Thomas Flintham, Matt Goodfellow and Rob Biddulph Children’s Book Award winners 2024
The winners of the Children’s Book Award 2024 have been announced at a special celebration award ceremony.
Congratulations to Thomas Flintham, who is the overall winner. His graphic novel, Press Start! Game On Super Rabbit Boy! won the Books for Younger Readers category before going on to win the overall prize.
The Final Year written by Matt Goodfellow, and illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, won the Books for Older Readers category, and Gigantic, written and illustrated by Rob Biddulph was the Books for Younger Children category winner.
Owned and coordinated by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, the Children’s Book Award is the only national award for children’s books that is voted for entirely by children. Past winners include J.K. Rowling, Patrick Ness, Andy Stanton, Malorie Blackman, Anthony Horowitz and Michael Morpurgo, who has won a record four times.
Sarah Stuffins, Coordinator of the Children’s Book Award, says ‘As ever, the children have spoken! And this year they have chosen a brilliantly accessible book that bursts with fun and practically fizzes off the page. Inspiring the love of reading for pleasure – and highlighting its importance to child development – remains a key aim of the award. We at the FCBG are always proud and delighted to help put these fantastic books directly into the hands of children up and down the country. The engagement displayed by the children is always a delighted to see and many, many congratulations to all our worthy winners. And many thanks, too, to every child who voted.’
A dedicated page on the FCBG website showcases all the shortlisted titles. A livestream of the ceremony is also available to view.
The full shortlist for the Children’s Book Award 2024 is as follows:
Books for Younger Children
Gigantic written and illustrated by Rob Biddulph, published by HarperCollins
The Fastest Tortoise in Town written by Howard Calvert and illustrated by Karen Obuhanych, published by Walker Books
The Princess and The (Greedy) Pea written and illustrated by Leigh Hodgkinson, published by Walker Books
The Big Dreaming written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Daniel Egneus, published by Bloomsbury
Books for Younger Readers
Marv and The Killer Plants written by Alex Falase-Koya and illustrated by Paula Bowles, published by OUP
Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy! written and illustrated by Thomas Flintham#, published by Nosy Crow
Adventure Mice: Otter Chaos – written by Philip Reeve and illustrated by Sarah McIntyre, published by David Fickling Books
Books for Older Readers
Deadlock written by Simon Fox, published by Nosy Crow
The Final Year written by Matt Goodfellow and illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, published by Otter-Barry Books
Code Name Kingfisher written by Liz Kessler, published by Simon and Schuster
The Federation of Children’s Book Groups was set up as a charity in 1968 by Anne Wood, the Founder and Creator of Ragdoll Productions and the originator of The Telebubbies. It acts as an umbrella organisation for local Children’s Book Groups all over the UK. The groups organise a variety of activities including author events and other activities that promote the enjoyment of children’s books. Find out more and get involved.
