# Booktrust Early Years Award

The Booktrust Early Years Awards, originally the Sainsbury’s Baby Book Award(s), was a set of annual literary prizes for children's picture books. It was administered by Booktrust, an independent charity that promotes books and reading; from 1999 to 2004. The Booktrust Early Years Awards was sponsored by the supermarket chain Sainsbury's with its last award give in 2010.
As of 2005 there were three categories: the Baby Book Award, the Pre-School Award, and the Best Emerging Illustrator Award. The winners in each category received £2000 with the Emerging Illustrator also receiving a specially commissioned award. The publishers of the winning books were given awards too.

## Honorees

Booktrust Early Years Award winners and shortlists :
| Year | Category | Author/Illustrator | Title | Publisher | Result |
| 1999 | N/A | Helen Oxenbury | Tickle, Tickle | Walker Books | Winner |
| 1999 | N/A | Steve Bland | Woof! | Macmillan Children's Books | Shortlist |
| 1999 | N/A | Lucy Cousins | Humpty Dumpty and Other Nursery Rhymes | Macmillan Children's Books | Shortlist |
| 1999 | N/A | Debbie MacKinnon and Anthea Sieveking | Find My Cake! | Frances Lincoln | Shortlist |
| 1999 | N/A | Jan Ormerod | Peek-a-Boo! | Dutton Children's Books | Shortlist |
| 1999 | N/A | Nick Sharratt | A Bear with a Pear | Macmillan Children's Books | Shortlist |
| 2000 | N/A | Alex Ayliffe | Boo Barney | Orchard Books | Winner |
| 2001 | N/A | Sandra Lousada | Baby Faces | Baby Campbell | Winner |
| 2001 | N/A | Debi Gliori | Where, Oh Where, is Baby Bear? | Little Orchard | Shortlist |
| 2001 | N/A | Annie Kubler | If You're Happy and You Know It... | Child's Play | Shortlist |
| 2001 | N/A | Jo Lodge | Baby's Very First Book: Farm | Baby Campbell | Shortlist |
| 2001 | N/A | Mandy Ross and Kate Merritt | Peekaboo Baby! | Ladybird | Shortlist |
| 2001 | N/A | Nicola Smee | Sleepyhead | Baby Campbell | Shortlist |
| 2002 | N/A | Annie Kubler | Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes | Child's Play | Winner |
| 2003 | N/A | Sam Lloyd | Happy Dog, Sad Dog | Little Tiger Press | Winner |
| 2003 | N/A | Lara Jones | Goodnight, Poppy Cat | Campbell Books | Shortlist |
| 2003 | N/A | Roger Priddy | Baby Activity Centre | Priddy Books | Shortlist |
| 2003 | N/A | DK Team | Baby Fun: Five in the Bed | Dorling Kindersley | Shortlist |
| 2003 | N/A | Fiona Watt and Rachel Wells | That's Not My Bear | Usborne Publishing | Shortlist |
| 2003 | N/A | Amanda Wood and Fiona Macmillan | Baby Boo! | Templar | Shortlist |
| 2004 | Baby Book | David Ellwand and Mike Jolley | I Love You! | Templar | Winner |
| 2004 | New Illustrator | Polly Horner | Polly and the North Star | Orion | Winner |
| 2004 | Pre-School | Julia Donaldson, illus. by Axel Scheffler | The Snail and the Whale | Macmillan Children's Books | Winner |
| 2005 | Baby Book | Lara Jones | Poppy Cat's Farm | Campbell Books | Winner |
| 2005 | Baby Book | John Butler | Can You Cuddle Like a Koala? | Little Orchard | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Baby Book | Tony Maddox | Not So Loud, Oliver! | Little Orchard | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Baby Book | Joanne Partis | Look at Me! | Chrysalis Books | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Baby Book | Nicola Smee | No Bed Without Ted | Bloomsbury | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Baby Book | DK Team | Bathtime Peekaboo! | Dorling Kindersley | Shortlist |
| 2005 | New Illustrator | Kanako Usui | The Fantastic Mr Wani | Little Tiger Press | Winner |
| 2005 | New Illustrator | Heather Allen, written by Alec Sillifant | Little Green Monsters | Meadowside | Shortlist |
| 2005 | New Illustrator | Uwe Mayer, written by Rachel Elliot | Eric the Liontamer | Meadowside | Shortlist |
| 2005 | New Illustrator | Rob Scotton | Russell the Sheep | HarperCollins Children's | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Pre-School | Jack Tickle | The Very Dizzy Dinosaur | Little Tiger Press | Winner |
| 2005 | Pre-School | Jez Alborough | Duck's Key Where Can it be? | HarperCollins Children's | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Pre-School | Caroline Jayne Church | Pond Goose | Oxford University Press | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Pre-School | Atsuko Morozumi | My Friend Gorilla | Mathew Price Books | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Pre-School | Jan Ormerod and Lindsey Gardiner | Doing the Animal Bop | Oxford University Press | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Pre-School | Kaye Umansky and Chris Fisher | A Chair for Baby Bear | Oxford University Press | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Mandy Stanley | How Do You Feel? | HarperCollins Children's | Winner |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Marie Birkinshaw and Kate Merritt | Night, Night, Baby | Ladybird | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Kathy Henderson and Paul Howard | Look at You! | Walker Books | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Annie Kubler | Peek-a-Boo! | Child’s Play | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Luana Rinaldo | Clackety-Clacks: Bee | Campbell Books | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Fiona Watt and Catherine-Anne MacKinnon | Sleepy Baby | Usborne | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Emerging Illustrator | Catherine Rayner | Augustus and His Smile | Little Tiger Press | Winner |
| 2006 | Emerging Illustrator | Sebastien Braun | I Love My Mummy | Boxer Books | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Emerging Illustrator | Petra Brown, written by Beth Shoshan | If Big Can... I Can | Meadowside | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Emerging Illustrator | Natalie Chivers, written by Peter Dixon | Dad’s Bug Bear | Red Fox | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Pre-School | Sam Lloyd | Mr. Pusskins | Orchard Books | Winner |
