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26-826: Seventeen books were awarded in 1958, including only two from the 1950s. Seven were named in 1979, all except two from the 1970s. Although short, the last class was also diverse, with one wordless picture book, The Snowman (1978) by Raymond Briggs , and one fictionalized biography, The Road from Home (1979) by David Kherdian , about his mother's childhood during the Armenian genocide and its aftermath. The selection process included nominations by trade paperback editors, who were permitted to name one book annually from their trade catalogs. The Component Analysis Selector Tool rated trade books on authenticity, universality, insight, symbol systems–craftsmanship, impact, genre comparison, field setting of reader and test of time. The purpose

52-654: A 180-page collection named for " Lavender's Blue ", which Oxford University Press has reprinted many times. It was "a major reason" for the Library Association to establish the Kate Greenaway Medal that year. No 1955 work was judged worthy in 1956, so the Greenaway was actually inaugurated one year later, recognising a 1956 publication. 1955 (not awarded) 1956 Edward Ardizzone , Tim All Alone ( Oxford ) @ Ardizzone had inaugurated

78-437: A lasting impression. Illustrated work needs to be considered primarily in terms of its graphic elements, and where text exists particular attention should be paid to the synergy between the two." Through 2024 there have been 68 Medals awarded in 69 years, covering 1955 to 2023 publications. No eligible book published in 1955 or 1958 was considered suitable. From 2007 the medals are dated by the year of presentation; previously by

104-622: A panel and the winner was announced on 21 June 2007 at the British Library . By less than one percentage point Dogger , illustrated and written by Shirley Hughes (1977), outpolled Each Peach Pear Plum illustrated by Janet Ahlberg and written by Allan Ahlberg (1978). The nation, and international voters too, considered a ballot or all-time shortlist comprising ten of the 50 Medal-winning works, selected by six "children's book experts". The panel provided annotations including recommended ages that range from 1+ to 10+ years; age 4+ for

130-508: A snowman who comes to life at the stroke of midnight. He and the boy play with appliances, toys and other bric-a-brac in the house, all while keeping quiet enough not to wake his parents. After they play with the lights on the family car, he prepares a feast that the duo eat by candlelight. The snowman takes the boy outside and they begin to fly over the South Downs and watch the sun coming up from Brighton pier before returning home. When

156-460: Is an annual fixture at Christmas. The book is entirely wordless, and illustrated with only coloured pencils . Briggs said that it was partly inspired by his previous book Fungus the Bogeyman : "For two years I worked on Fungus , buried amongst muck, slime and words, so... I wanted to do something which was clean, pleasant, fresh and wordless and quick." One snowy winter's day, a boy builds

182-625: The Carnegie and Greenaway Medals for writing and illustration (2012). In 2014, This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen won both the Greenaway Medal and the American Caldecott Medal , which recognises a picture book illustrated by a U.S. citizen or resident. This is the first time the same book has won both medals. The recently common practice of co-publication makes a double win possible. Indeed, This Is Not My Hat

208-651: The Child Ballads (19th century collection) The 1959 medal recognised two books, the first of four such occasions to 1982. Two runners-up were "Commended", a new distinction that would be used 99 times in 44 years to 2002, including 31 "Highly Commended" books that were named beginning 1974. 1960 Gerald Rose , Old Winkle and the Seagulls (Faber), by Elizabeth Rose 1961 Antony Maitland , Mrs Cockle's Cat ( Constable ; Longman ), by Philippa Pearce 1962 Brian Wildsmith , ABC (Oxford) @ ABC

234-552: The Kate Greenaway Medal ) is a British award that annually recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children ". It is conferred upon the illustrator by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) which inherited it from the Library Association. The Medal is named after the 19th-century English illustrator of children's books Kate Greenaway (1846–1901). It

260-453: The 30 Greenaway Medal-winning works from 1985 to 2014. For the 50th medal anniversary, CILIP posted online information about all of the winning works (1955–2005) and conducted a poll to identify the nation's favourite Kate Greenaway Medalist. The public were invited to send in their nominations between 16 October and 1 December 2006. Polling was subsequently opened between 20 April and 14 June 2007 for ten shortlisted titles determined by

286-670: The Tim series in 1936 with Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (Oxford); its last sequel was Ships Cook Ginger (1977). Tim All Alone was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works in 2007. 1957 V. H. Drummond , Mrs Easter and the Storks ( Faber ) @ 1958 (not awarded) No work was considered suitable, the second and last time. 1959 William Stobbs , Kashtanka (Oxford), by Anton Chekhov (1887) and A Bundle of Ballads (Oxford), by Ruth Manning-Sanders from

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312-569: The U.K. during the preceding school year (September to August), with English-language text if any. The award by CILIP is a gold Medal and £500 worth of books donated to the illustrator's chosen library. Since 2000 there is also a £5000 cash prize from a bequest by the children's book collector Colin Mears. Library and information professionals in CILIP nominate books in September and October, after

338-706: The United Kingdom, it was the runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association , recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British writer . In the United States, it was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1979. The book was adapted into a half-hour animated television film in 1982, which debuted on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 26 December. The Snowman film

364-514: The boy wakes in the morning, he finds that the snowman is gone. In a 2012 interview for the Radio Times , Briggs noted "I create what seems natural and inevitable. The snowman melts, my parents died, animals die, flowers die. Everything does. There's nothing particularly gloomy about it. It's a fact of life." He disputed the idea that the book is a Christmas book, noting that it was only the animated adaptation that introduces this element. In

