Best Children's Book of the Last Ten Years annouced

The nation’s children have voted Diary of a Wimpy Kid by American author Jeff Kinney as Blue Peter’s Best Children’s Book of the Last Ten Years, beating J K Rowling’s boy wizard to the top spot in a special online vote.
 
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the comic story of hapless Greg and his quest to survive Middle School, published in an illustrated diary format, started life online on FunBrain.com in 2004. The book has gone on to enjoy phenomenal success, both stateside and in the UK, with five additional titles now in the series and two feature films based on the books also released.
 
Young voters were asked to log on to bbc.co.uk/bluepeter to choose their favourite book from a shortlist of ten iconic titles that included Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and books by former Children’s Laureates Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake as well as comedian David Walliams.
 
South London author Gareth P Jones will also be howling with excitement to learn that his werewolf mystery The Considine Curse has triumphed to win the accolade of Blue Peter Book of the Year. His spooky novel, which features a shocking twist near the end, was up against a tale of time travel, a guide to the 2012 Olympics and a book packed full of extreme facts. Over 300 school pupils between age eight and 12 from across the UK read the four books and voted for Gareth’s as their favourite.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1)and The Considine Curse are both available from Amazon.