Huw Aaron's 'Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob' Wins 2026 Waterstones Children's Book Prize Overall Award

Welsh author and cartoonist Huw Aaron won the overall 2026 Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob (Puffin), a rhyming bedtime story featuring classic monsters. It is the second consecutive year a picture book has taken the overall prize. Aaron made history as the first author shortlisted for two different titles in the same year — the winning picture book and graphic novel Unfairies (Puffin) in the Younger Readers category. The book will be Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for April 2026. Aaron receives a £5,000 cash prize. Other category winners: Janeen Hayat (Younger Readers) and SF Williamson (Older Readers).