390-506: The calendar year of British publication. traditional Gollancz Oxford Oxford * Named to the 50th Anniversary Top Ten in 2007. Only one illustrator, Chris Riddell , has won three Medals. Fourteen other illustrators have won two of the 64 Medals awarded through 2021. The first winner of two Medals was John Burningham , 1963 and 1970. The most recent is Sydney Smith in 2018 and 2021. Only A Monster Calls ( Walker Books , 2011), by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay , has won both

416-604: The close of the publication year. A panel of 12 children's librarians in CILIP's youth interest group judges both the Carnegie and Greenaway books. The shortlist is announced in March and the winner in June. Candidates must be published in the U.K. during the preceding year (September to August). They must be published for young people, and published in the U.K. originally or within three months in case of co-publication. English must be

442-501: The companion Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration. The Snowman (book) The Snowman is a wordless children's picture book by British author Raymond Briggs , first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the United Kingdom, and published by Random House in the United States in November of the same year. The book won a number of awards and was adapted into an animated television film in 1982 which

468-407: The language of any text, or one of dual languages. "All categories of illustrated books for children and young people are eligible." CILIP specifies numerous points of artistic style, format, and visual experience, and also "synergy of illustration and text" that should be considered. Furthermore, "The whole work should provide pleasure from a stimulating and satisfying visual experience which leaves

494-573: The winner. 50th Anniversary Top Ten Headings give the official award dates: years of publication before 2006; years of presentation after 2006. Prior to the 1990's these listings cover only the Medalist and known Highly Commended (+) or Commended (–) books. Illustrator Harold Jones received a Special Commendation for the 1954 Carnegie Medal, for his part in Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes , compiled by Kathleen Lines (Oxford) —

520-429: Was Wildsmith's first book, an alphabet book without any words, commissioned by Mabel George at Oxford. 1963 John Burningham , Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers ( Jonathan Cape ) @ Borka was Burningham's first book as an author or illustrator and it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works in 2007. 1964 C. Walter Hodges , Shakespeare's Theatre (Oxford) @ —nonfiction Hodges

546-741: Was a freelance illustrator, a lover of theatre, and an authority on theatre construction in Shakespeare's time. Shakespeare's Theatre was the first nonfiction book cited for the medal. Ambrus and Papas received the first and only commendations for "work in general". 1965 Victor Ambrus , The Three Poor Tailors (Oxford; Hamish Hamilton ) @ The Three Poor Tailors was the first-published book written by Ambrus, who had illustrated dozens of fiction and nonfiction books for Oxford since immigrating from Hungary via Austria. 1966 Raymond Briggs , Mother Goose Treasury (Hamish Hamilton), traditional 1967 Charles Keeping , Charley, Charlotte and

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572-583: Was also a "Highly Commended" runner-up four times from 1989 to 1994; the distinction was used 31 times in 29 years to 2002 and no other illustrator was highly commended more than twice. Michael Foreman , who won the 1982 and 1989 medals, was highly commended once and four times a "Commended" runner-up, a distinction used 68 times in 44 years to 2002. Walker Books, based in London, with American subsidiary Candlewick Press in Somerville, MA , has published 10 of

598-665: Was established in 1955 and inaugurated in 1956 for 1955 publications, but no work that year was considered suitable. The first Medal was awarded in 1957 to Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone ( Oxford , 1956), which he also wrote. That first Medal was dated 1956. Since 2007 the Medal has been dated by its presentation during the year following publication. This medal is a companion to the Carnegie Medal for Writing which recognises an outstanding work of writing for children and young adults. Nominated books must be first published in

624-467: Was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and has become an annual festive event, inspiring multiple spin-offs including a concert work, stage show, video game, and an animated sequel . The Royal Mint has issued The Snowman coins for Christmas, with a 50p coin for 2023, the first Christmas coin with King Charles III portrayed on the obverse. Kate Greenaway Medal The Carnegie Medal for Illustration (until 2022

650-469: Was released in Britain and America on the same day, 9 October 2012, by Walker Books and its American subsidiary Candlewick Press . Gail E. Haley was the first illustrator to win both medals, albeit for different works: the 1971 Caldecott for A Story a Story (1970) and the 1976 Greenaway for The Post Office Cat . She also wrote both books. Helen Oxenbury , who won the 1969 and 1999 medals,

676-1022: Was to identify and promote outstanding thoughts among the mediocre communications available in an open society . The list was established by Dr. David C. Davis with the assistance of Professor Lola Pierstorff, Director Instructional Materials Center, University of Wisconsin, and Madeline Allen Davis, WHA Wisconsin Public Radio . Awards were announced and presented at the annual Wisconsin Book Conference, which featured speakers such as Dr. Seuss , William Steig , Helga Sandburg , Arna Bontemps , Nat Hentoff , Paul Engle , Jean George , Ed Emberley , Charlemae Rollins , Watts poet Jimmy Sherman , Maurice Sendak , Holling C. Holling , Pamela Travers , Ann Nolan Clark , Louise Lemp , Frank Luther , and Ramon Coffman (Uncle Ray). † The British Library Association in 1955 gave illustrator Jones special commendation for its annual Carnegie Medal and established

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