The Runaway Pea by Kjartan Poskitt and illustrated by Alex Willmore was revealed as the winner of the Picture Book Award 2020 title on 6th October 2020.
In a near dead heat across all four shortlisted books, The Runaway Pea captured the attention of everyone from the 26 primary schools on the Picture Book Award project and inspired many children to produce some lovely artwork and class responses.
Due to the restrictions imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic, it was not possible to bring the 1000+ children together or to visit schools individually to gather for assemblies.
Kjartan’s and Alex’s hilarious and warm messages in the Awards Ceremony film brought much good feeling to everyone involved and supported the ethos of bringing books alive for children to help them develop a life long love of reading.
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