Elsewhere The Gruffalo, a BBC co-production based on Julia Donaldson's popular children's book, gets a nomination for best animated short.
Author Julia Donaldson, who is best known for The Gruffalo and was appointed the new Children's Laureate earlier this week, received the same honour.
Julia Donaldson, Jacqueline Wilson, Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon and the authors behind the Rainbow Magic series, all clocked up more than a million loans last year.
Thomas Hardy, Dickens and Tolstoy all figure in the list, alongside books for very young children like The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson, and Eric Carle's early years counting book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
As the directors of Edinburgh's festivals returned to their day jobs, it was the turn of Children's laureate Julia Donaldson and three of her best-known illustrators to take to the Book Festival spotlight.
Other Smarties winners were Julia Donaldson and Azel Scheffler for The Gruffalo in the five and under category, and Snow White and the Seven Aliens by Laurence Anholt and Arthur Robins in the six to eight year-olds category.
The rhyming narrative of Julia Donaldson has made for a string of best-selling children's books, some of which have been adapted for the stage - the latest of which is Stick Man, which is at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich as part of a national tour.
In the picture book category, Rebecca Cobb - who has illustrated books by The Gruffalo creator, Julia Donaldson - has been shortlisted for Lunchtime, while Chris Haughton features for a second year running with Oh No George, about a dog who tries very hard to be well-behaved.
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Donaldson was quick to reassure audiences that Drawing Julia was neither a narcissistic comment, nor a life drawing class, but a chance to chat about how some of her best-known books were brought to life through the efforts of Axel Scheffler, Nick Sharratt and David Roberts.
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