Kate Greenaway Medal
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The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in 1956. It is presented annually by the Youth Libraries Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals for the most distinguished work in the illustration of children’s books published in the United Kingdom.
See the Kate Greenaway Medal homepage for more information.
2007 was the 50th anniversary of the Greenaway (and the 70th of the Carnegie). There was a anniversary Top Ten online poll competition to name the Carnegie and Greenaway Award winners of all time. Shirley Hughes won the Greenaway of Greenaways for Dogger. Dogger polled 26% of the votes, just beating off competition from Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s Each Peach Pear Plum, which polled 25%.
- 2011
- FArTHER Grahame Baker-Smith
- 2010
- Harry & Hopper Freya Blackwood; text by Margaret Wild
- 2009
Harris finds his feet Catherine Rayner- 2008
- Little Mouse’s big book of fears Emily Gravett
- 2007
- The adventures of the dish and the spoon Mini Grey
- 2005 (awarded in 2006)
- Wolves Emily Gravett
- 2004
- Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver Chris Riddell; text by Martin Jenkins
- 2003
- Ella’s big chance Shirley Hughes
- 2002
- Jethro Byrde - fairy child Bob Graham
- 2001
- Pirate diary Chris Riddell; text by Richard Platt
- 2000
I will not ever never eat a tomato Lauren Child- 1999
- Alice’s adventures in Wonderland Helen Oxenbury; text by Lewis Carroll
- 1998
- Pumpkin soup Helen Cooper
- 1997
- When Jessie came across the sea P. J. Lynch; text by Amy Hest
- 1996
- The baby who wouldn’t go to bed Helen Cooper
- 1995
- The Christmas miracle of Jonathan Toomey P.J. Lynch; text by Susan Wojciechowski
- 1994
- The way home Gregory Rogers; text by Libby Hathorn
- 1993
- Black ships before Troy Alan Lee; text by Rosemary Sutcliff
- 1992
- Zoo Anthony Browne
- 1991
- The jolly Christmas postman Janet Ahlberg; text by Allan Ahlberg
- 1990
- The whales’ song Gary Blythe; text by Dyan Sheldon
- 1989
- War boy: a country childhood Michael Foreman
- 1988
Can’t you sleep, Little Bear? Barbara Firth; text by Martin Waddell- 1987
- Crafty chameleon Adrienne Kennaway; text by Mwenye Hadithi
- 1986
- Snow White in New York Fiona French
- 1985
- Sir Gawain and the loathly lady Juan Wijngaard; text by Selina Hastings
- 1984
- Hiawatha’s childhood Errol Le Cain
- 1983
- Gorilla Anthony Browne
- 1982
- Long Neck and Thunder Foot Michael Foreman; text by Helen Piers, and Sleeping Beauty and other favorite fairy tales Michael Foreman; selected by Angela Carter
- 1981
- The highwayman Charles Keeping; text by Alfred Noyes
- 1980
- Mister Magnolia Quentin Blake
- 1979
- The haunted house Jan Pieńkowski
- 1978
- Each peach pear plum Janet Ahlberg; text by Allan Ahlberg
- 1977
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Dogger Shirley Hughes - 1976
- The Post Office cat Gail E. Haley
- 1975
- Horses in battle and Mishka Victor Ambrus
- 1974
- The wind blew Pat Hutchins
- 1973
- Father Christmas Raymond Briggs
- 1972
- The woodcutter’s duck Krystyna Turska
- 1971
- The kingdom under the sea Jan Pieńkowski; text by Joan Aiken
- 1970
Mr Gumpy’s outing John Burningham- 1969
- The quangle-wangle’s hat Helen Oxenbury; text by Edward Lear
- 1968
- A dictionary of chivalry Pauline Baynes; text by Grant Uden
- 1967
- Charley, Charlotte and the golden canary Charles Keeping
- 1966
- Mother Goose treasury Raymond Briggs
- 1965
- Three poor tailors Victor Ambrus
- 1964
- Shakespeare’s theatre C. Walter Hodges
- 1963
- Borka: the adventures of a goose with no feathers John Burningham
- 1962
- Brian Wildsmith’s ABC Brian Wildsmith
- 1961
- Mrs. Cockle’s cat Anthony Maitland; text by Philippa Pearce
- 1960
- Old Winkle and the seagulls Gerald Rose; text by Elizabeth Rose
- 1959
- Kashtanka William Stobbs and A bundle of ballads compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders
- 1958
- No Award
- 1957
- Mrs Easter and the storks V.H. Drummond
- 1956
- Tim all alone Edward Ardizzone