The Children’s Awards were created in the first Irish Book Awards expansion of 2006 under the sponsorship of The Dublin Airport Authority. In 2011 DAA was supplanted by Ireland’s family optician Specsavers who have a strong track record of supporting books and reading in the UK (their TV Book Club on Channel 4 goes from strength to strength). The childrens’ award is split into junior and senior categories and regularly produces wonderfully deserving winners.
Previous Winners:
2011 Specsavers winners Anna Carey and Chris Judge
- 2011 The Real Rebecca by Anna Carey More >>
- 2010 Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil by Derek Landy More >>
- 2009 Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire by Derek Landy More >>
- 2008 Wilderness by Roddy Doyle More >>
- 2007 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne More >>
- 2006 The New Policeman by Kate Thompson More >>
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