Children's Book Awards
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 2012The Winner is Jim Kay for the illustration of A Monster Calls |
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Some of the books shortlisted for the award |
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Illustrated by Emily Gravett |
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Illustrated by Petr Horacek |
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There are no Cats in this book Illustrated by Viviane Schwarz |
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 2012, was Patrick Ness for his book, A Monster Calls | |
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 2012 Caldecott Medal Winner is by Chris Raschka |
Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2012
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by Jonny Duddle |
Red House Children's Book Awards 2012
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 Scruffy Bear and the six White Mice by Chris Wormell |
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Younger Readers The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon |
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| Some of the books shorlisted for an award | ||||
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Rollo and Ruff and the Little Fluffy Bird by Mick Inkpen |
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by David Melling
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by Kali Stileman |
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