Peters Children's Book of the Year 2025 - Peters
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Peters Children's Book of the Year Award for 2025 celebrates
the best children's fiction and non-fiction titles published in the UK.

 

OVERALL WINNER OF PETERS CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025

 Big bad wolf investigates fairy tales by Catherine Cawthorne and Sara Oglivie 

 

CATEGORY WINNERS OF 2025

 

 PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER 
A wild walk to school by Rebecca Cobb

 JOINT JUNIOR FICTION OF THE YEAR WINNER 
I am Wolf by Alastair Chisholm

 JOINT JUNIOR FICTION OF THE YEAR WINNER 
The wrong shoes by Tom Percival

 TEEN FICTION OF THE YEAR WINNER 
Northern Soul by Phil Earle

 NON-FICTION OF THE YEAR WINNER 
Big bad wolf investigates fairy tales 
by Catherine Cawthorne and Sara Oglivie

 

Find out more about this year's winners over on our blog! 🌟 

Browse all the shortlisted books in Picture Books, Junior Fiction, Teen Fiction, and Non-fiction below.

Shortlist: Junior Fiction

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Shortlist: Teen Fiction

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Free discussion resources

Perfect for book clubs and group reading! All 56 titles have a Book Talk card featuring discussion prompts, story themes, and suggested further reading to inspire conversation about the shortlists.

View PCBOTY Book Talk cards.

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