McKenzie (Simon & Schuster) Younger Children: The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg, illus. Bruce Ingman (Walker Books) Younger Readers: Daisy and the Trouble with Zoos by Kes Gray, illus. Nick Sharratt and Garry Parsons (Transworld) Older Readers: Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie (Simon & Schuster) 2008 Overall: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (HarperCollins) Younger Children: Penguin by Polly Dunbar (Walker) Younger Readers: Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell (Macmillan) Older Readers: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (HarperCollins) 2007 Overall: You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum! by Andy Stanton (Egmont) Younger Children: Who's in the Loo? by Jeanne Willis, illus. Adrian Reynolds (Andersen Press) Younger Readers: You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum! by Andy Stanton (Egmont) Older Readers: Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie (Simon & Schuster) 2006 Overall: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion) Younger Children: Pigs Might Fly! by Jonathan Emmett and Steve Cox (Puffin) Younger Readers: Spy Dog by Andrew Cope (Puffin) Older Readers: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion) 2005 Overall: Baby Brains by Simon James (Walker) Younger Children: Baby Brains by Simon James (Walker) Younger Readers: Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday) Older Readers: CHERUB: The Recruit by Robert Muchamore (Hodder) 2004 Overall: Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (HarperCollins) Younger Children: Billy's Bucket by Kes Gray, illus. Garry Parsons (The Bodley Head) Younger Readers: The Mum Hunt by Gwyneth Rees (Macmillan) Older Readers: Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (HarperCollins) 2003 Overall: Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz (Walker) Younger Children: Pants by Giles Andreae, illus. Nick Sharratt (David Fickling) Younger Readers: Blitzed by Robert Swindells (Doubleday) Older Readers: Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz (Walker) 2002 Overall: Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (Corgi) Younger Children: The Man Who Wore All His Clothes by Allan Ahlberg, illus. Katharine McEwen (Walker) Younger Readers: Out of the Ashes by Michael Morpurgo (Macmillan) Older Readers: Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (Corgi) 2001 Overall: East Your Peas by Kes Gray, illustrated by Nick Sharratt (The Bodley Head) Picture Book: Eat Your Peas by Kes Gray, illus. Nick Sharratt (The Bodley Head) Short Novel: Lizzie Zipmouth by Jacqueline Wilson, illus. Nick Sharratt (Corgi) Long Novel: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury) 2000 Overall: Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo, illus. Michael Foreman (Heinemann) Picture Book: Demon Teddy by Nicholas Allan (Hutchinson) Short Novel: Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo, illus. Michael Foreman (Heinemann) Long