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

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Category:Art awards