December 01, 2025
The Booker Prize Foundation, the organisation that awards the famous International Booker Prize, has revealed the introduction of a new prize called the Children’s Booker Prize. This award will honour outstanding fiction catering to children in the age bracket of eight to 12 years and the announcement of its first winner will be made in 2027. Three children will be included in the panel that will decide the winner of the £50,000 prize.
DID YOU KNOW?
British author PH Newby’s book titled ‘Something to Answer For’ was the first book to be awarded the Booker Prize in 1969.
ACTIVITY: The Best Children’s Books
If you were to award 5 children’s books, which books would you choose?
