The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler has won the Children's Audio of the Year prize at the 2002 Spoken Word Award announced yesterday at a cereomony at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Other winners at the event included The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket.

Spoken Word Audio of the Year: Children’s
The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Macmillan

Category Winners

Children’s 7 & Under
The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Macmillan

Children’s Over 7
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Naxos

Unabridged Modern Fiction
The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket
Collins

Full list of Shortlisted Titles

Shortlisted titles - 7 and Under
Charlie the Champion Pony - Jenny Dale
Horrid Henry and the Secret Club - Francesca Simon
Kipper and Poly - Mick Inkpen
The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson
The Little Kipper Collection - Mick Inkpen

Shortlisted titles - 7 and Over
Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfe
Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson-Burnett

Unabridged Modern Fiction
The Ruby In The Smoke - Philip Pullman
Talking It Over - Julian Barnes
The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket