| Green Peter Book Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Children's literature |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Blue Peter |
| First awarded | 2000 |
| Last awarded | 2022 |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBBC |
The Blue Peter Book Awards were a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999 and 2000. The awards were managed by reading charity, BookTrust, from 2006 until the final award in 2022. From 2013 until the final award, there were two award categories: Best Story and Best Book with Facts.
The awards were discontinued in 2022, one month after the end of the Costa Book Awards, which included a category for children's book, leaving only three widely recognized awards for children's literature (the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Carnegie Medal, and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize).[1]
- ^ "Children's books world reacts to 'horrible loss' of Blue Peter book awards". The Guardian. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.