Kate Greenaway Medal
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| 2000 1990 | Description of the Award |
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What is the Kate Greenaway Medal? The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded annually to an artist for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year. It is considered the top British award for children's book illustrations. Often compared to the Caldecott Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal differs in that the work does not have to be a children's picture book.
Who decides the winner? The Youth Libraries Group of the Library Association was responsible for administration of this award until 1997. In 2002, a new organization was formed by the unification of the Institute of Information Scientists and the Library Association and was named CILIP (the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.) CILIP currently administers the Kate Greenaway Medal; and the Youth Libraries Group, one of CILIP's Special Interest Groups, organizes the selection process. This selection process begins with nominations received in February for books published in the preceding year.
When did the award begin? The Kate Greenaway Medal was established by the Library Association in 1955. A major reason for beginning this award was that in 1954, the Carnegie Medal judges awarded a special commendation for illustration to Harold Jones for his illustrations in Lavender's Blue. Winners are listed by the year the book was published. The medal is presented to the winner the following July.
What special criteria are used to select this award? The book must be published originally for children or young people in the United Kingdom. The illustrations must be of outstanding artistic quality while the whole work should provide a pleasing and satisfying visual experience. The text must be in English, or if it is a dual language publication, one language must be English. Images and text must be consistent and relate well to each other.
Why is it called the Kate Greenaway Medal? Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) was an English artist, illustrator and writer of children's verse. She portrayed children romping in petticoats and fancy dresses. She was a prolific illustrator whose illustrations appeared not only in children's books, but also on greeting cards, calendars and gift wrapping paper.
What does the award look like? Prior to 2000, the winner received a gold medal and £500 worth of books to donate to a library. In 2000, Colin Mears, an accountant and children's book collector, left a bequest to provide every Kate Greenaway winner with £5000 (about $7500) as well as the coveted Kate Greenaway Medal.
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Winner in bold. HC for Highly Commended; C for Commended
| YEAR | ILLUSTRATOR | TITLE (Curriculum Lab Call Number) |
| 2004 awarded 2005 | Riddell, Chris | JONATHAN SWIFT'S "GULLIVER" (J J52gu) |
| 2003 awarded 2004 | Hughes, Shirley | ELLA'S BIG CHANCE (JPB Hughes) |
| 2002 awarded 2003 | Graham, Bob | JETHRO BYRDE--FAIRY CHILD (JPB Graham) |
| C | Child, Lauren | THAT PESKY RAT |
| 2001 awarded 2002 | Riddell, Chris | PIRATE DIARY (J P719pi) |
| HC | Alborough, Jez | FIX-IT-DUCK |
| HC | Fuge, Charles | SOMETIMES I LIKE TO CURL UP IN A BALL |
| 2000 awarded 2001 | Child, Lauren | I WILL NOT EVER NEVER EAT A TOMATO |
| HC | Browne, Anthony | WILLY'S PICTURES |
| C | Dewan, Ted | CRISPIN: THE PIG WHO HAD IT ALL |
| 1999 awarded 2000 | Oxenbury, Helen | ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND |
| HC | Child, Lauren | CLARICE BEAN, THAT'S ME! |
| Riddell, Chris | CASTLE DIARY (J P716ca) | |
| C | Hawkes, Kevin | WESLANDIA (JPB Fleischman) |
| 1998 awarded 1999 | Cooper, Helen | PUMPKIN SOUP |
