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The CILIP 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.
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The Kate Greenaway Medal 2008The Winner is Emily Gravett for the illustration of Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears |
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Some of the books shortlisted for the award
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Silly Billy Illustrated by Anthony Browne |
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Penguin Illustrated by Polly Dunbar |
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Monkey and Me Illustrated by Emily Gravett |
The CILIP 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 2007, awarded in 2008 was Phillip Reeve for his book, Here Lies Arthur |  |
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.
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The 2008 Caldecott Medal Winner is The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick |
The Nestle Smarties Book Prize
This prize was stopped after 2007 when the winners were as follows.
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Gold When a Monster is Born by
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Silver Penguin by Polly Dunbar |
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Bronze Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie by Joel Stuart |
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
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Baby Book Award Tucking In! by Jess Stockham (Child's Play) |
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Pre School Award Penguin by Polly Dunbar |
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Best Emerging Illustrator Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett |
Red House Children's Book Awards 2008
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.
Founded in 1980, the award is building on a position strength and recognition with more books being entered and more children taking part than ever before.
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Younger Children Category Winner Penguin by Polly Dunbar |
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Younger Readrers Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell |