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The structure of the Whitbread Awards changed again in 1996 when the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year became an award in its own right (ie not judged against the other four categories) for the first time, with prize money of £10,000 for the winner.
Winners
| Year |
Title |
Winning Author |
| 2001 |
The Amber Spyglass |
Pullman, Philip |
| 2000 |
Coram Boy |
Gavin, jamila |
| 1999 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Rowling, J K |
| 1998 |
Skellig |
Almond, David
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| 1997 |
Aquila |
Norriss, Andrew
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| 1996 |
The Tulip Touch |
Fine, Anne
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| 1995 |
The Wreck of the Zanzibar |
Morpurgo, Michael
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| 1994 |
Gold Dust |
McCaughrean, Geraldine
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| 1993 |
Flour Babies |
Fine, Anne
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| 1992 |
The Great Elephant Chase |
Cross, Gillian
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| 1991 |
Harvey Angell |
Hendry, Diana
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| 1990 |
AK |
Dickinson, Peter
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| 1989 |
Why Weeps the Brogan? |
Scott, Hugh
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| 1988 |
Awaiting Developments |
Allen, Judy
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| 1987 |
A Little Lower than the Angels |
McCaughrean, Geraldine
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| 1986 |
The Coal House |
Taylor, Andrew
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| 1985 |
The Nature of the Beast |
Howker, Janni
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| 1984 |
The Queen of the Pharisees' Children |
Willard, Barbara
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| 1983 |
The Witches |
Dahl, Roald
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| 1982 |
The Song of Pentecost |
Corbett, W J
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| 1981 |
The Hollow Land |
Gardam,
|
| 1980 |
John Diamond |
Garfield, Leon
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| 1979 |
Tulku |
Dickinson, Peter
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| 1978 |
The Battle of Bubble & Squeak |
Pearce, Phillipa
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| 1977 |
No End to Yesterday |
Macdonald, Shelagh
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| 1976 |
A Stitch in Time |
Lively, Penelope
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| 1974 |
How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsmen |
Blake, Quentin
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| 1974 |
How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsmen |
Hoban, Russell
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| 1973 |
The Butterfly Ball & The Grasshopper's Feast |
Plomer, William
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| 1973 |
The Butterfly Ball & The Grasshopper's Feast |
Aldridge, Alan
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| 1972 |
The Diddakoi |
Godden, Rumer
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