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Whitbread Children's Book Award

The Whitbread is one of the longest-running and most prestigious book awards in the UK. Since its launch in 1971, its structure has evolved; but it has never diverted from its original ethos of identifying and celebrating some of the most enjoyable books published in the UK each year across a number of different genres. There are six awards in total - five category awards (Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's) and, from these, one overall winner - the Whitbread Book of the Year. Now this award is called the Costa Award.

• Official Site: Whitbread Book Awards Main Page and Previous Winners & Shortlists, 1971-Present

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Year	Title	Author
2009	The Ask and The Answer	Patrick Ness
2008	Just Henry	Michelle Magorian
2007	The Bower Bird	Ann Kelley
2006	Set in Stone	Linda Newbery
2005	The New Policeman	Kate Thompson
2004	Not the End of the World	Geraldine McCaughrean
2003	The Fire-Eaters	David Almond
2002	Saffy's Angel	Hilary McKay
2001	The Amber Spyglass *overall winner	Philip Pullman
2000	Coram Boy	Jamila Gavin
1999	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	J K Rowling
1998	Skellig	David Almond
1997	Aquila	Andrew Norriss
1996	The Tulip Touch	Anne Fine
1995	Wreck of the Zanzibar	Michael Morpurgo
1994	Gold Dust	Geraldine McCaughrean
1993	Flour Babies	Anne Fine
1992	Great Elephant Chase	Gillian Cross
1991	Harvey Angell	Diana Hendry
1990	AK	Peter Dickinson
1989	Why Weeps the Brogan?	Hugh Scott
1988	Awaiting Developments	Judy Allen
1987	Little Lower than the Angels	Geraldine McCaughrean
1986	Coal House	Andrew Taylor
1985	Nature of the Beast	Janni Howker
1984	Kruger's Alp	Christopher Hope
1983	Fools of Fortune	William Trevor
1982	Young Shoulders	John Wain
1981	Silver's City	Maurice Leitch
1980	*How Far Can You Go? overall winner**	David Lodge

Jan 2010