Usborne award winners
Usborne books have received many awards worldwide, including the prestigious UK Times Literary Supplement Award and the Royal Society Junior Prize for Science Books.
Latest awards
Parents' Choice 2011 Recommended Award Winner
Drawing, doodling and colouring
A hugely creative book with fabulous scenes to customise and colour, and doodles that can grow and grow and grow!
Highly Commended - Creative Play Awards
The Creative Play Awards are the only awards designed specifically to recognise excellence in creative play products and resources. Each product is tested by independent childcare professionals. The results highlight the best products available to enhance creative development in young children.
Baby's very first touchy-feely playbook
A delightful board book with vibrant illustrations and touchy-feely patches perfect for sharing with the very young.
Shortlisted - Right Start Best Toy Awards 2011
Children and parents road tested hundreds of books in their own homes, carefully assessing them for play value, child appeal, safety, durability and value for money. Pull-back Busy Car was awarded a Bronze Award.
Pull-back busy car book
Little children will love to pull back the little red car and watch it whiz around the four different tracks.
Shortlisted - Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2012
Shortlisted in the 'Never too young' category. This award is for the best book for babies and young children from birth to four. Even the tiniest baby is not too young to enjoy books like these! Anybody, wherever they live and whatever their age, can vote and give their opinions on the short-listed books.
Baby's very first touchy-feely getting dressed book
A delightful board book with high contrast illustrations and touchy-feely patches perfect for sharing with the very young.
Shortlisted: The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2011
This prize is awarded by The Royal Society - a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists - to a recent book that best communicates science to young people.
The story of astronomy and space
An introduction to the mysteries of space and the secrets of astronomy.
Shortlisted - Junior Design Awards 2011
The Junior Design Awards are 'the only awards that recognise excellence in style and design – and everything beautiful in a child's life.' From the chicest children's fashion labels, to the most innovative pushchairs, the most stylish interiors, the best restaurants, the handiest travel products, the most brilliant books... and much more!
Usborne book of Greek myths
A sumptuously illustrated treasury of Greek myths filled with lively retellings of stories of brave heroes, powerful gods and terrible monsters, presented in a luxury, cloth-covered hardback.
Shortlisted - Nasen Awards 2011
The Nasen Awards are about celebrating Inclusive Practice. They recognise products that support and enable young people with learning needs and/or disabilities to develop skills and knowledge.
50 things to do with your baby: 12+ months
Fifty cards with ideas for very simple games, songs, action rhymes and other fun things to do with a baby or toddler.
Shortlisted - Nasen Awards 2011
The Nasen Awards are about celebrating Inclusive Practice. They recognise products that support and enable young people with learning needs and/or disabilities to develop skills and knowledge.
50 things to do with your toddler
Fifty cards with ideas for very simple games, songs, action rhymes and other fun things to do with toddlers.
Winner - SLA Information Book Awards 2011
My Very First Art Book won the Children's Choice Award in the under 7s category.
The judges said of this book:
"A bright, cheerful and extremely inviting book with a host of practical and achievable activities related to some carefully selected art examples: the binding allows any reference page needed to stay open too."
The School Libraries Award (SLA) Information Book Award 2011 is a new prize.
My very first art book
A fantastic book filled with famous works of art accompanied by simple art activities using some of the same techniques as the artists.
Winner - US Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family 2011
For the Teachers' Choice Award, teachers who are also parents evaluate books, games, websites, electronics, and more — to choose the best tools for at-home learning.
Winner - US Parents' Choice Silver Award
Parents' Choice said of What's Science All About?: "Using a kid-proven formula of combining academic subjects with everyday stuff, this 288-page book makes high-concept science relevant."
What's science all about?
An informative guide to physics, chemistry and biology, how they work and how they apply to everyday life.
Winner - Creative Play Award 2010
The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas has won the 'Books and Teaching Resources' category in the Creative Play Awards 2010. The judges said: "A super book! There are many projects to do with children which can be done in one or two lessons. The ideas are original and instructions are easy to follow".
Complete book of art ideas
An inspiring book packed full of creative ideas for painting, drawing, sticking, colouring, ripping, rubbing, smudging, ink blotting, fingerprinting and more.
Bronze Award in the 5-7 Educator Awards 2010
The award's aim is to identify and reward excellence in educational products that have been designed for children in Key Stage 1.
Shortlisted - Booktrust Best Books for Babies 2010
That's not my tiger shortlisted in the Best Books for Babies under one year old category.
That's not my tiger
A delightful touchy-feely book with simple, repetitive text.
Shortlisted - British Book Design and Production Awards 2010
Best jacket/cover design category
Drawing, doodling and colouring
A hugely creative book with fabulous scenes to customise and colour, and doodles that can grow and grow and grow!
Highly Commended in the books category at the Right Start Best Toy Awards 2010
Noisy monsters
A simple story about noisy monsters that roar, bounce, crunch, giggle, burp, splutter, snore and whoop!
Shortlisted - Historical Association Young Quills Award for children's historical fiction
In Egyptian times
A delightful picture book that brings to life a busy day in Egypt, long ago.
Shortlisted - Sheffield 2010 Baby Book Award
The winner will be announced at an Award Ceremony at the Sheffield City Hall on Tuesday 23th November.
Baby's very first touchy-feely book
Delightful board book with high contrast illustrations and touchy-feely patches specially designed to appeal to the very young.