| HC | Hughes, Shirley | LION & THE UNICORN |
| Simmons, Jane | COME ON DAISY! | |
| 1997 awarded 1998 | Lynch, P.J. | WHEN JESSIE CAME ACROSS THE SEA |
| HC | Voake, Charlotte | GINGER (JPB Voake) |
| Graham, Bob | QUEENIE THE BANTAM | |
| 1996 awarded 1997 | Cooper, Helen | BABY WHO WOULDN'T GO TO BED |
| HC | Binch, Caroline | DOWN BY THE RIVER |
| C | Balit, Christina | ISHTAR AND TAMMUZ: A BABYLONIAN MYTH OF THE SEASONS |
| 1995 awarded 1996 | Lynch, P.J. | CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHAN TOOMEY |
| HC | Benson, Patrick | LITTLE BOAT |
| C | Blake, Quentin | CLOWN |
| 1994 awarded 1995 | Rogers, Gregory | WAY HOME |
| HC | Oxenbury, Helen | SO MUCH |
| C | Riddell, Chris | SOMETHING ELSE |
| 1993 awarded 1994 | Lee, Alan | BLACK SHIPS BEFORE TROY (YP 883 S965bl) |
| HC | Oxenbury, Helen | THREE LITTLE WOLVES AND THE BIG BAD PIG |
| C | Foreman, Michael | WAR GAME |
| 1992 awarded 1993 | Browne, Anthony | ZOO (JPB Browne) |
| HC | Barton, Jill | PIG IN THE POND |
| Binch, Caroline | HUE BOY | |
| 1991 awarded 1992 | Ahlberg, Janet | JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN (JPB Ahlberg) |
| HC | Oxenbury, Helen | FARMER DUCK (JPB Waddell) |
| C | Binch, Caroline | AMAZING GRACE (JPB Hoffman) |
| 1990 awarded 1991 | Blythe, Gary | WHALE'S SONG (JPB Sheldon) |
| HC | Ross, Tony | DR. XARGLE'S BOOK OF EARTH TIGGERS |
| C | Bayley, Nicola | MOUSEHOLE CAT (JPB Barber) |
| Innocenti, Roberto | CHRISTMAS CAROL (J D548ch) | |
| 1989 awarded 1990 | Foreman, Michael | WAR BOY |
| HC | Oxenbury, Helen | WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT (JPB Rosen) |
| 1988 awarded 1989 | Firth, Barbara | CAN'T YOU SLEEP, LITTLE BEAR (JPB Waddell) |
| HC | Browne, Anthony | ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND |
| Innocenti, Roberto | ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO (J C714ad) | |
| Lee, Alan | MERLIN DREAMS | |
| C | Dale, Penny | WAKE UP MR B. |
| Brown, Ruth | LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD | |
| 1987 awarded 1988 | Kennaway, Adrienne | CRAFTY CHAMELEON (JPB Hadithi) |
| C | Cole, Babette | PRINCE CINDERS |
| Le Cain, Errol | ENCHANTER'S DAUGHTER (JPB Barber) | |
| Murphy, Jill | ALL IN ONE PIECE | |
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1986 awarded 1987 |
French, Fiona | SNOW WHITE IN NEW YORK (JPB French) |
| HC | Ormerod, Jan | HAPPY CHRISTMAS GEMMA |
| C | Ahlberg, Janet | JOLLY POSTMAN |
| Bouma, Paddy | ARE WE NEARLY THERE? | |
| Cole, Babette | PRINCESS SMARTYPANTS | |
| Pragoff, Fiona | HOW MANY? | |
| Ross, Tony | I WANT MY POTTY | |
| 1985 awarded 1986 | Wijngaard, Juan | SIR GAWAIN AND THE LOATHLY LADY (YP 398.22 H358si) |
| C | McClure, Gillian | TOG THE RIBBER OR GRANNY'S TALE |
| Foreman, Michael | SEASONS OF SPLENDOUR (YP 294.513 J23se) | |
| 1984 awarded 1985 | Le Cain, Errol | HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD (J 811.3 H623hi) |
| 1983 awarded 1984 | Browne, Anthony | GORILLA (JPB Browne) |
| C | Bang, Molly | TEN, NINE, EIGHT (JPB Bang) |
| Maris, Ron | MY BOOK | |
| Foreman, Michael | SAGA OF ERIK THE VIKING | |
| 1982 awarded 1983 | Foreman, Michael | LONG NECK AND THUNDERFOOT; SLEEPING BEAUTY AND OTHER FAIRY TALES |
| HC | Oakley, Graham | CHURCH MICE IN ACTION (JPB Oakley) |
| C | Ahlberg, Janet | BABY'S CATALOGUE |
| 1981 awarded 1982 | Keeping, Charles | HIGHWAYMAN |
| HC | Ormerod, Jan | SUNSHINE |
| C | Bayley, Nicola | PATCHWORK CAT |
| 1980 awarded 1981 | Blake, Quentin | MR. MAGNOLIA |
| HC | Foreman, Michael | CITY OF GOLD |
| C | Cook, Beryl | SEVEN YEARS AND A DAY |
| Murphy, Jill | PEACE AT LAST | |
| 1979 awarded 1980 | Pienkowski, Jan | HAUNTED HOUSE |
| HC | Blake, Quentin | WILD WASHERWOMEN |
| C | Hutchins, Pat | ONE EYED JAKE |
| 1978 awarded 1979 | Ahlberg, Janet | EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM |
| HC | Briggs, Raymond | SNOWMAN (JPB Briggs) |
| C | Foreman, Michael | POPULAR FOLK TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM (J 398.2109 G864b) |
| Le Cain, Errol | TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES (J 398.21 T971) | |
| 1977 awarded 1978 | Hughes, Shirley | DOGGER (JPB Hughes) |
| C | Ahlberg, Janet | BURGLAR BILL |
| Rayner, Mary | GARTH PIG AND THE ICE CREAM LADY | |
| 1976 awarded 1977 | Haley, Gail | POST OFFICE CAT |
| HC | Oakley, Graham | CHURCH MICE ADRIFT |
| Troughton, Joanna | HOW THE BIRDS CHANGED THEIR FEATHERS | |
| Roffey, Maureen | TINKER, TAYLOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR | |
| 1975 awarded 1976 | Ambrus, Victor | HORSES IN BATTLE |
| Ambrus, Victor | MISHKA | |
| C | Le Cain, Errol | THORN ROSE |
| Hughes, Shirley | HELPERS | |
| 1974 awarded 1975 | Hutchins, Pat | WIND BLEW (JPB Hutchins) |
| HC | Keeping, Charles | RAILWAY PASSAGE |
| C | Anno, Mitsumasa | ANNO'S ALPHABET |
| 1973 awarded 1974 | Briggs, Raymond | FATHER CHRISTMAS (JPB Briggs) |
| C | French, Fiona | KING TREE |
| Lloyd, Errol | MY BROTHER SEAN | |
| 1972 awarded 1973 | Turska, Krystyna | WOODCUTTER'S DUCK (JPB Turska) |
| C | Barker, Carol | KING MIDAS AND THE GOLDEN TOUCH |
| Baynes, Pauline | SNAIL AND CATERPILLAR | |
| Maitland, Antony | GHOST DOWNSTAIRS | |
| 1971 awarded 1972 | Peinkowski, Jan | KINGDOM UNDER THE SEA, AND OTHER STORIES |
| C | Ambrus, Victor | SULTAN'S BATH (JPB Ambrus) |
| Wildsmith, Brian | OWL AND THE WOODPECKER | |
| 1970 awarded 1971 | Burningham, John | MR. GUMPY'S OUTING (JPB Burningham) |
| C | Keeping, Charles | GOD BENEATH THE SEA |
| Pienkowski, Jan | GOLDEN BIRD (J B857g) | |
| Turska, Krystyna | PEGASUS | |
| 1969 awarded 1970 | Oxenbury, Helen | QUANGLE WANGLE'S HAT |
| Oxenbury, Helen | DRAGON OF AN ORDINARY FAMILY | |
| Honor | Le Cain, Errol | CABBAGE PRINCESS |
| keeping, Charles | JOSEPH'S YARD | |
| 1968 awarded 1969 | Baynes, Pauline | DICTIONARY OF CHIVALRY (REF 394.703 U19d) |
| Honor | Hughes, Shirley | FLUTES AND CYMBALS: POETRY FOR THE YOUNG |
| Papas, William | LETTER FROM INDIA | |
| Papas, William | LETTER FROM ISRAEL | |
| Chapman, Gaynor | LUCK CHILD | |
| Papas, William | TARESH THE TEA PLANTER | |
| 1967 awarded 1968 | Keeping, Charles | CHARLEY, CHARLOTTE AND THE GOLDEN CANARY |
| C | Wildsmith, Brian | BIRDS |
| Papas, William | CHURCH | |
| Papas, William | NO MULES | |
| 1966 awarded 1967 | Briggs, Raymond | MOTHER GOOSE TREASURY (J 398.8 M918b3) |
| C | Roberts, Doreen | STORY OF SAUL |
| 1965 awarded 1966 | Ambrus, Victor | THREE POOR TAILORS |
| 1964 awarded 1965 | Hodges, C. Walter | SHAKESPEARE'S THEATRE (J 792 H688s) |
| C | Briggs, Raymond | FE FI FO FUM |
| Ambrus, Victor | for work in general | |
| Papas, William | for work in general | |
| 1963 awarded 1964 | Burningham, John | BORKA, THE ADVENTURES OF A GOOSE WITH NO FEATHERS |
| C | Wildsmith, Brian | LION AND THE RAT, A FABLE OF LA FONTAINE |
| Wildsmith, Brian | OXFORD BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN (J 821.08 )983b) | |
| Ambrus, Victor | ROYAL NAVY | |
| Ambrus, Victor | TIME OF TRIAL (J B974t) | |
| 1962 awarded 1963 | Wildsmith, Brian | A.B.C. (JPB Wildsmith) |
| C | Barker, Carol | ACHILLES THE DONKEY |
| 1961 awarded 1962 | Maitland, Antony | MRS. COCKLE'S CAT |
| 1960 awarded 1961 | Rose, Gerald | OLD WINKLE AND THE SEAGULLS |
| 1959 awarded 1960 | Stobbs, William | KASHTANKA |
| Stobbs, William | BUNDLE OF BALLADS | |
| C | Ardizzone, Edward | TITUS IN TROUBLE |
| Rose, Gerald | WUFFLES GOES TO TOWN | |
| 1958 | No Award | |
| 1957 awarded 1958 | Drummond, V.H. | MRS. EASTER AND THE STORKS |
| 1956 awarded 1957 | Ardizzone, Edward | TIM ALL ALONE (JPB Ardizzone) |
| 1955 | No Award |
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