound Up
1997 Andrew Norriss Aquila Winner
Alan Temperley Harry and the Wrinklies Shortlist
Sharon Creech Chasing Redbird
Melvin Burgess Junk
1998 David Almond Skellig Winner
Robert Swindells Abomination Shortlist
J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
James Riordan Sweet Clarinet
1999 J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Winner
Carol Ann Duffy Meeting Midnight Shortlist
Michael Morpurgo Kensuke's Kingdom
Jacqueline Wilson The Illustrated Mum
2000 Jamila Gavin Coram Boy Winner
David Almond Heaven Eyes Shortlist
Kevin Crossley-Holland The Seeing Stone
Adéle Geras Troy
2001 Philip Pullman The Amber Spyglass Winner
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl Shortlist
Eva Ibbotson Journey to the River Sea
Terry Jones The Lady and the Squire
2002 Hilary McKay Saffy's Angel Winner
Julie Bertagna Exodus Shortlist
Celia Rees Sorceress
Philip Reeve Mortal Engines
2003 David Almond The Fire-Eaters Winner
Catherine Fisher The Oracle Shortlist
Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful
Jeanne Willis Naked Without a Hat [3]
2004 Geraldine McCaughrean Not the End of the World Winner
Anne Cassidy Looking for JJ Shortlist
Meg Rosoff How I Live Now
Ann Turnbull No Shame, No Fear
2005 Kate Thompson The New Policeman Winner
Frank Cottrell Boyce Framed Shortlist
Geraldine McCaughrean The White Darkness
Hilary McKay Permanent Rose
2006 Linda Newbery Set in Stone Winner
David Almond Clay Shortlist [4]
Julia Golding The Diamond of Drury Lane [4]
Meg Rosoff Just in Case [4]
2007 Ann Kelley The Bower Bird Winner [5]
Elizabeth Laird Crusade Shortlist
Meg Rosoff What I Was
Marcus Sedgwick Blood Red Snow White
2008 Michelle Magorian Just Henry Winner [6]
Keith Gray Ostrich Boys Shortlist
Saci Lloyd The Carbon Diaries: 2015
Jenny Valentine Broken Soup
2009 Patrick Ness The Ask and the Answer Winner [7]
Siobhan Dowd Solace of the Road Shortlist
Mary Hoffman Troubadour
Anna Perera Guantanamo Boy
2010 Jason Wallace Out of Shadows Winner [8]
Lucy Christopher Flyaway Shortlist [9]
Sharon Dogar Annexed [9]
Jonathan Stroud Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon [9]
2011 Moira Young Blood Red Road Winner [10]
Martyn Bedford Flip Shortlist [11]
Frank Cottrell Boyce The Unforgotten Coat [11]
Lissa Evans Small Change for Stuart [11]
2012 Sally Gardner Maggot Moon Winner [12]
Diana Hendry The Seeing Shortlist
Hayley Long What’s Up with Jody Barton?
Dave Shelton A Boy and a Bear in a Boat
2013 Chris Riddell Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse Winner [13][14]
Ross Montgomery Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door Shortlist [15]
Sarah Naughton The Hanged Man Rises
Elizabeth Wein Rose Under Fire
2014 Kate Saunders Five Children on the Western Front Winner [16][17]
Simon Mason Running Girl Shortlist [18]
Michael Morpurgo Listen to the Moon
Marcus Sedgwick The Ghosts of Heaven
2015 Frances Hardinge The Lie Tree Winner [19]
Hayley Long Sophie Someone Shortlist [20]
Sally Nicholls An Island of Our Own [20]
Andrew Norriss Jessica's Ghost [20]
2016 Brian Conaghan The Bombs That Brought Us Together Winner [21]
Ross Welford Time Travelling With a Hamster Shortlist [22]
Francesca Simon The Monstrous Child [22]
2017 Katherine Rundell The Explorer Winner [23]
Sarah Crossan Moonrise Shortlist [24]
Lissa Evans Wed Wabbit [24]
Millwood Hargrave The Island at the End of Everything [24]
Katherine Rundell The Explorers [24]
2018 Hilary McKay The Skylarks' War Winner [25][26]
David Almond The Colour of the Sun Shortlist [27]
Candy Gourlay Bone Talk [27]
Matt Killeen Orphan Monster Spy [27]
2019 Jasbinder Bilan Asha & the Spirit Bird Winner [28]
Malorie Blackman Crossfire Shortlist [29]
Nicholas Bowling In the Shadow of Heroes [29]
Jenny Downham Furious Thing [29]
2020 Natasha Farrant Voyage of the Sparrowhawk Winner [30]
Darren Charlton Wranglestone Shortlist [31]
Jenny Pearson The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates [31]
Meg Rosoff The Great Godden [31]
2021 Manjeet Mann The Crossing Winner [32]
Anna Goodall Maggie Blue and the Dark World Shortlist [33]
Ross Montgomery The Midnight Guardians [33]
Helen Rutter The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh [33]

References

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  3. ^ Rabinovitch, Dina (2004-01-07). "Author of the month: Jeanne Willis". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
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  5. ^ Brown, Mark (2008-01-02). "Former postwoman takes Costa first novel award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  6. ^ Brown, Mark (2009-01-05). "Nonagenarian Diana Athill leads Costa book award winners". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  7. ^ Brown, Mark (2010-01-26). "Christopher Reid wins Costa book prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  8. ^ "In pictures: Costa book awards 2010". the Guardian. 2011-01-05. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
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  10. ^ Brown, Mark; correspondent, arts (2012-01-24). "Costa book award: Andrew Miller wins for sixth novel, Pure". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-09. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
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  12. ^ Brown, Mark (2013-01-29). "Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies wins Costa prize after unanimous vote". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  13. ^ "Former winners recapture Costa prize". BBC News. 2014-01-06. Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  14. ^ Brown, Mark (2014-01-28). "Costa book award won by Nathan Filer for debut novel, The Shock of the Fall". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  15. ^ "Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist". the Guardian. 2013-11-26. Archived from the original on 2022-02-06. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  16. ^ Vincent, Alice (2015-01-05). "Wartime adaptation of Five Children and It wins in Costa Book Award categories". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  17. ^ Brown, Mark (2015-01-27). "Helen Macdonald wins 2014 Costa book award for 'haunting' H is for Hawk". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  18. ^ Oliver Arnoldi (18 November 2014). "2014 Costa Book Awards shortlists announced". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  19. ^ Brown, Mark (26 January 2016). "Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree wins Costa book of the year 2015". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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  21. ^ Cain, Sian (2017-01-31). "Days Without End wins Sebastian Barry second Costa book of the year award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
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  23. ^ Cain, Sian (2018-01-02). "Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa award for collection Inside the Wave". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
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  25. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Front Row - The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es named Costa Book of the Year 2018". BBC. Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
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  30. ^ "Costa Book of the Year: 'Utterly original' Mermaid of Black Conch wins". BBC. January 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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