Kate Greenaway Medal
The Kate Greenaway Medal is an award that was created in the United Kingdom in 1955. It was named after the children's illustrator, Kate Greenaway. The medal is given every year to an extremely good work of illustration in children's literature. It is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).
The first award was given to Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone in 1956. The winner gets a golden medal and £500 worth of books to give to a library of their choice.
Since the year 2000, the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal has also been presented with the Colin Mears Award of £5000.
Full list of winners
- 2007 Mini Grey, The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
- 2005 Emily Gravett, Wolves
- 2004 Chris Riddell, Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver"
- 2003 Shirley Hughes, Ella's Big Chance
- 2002 Bob Graham, Jethro Byrde, Fairy Child
- 2001 Chris Riddell, 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. Walter 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 because no book was good enough
- 1957 V. H. Drummond, Mrs Easter and the Storks
- 1956 Edward Ardizzone, Tim All Alone
- 1955 Prize withheld because no book was good enough