Kate Greenaway Medal
Youth Libraries Group
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
7 Ridgemount Street,
London WC1E 7AE
Established 1956. Presented annually 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%.
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" illustrated by Chris Riddell, text by Martin Jenkins
- 2003 Ella's Big Chance Shirley Hughes
- 2002 Jethro Byrde - Fairy Child Bob Graham
- 2001 Pirate Diary illustrated by Chris Riddell, text by Richard Platt
- 2000 I Will not ever never eat a tomato Lauren Child
- 1999 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, text by Lewis Carroll
- 1998 Pumpkin Soup Helen Cooper
- 1997 When Jessie came across the sea illustrated by 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 LeCain
- 1983 Gorilla Anthony Browne
- 1982 Long Neck and Thunder Foot Michael Foreman, text by Helen Piers and Sleeping Beauty and other favorite fairy tales selected by Angela Carter
- 1981 The Highwayman Charles Keeping, text by Alfred Noyes
- 1980 Mr Magnolia Quentin Blake
- 1979 The Haunted house Jan Pienkowski
- 1978 Each Peach pear plum Janet Ahlberg, text by Allan Ahlberg
- 1977 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 ChristmasRaymond Briggs
- 1972 The Woodcutter’s duck Krystyna Turska
- 1971 The Kingdom under the sea Jan Pienkowski
- 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, text by Anton Chekov 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