Blue Peter Book Awards 2022 winners

As voted for by primary school children across the UK, these are the winners of the Blue Peter Book Award 2022.

The Last Bear by Hannah Gold, illustrated by Levi Penfold, and Invented by Animals by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Adam Hayes, have been announced as the winners of the Blue Peter Book Awards 2022! The awards are now in their 21st year.

Blue Peter Book Awards 2022: Best Story

Winner: The Last Bear
The story of a special relationship between a child and a polar bear will help inspire young readers to realise that they can make a difference in the battle against climate change. When April arrives on Bear Island in the Arctic Circle where she will live for the summer, she discovers a bear - the last bear on the island...

Blue Peter Book Awards 2022: Best Book With Facts

Winner: Invented by Animals
Often human scientists try and solve a problem or invent a new tool but realise that animals have already invented it for them. Invented by Animals explores some of the 'animal inventors' who have developed special skills that we humans have borrowed to help our own inventions.