[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-blue-peter-book-awards-2017-the-shortlist":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hooray! Today BBC's Blue Peter presented the shortlist for this year's Blue Peter Book Awards! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/162471_original-842eab9eb3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here are the winning books! You can read about the winning writers and illustrators here \u003Ca href=\"http://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/1437\">on the BookTrust website\u003C/a>, and because I'm an illustrator, special congrats from me to the people who drew the pictures! In the Best Story category: \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Adam_T_Murphy\">Adam Murphy\u003C/a> wrote and drew the \u003Ci>Lost Tales\u003C/i> comics and his wife \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/acouplecomics\">Lisa Murphy\u003C/a> coloured them, and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidwyattillustration.com/\">David Wyatt\u003C/a> drew the pictures for \u003Ci>Podkin One-Ear\u003C/i>. In the Best Book with Facts category: \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tomclohosycole\">Tom Clohosy Cole\u003C/a> illustrated \u003Ci>Destination Space\u003C/i>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/landofspike\">Spike Gerrell\u003C/a> drew the pictures for \u003Ci>Football School\u003C/i> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kerryhyndman\">Kerry Hyndman\u003C/a> illustrated \u003Ci>Survivors\u003C/i>. All amazing! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/162722_original-7b2b89df79.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here are my fellow judges, I had so much fun with them on the day. You can read more about the judging day \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/763063.html\">in this previous blog post\u003C/a>. The BookTrust website says, \u003Ci>The winners will be announced live on Blue Peter on 23 February 2017, with the winning authors and illustrators appearing on a special World Book Day episode of the show on Thursday 2 March 2017.'\u003C/i> ...Can't wait! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/162888_original-2af45b6cba.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nIf you live in the UK, for 29 more days you can watch Blue Peter again \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b084ngkm/blue-peter-epic-christmas-card-make\">here on iPlayer\u003C/a>. (The book award segment starts at the 16.30 mark.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/163300_original-30b7240eab.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/163474_original-cbc6da6cba.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/163722_original-cfcd92c04b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2016-12-01T18:33:00.000Z","blue-peter-book-awards-2017-the-shortlist",[],"blue peter book awards 2017: the shortlist!",1776628728762]