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''