# @thebookerprizes on YouTube - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=JlxCDEri9vM - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64750527-thebookerprizes-youtube - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7a951931f6.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-04-27T22:40:42.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** The Booker Prizes (@thebookerprizes) — https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes ## Caption We're looking for three kids to join us on the judging panel for the first ever Children's Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation. If your child is between eight and 12 years old and loves reading, enter our competition before 2 June 2026. Just visit: thebookerprizes.com/children The adult judging panel for the Children’s Booker Prize 2027 includes the current Waterstones Children's Laureate, multi-award-winning children’s book author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce as Chair of judges, as well as acclaimed actor, writer and comedian Lolly Adefope and award-winning children’s bookseller and owner of the Children’s Bookshop in Muswell Hill, Sanchita Basu De Sarkar. Uniquely, this prize will be judged by a mixed panel of adult and child judges. Frank, Lolly and Sanchita will select a shortlist of eight books to be announced on 24 November 2026, and three child judges will join the adults in choosing the winning book, to be announced on 2 February 2027. This competition is open to children aged eight to 12 years old, who live in the UK. 00:00 When you read a book and really enjoy it... 00:16 Meet Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Chair of judges for the Children's Booker Prize 2027 00:33 What is the Children's Booker Prize? 00:52 Who can apply to be a child judge? 01:23 What do the child judges have to do? 01:50 Who are the other adult judges? 02:12 Is there going to be a big party? 02:29 How to apply to be a child judge This video was filmed at The Hive, the OnSide Youth Zone on the Wirral, where children brought along a book they liked and told us why they love reading. --- The Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation, is the first prize for children’s fiction from the charity that awards the prestigious Booker Prize and International Booker Prize. The Booker Prizes have rewarded and celebrated world-class talent for over 55 years, helping to shape the canon of 20th and 21st century literature, transforming the careers of writers and building a global community of readers. The Children’s Booker Prize is the first major new prize from the Foundation in two decades, since the launch of the International Booker Prize in 2005. The Children’s Booker Prize, which will launch in 2026 and be awarded annually from 2027, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland. The aim of the prize is to engage and grow a new generation of readers by recognising and championing the best children’s fiction from writers around the world. Their nominated works will join almost 700 books in the Booker Library. The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizes The Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizes The Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizes The Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes #BookerPrize #ChildrensBookerPrize #ReadingCommunity #ChildrensBooks ## Stats - **Views:** 3,748 - **Likes:** 53 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 0 ## Credits | Name | Username | Profile | Role | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Booker Prizes | @thebookerprizes | https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes | Awards Organization | ## Tags bookerprize, childrensbookerprize, readingcommunity, childrensbooks --- Copyright (c) Gondola