Mother Goose Award
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The Mother Goose Award was an award annually presented to "the most exciting newcomer to British children's book illustration."[1] It was inaugurated in 1979 and last awarded in 1999.[2] Sponsored by Books for Children booksellers, award winners received £1,000 and a gilded goose egg.[3]
Winners
Twenty illustrators were recognised in 21 years.
| Year | Illustrator | Title | distinct Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Michelle Cartlidge | Pippin and Pod | — |
| 1980 | Reg Cartwright | Mr Potter's Pigeon | Patrick Kinmonth |
| 1981 | Juan Wijngaard | Green Finger House | Rosemary Harris |
| 1982 | Jan Ormerod | Sunshine | — |
| 1983 | Satoshi Kitamura | Angry Arthur | Hiawyn Oram |
| 1984 | Patrick Benson | The Hob Stories | William Mayne |
| 1985 | Susan Varley | Badger's Parting Gifts | — |
| 1986 | (no award) | ||
| 1987 | P. J. Lynch | A Bag of Moonshine (British folktales retold) |
Alan Garner |
| 1988 | Emma Chichester Clark | Listen to This | Laura Cecil, compiler |
| 1989 | Charles Fuge | Bush Vark's First Day Out | — |
| 1990 | David Hughes | Strat and Chatto | Jan Mark |
| 1991 | Amanda Harvey | A Close Call | — |
| 1992 | Ted Dewan | Inside the Whale and Other Animals | Steve Parker |
| 1993 | Claire Fletcher | The Seashell Song | Susie Jenkin-Pearce |
| 1994 | Lisa Flather | Where the Great Bear Watches | James Sage |
| 1995 | Flora McDonnell | I Love Animals | — |
| 1996 | Bruce Ingman | When Martha's Away | — |
| 1997 | Clare Jarrett | Catherine and the Lion | — |
| 1998 | Mary Fedden | Motley the Cat | Susannah Amoore |
| 1999 | Niamh Sharkey | The Gigantic Turnip (from The Giant Turnip, publ. 1863) |
Aleksei Tolstoy |
Primary sources
Records of the Mother Goose Award from 1978 to 1986 are held in the archives of the Institute of Education, University of London.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Mother Goose Award". David K. Brown. The Children's Literature Awards Page. 1996. Retrieved 12 September 2008. With award winners 1979 to 1996.
- ↑ "Mother Goose is cooked for 2000". Retrieved 12 September 2008. [dead link]
- ↑ Waters, Fiona (May 1985). "Children's Books - Articles - Awards - The Mother Goose Awards". Books for Keeps (32). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ↑ "Records of the Mother Goose Award". Archive Catalogue: Deposited Collections. Institute of Education. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2008. Materials dated 1978 to 1986.
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