Kate Greenaway Medal
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The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in the UK in 1955 in honour of the children's illustrator, Kate Greenaway. The medal is given annually to an outstanding work of illustration in children's literature. It is awarded by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
The first award was made to Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone in 1956. The winner receives a golden medal and £500 worth of books to donate to a library of their choice.
Since 2000, the recipient of the Kate Greenaway Medal has also been presented with the Colin Mears Award to the value of £5000.
It is interesting to note that the award was not given in 1955 or 1958, since no book was considered suitable - which points to a very different era of children's illustrated literature.
Full list of winners
- 2003 Shirley Hughes, Ella's Big Chance
- 2002 Bob Graham, Pirate Diary
- 2000 Lauren Child, I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato
- 1999 Helen Oxenbury, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- 1998 Helen Cooper, Pumpkin Soup
- 1997 P. J. Lynch, When Jessie Came Across the Sea
- 1996 Helen Cooper, The Baby Who Wouldn't Go To Bed
- 1995 P. J. Lynch, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
- 1994 Gregory Rogers, Way Home
- 1993 Alan Lee, Black Ships Before Troy
- 1992 Anthony Browne, Zoo
- 1991 Janet Ahlberg, The Jolly Christmas Postman
- 1990 Gary Blythe, The Whales' Song
- 1989 Michael Foreman, War Boy: a Country Childhood
- 1988 Barbara Firth, Can't You Sleep Little Bear?
- 1987 Adrienne Kennaway, Crafty Chameleon
- 1986 Fiona French, Snow White in New York
- 1985 Juan Wijngaard, Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
- 1984 Errol Le Cain, Hiawatha's Childhood
- 1983 Anthony Browne, Gorilla
- 1982 Michael Foreman, Long Neck and Thunder Foot and Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
- 1981 Charles Keeping, The Highwayman
- 1980 Quentin Blake, Mr Magnolia
- 1979 Jan Pienkowski, The Haunted House
- 1978 Janet Ahlberg, Each Peach Pear Plum
- 1977 Shirley Hughes, Dogger
- 1976 Gail E. Haley, The Post Office Cat
- 1975 Victor Ambrus, Horses in Battle and Mishka
- 1974 Pat Hutchins, The Wind Blew
- 1973 Raymond Briggs, Father Christmas
- 1972 Krystyna Turska, The Woodcutter's Duck
- 1971 Jan Pienkowski, The Kingdom under the Sea
- 1970 John Burningham, Mr Gumpy's Outing
- 1969 Helen Oxenbury, The Quangle Wangle's hat and The Dragon of an Ordinary Family
- 1968 Pauline Baynes, Dictionary of Chivalry
- 1967 Charles Keeping, Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary
- 1966 Raymond Briggs, Mother Goose Treasury
- 1965 Victor Ambrus, The Three Poor Tailors
- 1964 C. W. Hodges, Shakespeare's Theatre
- 1963 John Burningham, Borka: the Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers
- 1962 Brian Wildsmith, A.B.C
- 1961 Antony Maitland, Mrs. Cockle's Cat
- 1960 Gerald Rose, Old Winkle and the Seagulls
- 1959 William Stobbs, Kashtanka and A Bundle of Ballads
- 1958 Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
- 1957 V. H. Drummond, Mrs Easter and the Storks
- 1956 Edward Ardizzone, Tim All Alone
- 1955 Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
See also
External links
- Kate Greenaway Medal Official Site and Archives (http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/)