booktrust Competitions

Celebrate this year’s outstanding new writers for children with these seven magnificent books! We’re giving you the chance to win all seven books shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award, celebrating outstanding books from new writers for children.

Young readers will instantly fall in love with Buzz and his hilarious antics. Featuring accessible text and plenty of humour, this series is a brilliant choice for newly independent readers looking for a delightful animal story with a gentle message about being true to yourself.

We’re giving you the chance to win these four fabulous books by Eve Ainsworth. Perfect for young football fans and dyslexia-friendly, too!

Explore some inspiring careers through the eyes of young characters in these colourful picture books

Your chance to win five fantastic books in the Julius Zebra series, plus a funny graphic novel about pets with superpowers!

You could win signed copies of all four books in this hilarious series by Tom Vaughan – including the latest adventure Hercules VS the Minotaur! With a generous smattering of Greek mythology, these laugh-out-loud tales explore friendship, love and the journey to discover your own strengths, with a perfect mix of humour and tenderness.

We’re giving you the chance to win this thrilling fantasy adventure trilogy by Megan Hopkins. To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the question below and leave your details before the closing date of 11pm on Thursday 30th April. Good luck!

To celebrate 10 years of Little People, Big Dreams, we’re giving you the chance to win 10 brilliant books from this best-selling biography series. Discover the lives of key figures from throughout history, from creatives and activists to scientists and explorers. Told as a story, with a facts and photos section at the back, every story begins with that person as a small child.

Win a set of Celebrations and Festivals books. Enter for a chance to win a brilliant bundle of books about important dates in the world’s calendar!

We’re very excited about the brilliant books nominated for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize this year – and now we’re giving you the chance to win one of the shortlists! You could get your hands on either the Illustrated Books nominees or the books in the running for the Younger Readers award.

Win a set of four books in this charming series by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre, featuring daring mice on exciting adventures.

Enter for a chance to win books about love and kindness, from the creator of The Gruffalo! Your chance to win Love – a joyful new board book about love and kindness from international bestselling illustrator Axel Scheffler, the creator of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog. With warm text and playful animal characters, Love shows us that sharing love and kindness is easy and fun – and makes our world a better place.