Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year, Junior
The Children’s Awards were created in the first Irish Book Awards expansion of 2006. The children’s awards are split into three categories: junior, senior, and from 2017, Teen & Young Adult. The junior category is aimed at readers under 8 years of age.
Previous Winners:
- 2019 123 Ireland! by Aoife Dooley
- 2018 The President’s Cat by Peter Donnelly
- 2017 A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea – Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood – Sarah Webb illustrated by Steve McCarthy
- 2016 Pigín of Howth by Kathleen Watkins & illustrated by Margaret Anne Suggs
- 2015 Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer & Oliver Jeffers
- 2014 Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
- 2013 When You Were Born by Benji Bennett
- 2012 This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers
- 2011 The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge
- 2010 On the Road with Mavis and Marge by Niamh Sharkey
- 2009 Before You Sleep by Benji Bennett
- 2008 The Story of Ireland by Brendan O’Brien
- 2007 The Incredible Book-eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
