Winners of Booktrust’s Early Years Awards
Booktrust today announces the winners of the 2008 Early Years Awards. The winning books all exemplify the remarkable creativity in words, design and illustration necessary to encourage young children to read.
Is This My Nose? by Georgie Birkett (Red Fox)
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Gwen Millward (Puffin Books)
Best Emerging Illustrator:
Tim Hopgood for Here Comes Frankie! (Macmillan Children’s Books)
“There’s endless variety and lots to get excited about in today’s books for pre-school children – this year’s winners offer involvement, humour, magic, fine illustration and plenty more. These books will really get the very young hooked into reading!”
“Booktrust is delighted with this year’s entries and the wealth of books aimed at encouraging parents and children to discover a love of reading. It has been an extraordinary year for entries, particularly in the Best Emerging Illustrator category. The imagination, dedication and creativity of the winning authors and illustrators delighted the judges and will captivate and encourage young readers.”
The judges for the 2008 Early Years Awards were Wendy Cooling, children’s book consultant (Chair); Andrew Clover, author, Sunday Times journalist and actor; John Berry, health visitor; Salma Barakat, librarian, and award winning illustrator Annie Kubler.
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