Children's Book Awards

The Kate Greenaway Medal

Established in 1956 by The Young Libraries Group which is a division of The British Libraries Association. This award is gven for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.

From 2000 the winner will also receive The Colin Mears Award, this is a cash award of £5000,( $7500) given as a bequest by Colin Mears.

The Kate Greenaway Medal 2007 The Winner for 2006 (announced 2007) is Mini Grey for the illustration of The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon.

Orange Pear Aplle Bear Illustrated by Emily Gravett

Augustus and his Smile Illustrated by Catherine Rayner

The Elephantom Illustrated by Ross Collins

The Carnegie Medal

This award is given annually to the writer of an outstanding book for children and young people. The award was established 1936 by the Library association in memory of the Scottish born philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is now awarded by CILIP (The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) and judged by members of its Youth Libraries Group.

Andrew Carnegie is probably best-remembered for setting up over 2500 free public libraries in the English speaking world in a hope to make self-education available to everyone.

The winner of the award receives a gold medal and £500 worth of books for them to donate to a library of their choice.

The winner of the Carnegie Medal for 2006, awarded in 2007 was Meg Rosoff for her book 'Just In Case '.

The Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal is so called in honour of the English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. The medal is given annually by the Association for Library Service to children, a division of the American Library Association. It is awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

The 2007 Caldecott Medal Winner is Flotsam by David Wiesner

The Nestle Smarties Book Prize

The prize is run Booktrust, the independent charity which promotes books and reading. It is designed to inspire and develop literacy skills for children under eleven in a fun and educational context.

The Nestlé Smarties Book prize has been running for 18 years and is one of the most respected children's book prizes in the UK.

The Nestlé Smarties Book Prize is designed to support the English curriculum and is open to all children aged 11 and under through schools and through the Kids' Club Network.

The Prize is awarded annually and is given to a work of fiction or poetry written for children written in English by a UK citizen, or an author resident in the UK in the year ending 31st October.

The winners are chosen after a panel of judges choose a shortlist of books for three age categories, 9-11, 6-8 and under 5. School children across the Uk are then invited to enter a competition to become the young judges who will decided the final prize winners.

Gold 5 years and under category That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton

Silver 5 years and under category The Emperor of Absurdia by Chris Riddell

Bronze 5 years and under category Wibbly Pig's Silly Big Bear by Mick Inkpen

The Booktrust Early Years Awards 2007

These awards are supported by Bookstart and the Unwin Foundation, and aim to celebrate, publicise and reward the exciting range of books being published today for babies, toddlers and pre-school children.

The Awards also aim to promote and make these books accessible to as wide an audience as possible.

The three categories of Awards are:

• The best book for babies under one year old
• The best book for pre-school children, up to five years of age
• An award for the best new illustrator

Baby Book Award Tucking In! by Jess Stockham (Child's Play)

Pre School Award Penguin by Polly Dunbar (Walker)

Best Emerging Illustrator Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett (Macmillan Children’s Books()

Red House Children's Book Awards

The award is made annually to the best work of fiction for children after hundreds of books have been read, digested and voted on by children.

Now in its twenty-sixth year, the award is building on a position strength and recognition with more books being entered and more children taking part than ever before.

Younger Children Category Winner

Who's in the Loo

by

Jeanne Willis & Adrian Reynolds
(Andersen Press Ltd )