Peters Children's Book of the Year 2026 - Peters
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Peters Children's Book of the Year Award for 2026 celebrates
the best children's fiction and non-fiction titles published in the UK.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2026

The award highlights books in four categories: Picture Books, Junior Fiction, Teen Fiction and Non-fiction. Browse the shortlisted books in each of the four categories below. You can view the longlists here.

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Download Picture Books Shortlist poster Download Junior Fiction shortlist poster Download Non-Fiction Shortlist poster 2026 Download Teen Fiction Shortlist poster 2026

 

 

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Awards Mission

The Peters’ Children’s Book of the Year Awards are awarded annually to celebrate the best of children’s fiction and non-fiction published in the UK. The awards’ mission is to celebrate and champion the power of books to inspire children to read for pleasure, ensuring all children, regardless of background, have access to the opportunities that reading holds.

We are seeking books that provide an outstanding reading experience for children and young people, that will inspire more children to pick up a book and read.

We celebrate publishing in four categories: Picture BooksJunior FictionTeen fiction and Non-Fiction.

Read the full Awards Mission and learn more about the longlisting and shortlisting process here.

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