The Booktrust Early Years Awards, originally the Sainsbury’s Baby Book Award(s), was a set of annual literary prizes for children's picture books.
It was administered by Booktrust, an independent charity that promotes books and reading; from 1999 to 2004.
The Booktrust Early Years Awards was sponsored by the supermarket chain Sainsbury's with its last award give in 2010.
The winners in each category received £2000 with the Emerging Illustrator also receiving a specially commissioned award.
The publishers of the winning books were given awards too.