Tony Robinson, best known for his role as Baldrick in BBC Comedy Blackadder and as the presenter on Channel Four’s Time Team, is in the running to win his second Blue Peter Book Award (following a win in 2007) for his book Tony Robinson’s Weird World of Wonders: World War II, illustrated by Del Thorpe. Also on the non-fiction shortlist are Jonathan Litton and Thomas Flintham with Marvellous Maths and Jon Richards and Ed Simkins with The World in Infographics: Animal Kingdom.
The award also celebrates fiction with the Best Story category, which has three titles competing for the accolade: Oliver and the Seawigs, an inventive sea adventure from another Blue Peter Book Award winner (2007) Philip Reeve and illustrator Sarah McIntyre; Whale Boy, by Nicola Davies; and Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell.
The shortlist was announced on Blue Peter today. CBBC presenter Katie Thistleton, who was on the judging panel for this year’s award, appeared along with Jeff Kinney, the author of the successful Wimpy Kid series. Diary of a Wimpy Kid was crowned the Best Children’s Book of the Past 10 Years by Blue Peter voters in a poll conducted last year.
Author Marcus Sedgwick, who was also on the judging panel, said: "Judging a book award is a very hard thing to do. With the Blue Peter Book Awards there's also the added responsibility of knowing the loyal viewers of the show are waiting for our selection."
More than 200 children from 10 schools across the UK will now read the six shortlisted books and vote for their favourites in each category. The two winning books will be announced live on the Blue Peter programme scheduled for World Book Day on March 6, 2014.
The award also celebrates fiction with the Best Story category, which has three titles competing for the accolade: Oliver and the Seawigs, an inventive sea adventure from another Blue Peter Book Award winner (2007) Philip Reeve and illustrator Sarah McIntyre; Whale Boy, by Nicola Davies; and Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell.
The shortlist was announced on Blue Peter today. CBBC presenter Katie Thistleton, who was on the judging panel for this year’s award, appeared along with Jeff Kinney, the author of the successful Wimpy Kid series. Diary of a Wimpy Kid was crowned the Best Children’s Book of the Past 10 Years by Blue Peter voters in a poll conducted last year.
Author Marcus Sedgwick, who was also on the judging panel, said: "Judging a book award is a very hard thing to do. With the Blue Peter Book Awards there's also the added responsibility of knowing the loyal viewers of the show are waiting for our selection."
More than 200 children from 10 schools across the UK will now read the six shortlisted books and vote for their favourites in each category. The two winning books will be announced live on the Blue Peter programme scheduled for World Book Day on March 6, 2014.
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