CBI Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards 2015

Book of the Year Award
Once Upon An Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers

Eilis Dillon Award
Only Ever Yours by Louise O’Neill

Children’s Choice Award
Once Upon An Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers

Judges’ Special Award
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Honour Award for Fiction
Daideo le Áine Ní Ghlinn

Honour Award for Illustration
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton

CBI Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards 2014

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Book of the Year Award
Grounded by Sheena Wilkinson

Children’s Choice Award
Grounded by Sheena Wilkinson

Judges’ Special Award
Hóng by Anna Heussaff

Honour Award for Fiction
Dark Warning by Marie Louise Fitzpatrick

Honour Award for Illustration
This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers

Eilis Dillon Award
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan

CBI Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards 2012

Book of the Year Award
Into the Grey by Celine Kiernan

Children’s Choice Award
Into the Grey by Celine Kiernan

Judges’ Special Award
My Dad is Ten Years Old by Mark O’Sullivan

Honour Award for Fiction
Maitríósce by Siobhan Parkinson

Honour Award for Illustration
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

Eilis Dillon Award
The Butterfly Heart by Paula Leyden

Bisto Book of the Year Award

Bisto in association with Children’s Books Ireland introduced this award to recognise talent in the field of children’s literature by Irish authors or authors living in Ireland. The awards which have developed into highly regarded and prestigious book awards bring new children’s books to the attention of children, parents, teachers and librarians. Between the years 1990 to 1993 additional awards were given for various categories of books as well as the overall Bisto Award and these are listed below.

2010/2011 A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton

2009/2010 There by Marie Louise Fitzpatrick

2008/2009 Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd

2007/2008 The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

2006/2007 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

2005/2006 The New Policeman by Kate Thompson

2004/2005 Annan Water by Kate Thompson

2003/2004 Wings Over Delft by Aubrey Flegg

2002/2003 You, Me and The Big blue Sea by Marie Louise Fitzpatrick
The Alchemist’s Apprentice by Kate Thompson

2001/2002 The Beguilers by Kate Thompson

2000/2001 Izzy and Skunk by Marie Louise Fitzpatrick

The Eilis Dillon Award

The Eilis Dillon Award, introduced in 1995 went to the author of an outstanding first children’s book. Eilis Dillon had a long association with the Bisto Book of the Year Awards, having been a chairwoman of the Irish Children’s Book Trust in 1989 when the awards were established.

2010/2011 A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton

2009/2010 The Third Pig Detective Agency (The Friday Project) by Bob Burke

2008/2009 Anila’s Journey by Mary Finn

2007/2008 The Thing With Finn by Tom Kelly

2006/2007 A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd

2005/2006 Snakes’ Elbows by Deirdre Madden

2004/2005 An Bhó Riabhach by Siobhón Ní Shíthigh

2003/2004 Amach by Alan Titley

2002/2003 Gyrfalcon by Grace Wells

2001/2002 Adam’s Starling by Gillian Perdue

2000/2001 The Lost Orchard by Patrick Deeley

1999/2000 Fierce Milly by Marilyn McLaughlin

1998/1999 Dea-Scéala by Caitriona Hastings

1997/1998 It’s A Jungle Out There by Ed Miliano

1996/1997 The Guns of Easter by Gerard Whelan

1995/1996 Lockie and Dadge by Frank Murphy

1995/1996 Melody for Nora by Mark O’Sullivan

Carnegie Medal

This award was established in 1937 and is presented annually to an outstanding book published in the U.K. Since 1969 any book written in English and published first or concurrently in the U.K. has been eligible.

2015 Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman

2014 The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks

2013 Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

2012 A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

2011 Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

2010 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

2009 Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd

2007 Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve

2006 Just In Case by Meg Rosoff

2005 Tamar by Mal Peet

2004 Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce

2003 A Gathering of Light by Jennifer Donnelly

2002 Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

2001 The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

2000 The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo

1999 Postcards From No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers

1998 Skellig by David Almond

1997 River Boy by Tim Bowler

1996 Junk by Melvin Burgess

1995 Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

1994 Whispers in the Graveyard by Teresa Breslin

1993 Stone Cold by Robert Swindells

1992 Flour Babies by Anne Fine

1991 Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty

1990 Wolf by Gillian Cross

Kate Greenaway Medal

This award established in 1956 is presented annually for the most distinguished work in the illustration of children’s books in the U.K.

2015 Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill

2014 This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

2013 Black Dog by Levi Pinfold

2012 A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

2011 FArTHER by Grahame Baker-Smith.

2010 Harry and Hopper by Freya Blackwood

2009 Harris Finds His Feet by Catherine Rayner

2007 Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett

2006 The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey

2005 Wolves by Emily Gravett

2004 Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver" by Martin Jenkins. Illustrated by Chris Riddell

2003 Ella's Big Chance by Shirley Hughes

2002 Jethro Byrde - Fairy Child by Bob Graham

2001 Pirate Diary by Richard Platt. Illustrated by Chris Riddell

2000 I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child

1999 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll . Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.

1998 Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper

1997 When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest. Illustrated by PJ Lynch

1996 The Baby Who Wouldn’t Go To Bed by Helen Cooper

1995 The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski.
Illustrated by PJ Lynch

1994 The Way Home by Libby Hathorn. Illustrated by Gregory Rogers

1993 Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliffe. Illustrated by Alan Lee

1992 Zoo by Anthony Browne

1991 The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg

1990 The Whale’s Song by Dyan Sheldon. Illustrated by Gary Blythe