| 2006 | Pre-School | Jonathan Allen | I'm Not Cute! | Boxer Books | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Pre-School | Nick Butterworth | Tiger | HarperCollins Children's | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Pre-School | Emma Dodd | What Pet to Get? | Templar Publishing | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Pre-School | Emily Gravett | Orange Pear Apple Bear | Macmillan Children's Books | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Pre-School | Oliver Jeffers | Lost and Found | HarperCollins Children's | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Jess Stockham | Tucking In! | Child's Play | Winner |
| 2006 | Baby Book | David McKee | Elmer’s First Counting Book | Andersen Press | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Justine Smith and Fiona Land | Baby Touch: Noisy Book | Ladybird | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Justine Smith and Fiona Land | Baby Touch: Peekaboo Book | Ladybird | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Jess Stockham | Looking Good! | Child’s Play | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Baby Book | Miriam Stoppard | Happy Baby | Dorling Kindersley | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Emerging Illustrator | Emily Gravett | Monkey and Me | Macmillan Children's Books | Winner |
| 2007 | Emerging Illustrator | Jason Chapman | Ted, Bo and Diz: The First Adventure | Little Tiger Press | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Emerging Illustrator | Viviane Schwarz | Timothy and the Strong Pyjamas | Alison Green Books | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Emerging Illustrator | Anna Wadham, written by Andrew Fusek Peters | The Andrew Fusek Peters | Child’s Play | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Pre-School | Polly Dunbar | Penguin | Walker Books | Winner |
| 2007 | Pre-School | Mara Bergman and Nick Maland | Oliver Who Would Not Sleep | Hodder Children’s Books | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Pre-School | Emma Chichester Clark | Eliza and the Moonchild | Andersen Press | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Pre-School | Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton | That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown | Orchard Books | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Pre-School | Joel Stewart | Dexter Bexley and his Big Blue Beastie | Doubleday | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Pre-School | Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross | Grill Pan Eddy | Andersen Press | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Baby Book | Georgie Birkett | Is This My Nose? | Red Fox | Winner |
| 2008 | Baby Book | Angela Brooksbank | Baby's Very First Book: Day | Campbell Books | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Baby Book | Emily Hawkins and Emma Dodd | Amazing Baby: Rainbow Fun! | Templar | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Baby Book | Dawn Sirett and Rachael Parfitt | Baby Loves Peekaboo! | Dorling Kindersley | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Baby Book | Justine Smith and Fiona Land | Baby Touch: Playtime Book and DVD | Ladybird | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Baby Book | Tim Warnes and Jane Chapman | Daddy Hug | HarperCollins Children's | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Emerging Illustrator | Tim Hopgood | Here Comes Frankie! | Macmillan Children's Books | Winner |
| 2008 | Emerging Illustrator | Victoria Ball | That Yucky Love Thing | Gullane Children's Books | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Emerging Illustrator | Joe Berger | Bridget Fidget | Puffin Books | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Emerging Illustrator | Gwen Millward | The Bog Baby | Puffin Books | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Emerging Illustrator | Alex T. Smith | Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero | Scholastic Children's Books | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Emerging Illustrator | Vicky White | Ape | Walker Books | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Pre-School | Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward | The Bog Baby | Puffin Books | Winner |
| 2008 | Pre-School | David Bedford and Russell Julian | It's a George Thing! | Egmont Books | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Pre-School | Andy Cutbill and Russell Ayto | The Cow That Laid an Egg | HarperCollins Children's | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Pre-School | Joanna Harrison | Grizzly Dad | David Fickling Books | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Pre-School | Chris Riddell | Wendel's Workshop | Macmillan Children's Books | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Pre-School | Jeanne Willis and Garry Parsons | There's An Ouch in My Pouch! | Puffin Books | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Baby Book | Ed Vere | Chick | Puffin Books | Winner |
| 2009 | Emerging Illustrator | Katie Cleminson | Box of Tricks | Jonathan Cape | Winner |
| 2009 | Pre-School | Mara Bergman and Nick Maland | Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide | Hodder Children's Books | Winner |
| 2010 | Baby Book | Giles Andreae | I Love My Mummy | Orchard Books | Winner |
| 2010 | Emerging Illustrator | Levi Pinfold | The Django | Templar | Winner |
| 2010 | Pre-School | Chris Wormell | One Smart Fish | Red Fox | Winner |