Oscar's Book Prize
# Oscar's Book Prize

Oscar's Book Prize is a British children's book prize awarded annually to a book for pre-school age children, which was first published in the UK during the previous calendar year. The £5,000 prize is supported by the London Evening Standard and sponsored by Amazon and the National Literacy Trust, its patron is Princess Beatrice. Actor Gillian Anderson was one of the judges for the 2015 prize. In 2021, the prize money was raised to £10,000.

The prize was founded in 2014 by James Ashton and Viveka Alvestrand in memory of their three-year-old son Oscar Ashton who died unexpectedly in 2012. It aims to celebrate a child's love for magical stories and to reward the creativity of early-years literature and to highlight the importance of reading with children.

## 2014

The 2014 prize was awarded to Benji Davies for The Storm Whale.

Shortlisted Books List

| Title | Author(s) |
| - | - |
| Open Very Carefully | Nick Bromley and Nicola O'Byrne |
| The Black Rabbit | Philippa Leathers |
| The Snatchabook | Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty |
| The Storm Whale | Benji Davies |
| Spaghetti with the Yeti | Charlotte Guillain, Adam Guillain, and Lee Wildish |

## 2015

The 2015 prize was awarded to Steve Antony for The Queen's Hat.

Shortlisted Books List

| Title | Author(s) |
| - | - |
| Dangerous! | Tim Warnes |
| Hedgehugs | Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper |
| The Queen's Hat | Steve Antony |
| The Sea Tiger | Victoria Turnbull |
| This Book Just Ate My Dog! | Richard Byrne |

## 2016

The 2016 prize was awarded to Gemma Merino for The Cow Who Climbed a Tree.

Shortlisted Books List

| Title | Author(s) |
| - | - |
| Hector And Hummingbird | Nicholas John Frith |
| Sir Lilypad | Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie |
| The Cow Who Climbed A Tree | Gemma Merino |
| The Fox And The Star | Coralie Bickford-Smith |
| The Lion Inside | Rachel Bright and Jim Field |

## 2017

The 2017 prize was awarded to Rachel Bright and Jim Field for The Koala Who Could.

Shortlisted Books List

| Title | Author(s) |
| - | - |
| Hello, Mr Dodo | Nicholas John Frith |
| Odd Dog Out | Rob Biddulph |
| The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight | Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty |
| The Koala Who Could | Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
| There's A Tiger In The Garden | Lizzy Stewart |

## 2018

The 2018 prize was awarded to John Dougherty and Laura Hughes for There's a Pig Up My Nose.

Shortlisted Books List

| Title | Author(s) |
| - | - |
| Lucie Goose | Danny Baker and Pippa Curnick |
| That Bear Can't Babysit | Ruth Quayle and Alison Friend |
| The Secret of Black Rock | Joe Todd Stanton |
| There's a Pig Up My Nose | John Dougherty and Laura Hughes |
| Sunk! | Rob Biddulph |

## 2019

The 2019 prize was awarded to Ed Vere for How to be a Lion.

Shortlisted Books List

| Title | Author(s) |
| - | - |
| Almost Anything | Sophie Henn |
| Ruby's Worry | Tom Percival |
| The Way Home for Wolf | Rachel Bright and Jim Field |
| How to be a Lion | Ed Vere |
| Baby’s First Bank Heist | Jim Whalley and Stephen Collins |

## 2020

The 2020 prize was awarded to Benji Davies for Tad.

Shortlisted Books List

| Title | Author(s) |
| - | - |
| The Suitcase | Chris Naylor-Ballesteros |
| A Mouse Called Julian | Joe Todd Stanton |
| Alphonse, There’s Mud on the Ceiling! | Daisy Hirst |
| I Am a Tiger | Karl Newson and Ross Collins |
| The Runaway Pea | Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore |
| Tad | Benji Davies |

## 2021

The 2021 prize was awarded to Lu Fraser and illustrator Kate Hindley for The Littlest Yak.

Shortlisted Books List

| Title | Author(s) |
| - | - |
| I’m Sticking with you | Smriti Halls and Steve Small |
| Meesha Makes Friends | Tom Percival |
| Rain Before Rainbows | Smriti Halls and David Litchfield |
| The Hospital Dog | Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie |
| The Littlest Yak | Lu Fraser and Kate Hindley |
| Would You Like A Banana by | Yasmeen Ismail |
