The Week Junior Book Awards

The Week Junior Book Awards 2025The Week Junior Book Awards, established in 2023, celebrate outstanding children’s literature, honouring authors, illustrators, and publishers who inspire young readers. The awards emphasize originality, exceptional illustration, and compelling storytelling, highlighting both established and emerging talents.

The awards encompass a diverse range of categories to recognize various aspects of children’s literature.

The 2025 Awards Shortlists will be announced on 3rd June, with the winners being announced on 29th September.

The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Younger Fiction
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: STEM Book
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Poetry
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Picture Book
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Older Fiction
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Hobbies and Interests
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Graphic Novel
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Factual
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Wellbeing
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Breakthrough Book
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Animals and Nature
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Animals and Nature
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Breakthrough Book
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Cover of the Year
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Factual
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Older Fiction
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Younger Fiction
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Graphic Novel
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Hobbies and Interests
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Picture Book
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Poetry
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: STEM
The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Wellbeing
The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Breakthrough
The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Graphic novel
The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Older fiction
The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Hobbies and interests
The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Non-Fiction
The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: STEM Book
The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Animals and nature
The 2024 Children’s Picture Book of the Year
The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Poetry
The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Wellbeing
The 2024 Children’s Book Cover of the Year

The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Younger Fiction

9781839945182

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: STEM Book

Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales: Fact-checking your favourite stories with SCIENCE! - Catherine Cawthorne - 9781526616265

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Poetry

9780241651964

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Picture Book

There's a Tiger on the Train - Mariesa Dulak - 9780571368341

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Older Fiction

9781398527140 1

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Hobbies and Interests

This Book Will Make You An Artist - Ruth Millington - 9781839944758

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Graphic Novel

Unicorn Boy: Book 1 - Dave Roman - 9781444975352

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Factual

9781788452779

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Wellbeing

9780241639368 1

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Breakthrough Book

9780241636053

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year: Animals and Nature

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Animals and Nature

9781839943348

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9781805319856 1

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Wildlife Crossings: Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World - Catherine Barr - 9781915659200

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9781838741570

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Breakthrough Book

9781800786837

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9780702333101

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9781444973389

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9780241636053

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Cover of the Year

9780861549023 1

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The Boy Who Fell From the Sky - Benjamin Dean - 9781398518742

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Factual

9780008651527

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9781805312710

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9781915235923

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9780241553916 scaled

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Older Fiction

Keedie - Elle McNicoll - 9781913311988

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The Letter with the Golden Stamp - Onjali Q. Rauf - 9781510108929

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9781398527140 1

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9780008582050

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Younger Fiction

9781788453196

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Betty Steady and the Toad Witch (Betty Steady and the Toad Witch

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9781398530065

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9781800786592 2

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Graphic Novel

9780861549047 1

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Pablo and Splash: the hilarious kids' graphic novel - Sheena Dempsey - 9781526662606

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9781838741211

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Unicorn Boy: Book 1 - Dave Roman - 9781444975352

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Hobbies and Interests

9781803701332 1

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9780241656587 1

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9781915569257

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9780241638378

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This Book Will Make You An Artist - Ruth Millington - 9781839944758

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Picture Book

9780192789006

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9781913292720

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9780008639013

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There's a Tiger on the Train - Mariesa Dulak - 9780571368341

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Poetry

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9780241651964

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9780008517175

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9781801993395

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9781915659248

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: STEM Book

Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales: Fact-checking your favourite stories with SCIENCE! - Catherine Cawthorne - 9781526616265

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9780241653722

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9781838741228

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The World's First Rollercoaster: and Other Amazing Inventions - Mike Barfield - 9781800783720

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The 2025 Children’s Book of the Year Shortlist: Wellbeing

9780241639368 1

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9781529520866 1

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9781915569233

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The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Breakthrough

9781801313346

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The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Graphic novel

9781916558069

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The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Older fiction

Safiyyah's War - Hiba Noor Khan - 9781839133138

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Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer - Jeffrey Boakye - 9780571367344

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The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Hobbies and interests

Rhino Can't Draw

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The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: STEM

Where Are You Really From?: Our amazing evolution

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Wonderfully Wired Brains: An Introduction to the World of Neurodiversity - Louise Gooding - 9780241568163

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The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Animals and nature

The Tyrannosaur's Feathers - Jonathan Emmett - 9781915235596

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The 2024 Children’s Picture Book of the Year

Amy Gets Eaten - Adam Kay, Henry Paker

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Gigantic - Rob Biddulph - 9780008413446

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The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Poetry

A Dinosaur at the Bus Stop: Poems to Have Fun With! - Kate Wakeling - 9781913074203

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The 2024 Children’s Book of the Year: Wellbeing

Friendship Survival Guide - Caroline Young - 9781803704616

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My Family

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The 2024 Children’s Book Cover of the Year

The Kingdom Over the Sea - Zohra Nabi - 9781398517707

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