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The Carnegie Medal for Illustration is a special British award. It's given out every year to celebrate the best pictures in a children's book. This award used to be called the Kate Greenaway Medal until 2022. It's given to the artist who drew the pictures, also known as the illustrator. The award is managed by a group called CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals). They work with a company called Yoto for the award now.

The Medal is named after Kate Greenaway, a famous English artist from the 1800s who drew for children's books. The award started in 1955. The first medal was given in 1957 to Edward Ardizzone for his book Tim All Alone. This medal is like a partner to the Carnegie Medal, which is given to the author of an amazing children's or young adult book.

To be considered for the award, books must be first published in the U.K. between September and August of the previous school year. If the book has words, they must be in English.

The winner gets a shiny gold medal. They also get £500 worth of books to donate to a library of their choice. Since the year 2000, there's also a £5000 cash prize! This money comes from a generous gift left by a children's book collector named Colin Mears.

How Winners Are Chosen

Librarians and other experts in libraries (from CILIP) suggest books in September and October. These are books that came out in the past year. A group of 12 children's librarians then judges the books for both the Carnegie and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration awards.

The list of finalists (called the shortlist) is announced in March. The winner is then announced in June. This happens about nine to 21 months after the book was first published in the U.K.

Books must be published for young people in the U.K. They can be published at the same time in other countries, but they must come out in the U.K. within three months. Any words in the book must be in English, or one of two languages.

All kinds of illustrated books for children and young people can be entered. The judges look at the art style, how the book is put together, and how the pictures make you feel. They also think about how well the pictures and words work together. The whole book should be a fun and exciting visual experience that you won't forget!

Medal Winners

Since the award started, 67 medals have been given out in 68 years, covering books published from 1955 to 2022. No suitable books were found in 1955 or 1958, so no medals were given those years.

Since 2007, the medals are dated by the year they are given out. Before that, they were dated by the year the book was published in Britain.

     = This book was chosen as one of the Top Ten favourite winners in 2007.

Medal winners
Date Illustrator Title Author (if different) Publisher
2023 Jeet Zdung Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear Trang Nguyen Kingfisher
2022 Danica Novgorodoff Long Way Down Jason Reynolds Faber & Faber
2021 Sydney Smith Small in the City — Walker Books
2020 Shaun Tan Tales from the Inner City — Walker Books
2019 Jackie Morris The Lost Words Robert Macfarlane Hamish Hamilton
2018 Sydney Smith Town is by the Sea Joanne Schwartz Walker Books
2017 Lane Smith There is a Tribe of Kids — Two Hoots
2016 Chris Riddell The Sleeper and the Spindle Neil Gaiman Bloomsbury
2015 William Grill Shackleton's Journey — Flying Eye Books
2014 Jon Klassen This Is Not My Hat — Walker Books
2013 Levi Pinfold Black Dog — Templar
2012 Jim Kay A Monster Calls Patrick Ness Walker Books
2011 Grahame Baker-Smith FArTHER — Templar
2010 Freya Blackwood Harry and Hopper Margaret Wild Scholastic
2009 Catherine Rayner Harris Finds His Feet — Little Tiger
2008 Emily Gravett Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears — Pan Macmillan
2007 Mini Grey The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon — Jonathan Cape
2006. The award date is the year of publication before 2006, the year of presentation after 2006.
2005 Emily Gravett Wolves — PanMacmillan
2004 Chris Riddell Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver" Jonathan Swift (1726) adapted Walker Books
2003 Shirley Hughes Ella's Big Chance — (Cinderella adapted) Bodley Head
2002 Bob Graham Jethro Byrde, Fairy Child — Walker Books
2001 Chris Riddell Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter Richard Platt (informational) Walker Books
2000 Lauren Child I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato — Orchard Books
1999 Helen Oxenbury Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll (1865) Walker Books
1998 Helen Cooper Pumpkin Soup — Doubleday
1997 P. J. Lynch When Jessie Came Across the Sea Amy Hest Walker Books
1996 Helen Cooper The Baby Who Wouldn't Go To Bed — Doubleday
1995 P. J. Lynch The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Susan Wojciechowski Walker Books
1994 Gregory Rogers Way Home Libby Hathorn Andersen
1993 Alan Lee Black Ships Before Troy Rosemary Sutcliff Frances Lincoln
1992 Anthony Browne Zoo — Julia MacRae
1991 Janet Ahlberg The Jolly Christmas Postman Allan Ahlberg Heinemann
1990 Gary Blythe The Whales' Song Dyan Sheldon Hutchinson
1989 Michael Foreman War Boy: A Country Childhood — (autobiographical) Pavilion
1988 Barbara Firth Can't You Sleep Little Bear? Martin Waddell Walker Books
1987 Adrienne Kennaway Crafty Chameleon Mwenye Hadithi Hodder & Stoughton
1986 Fiona French Snow White in New York — Oxford
1985 Juan Wijngaard Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady retold by
Selina Hastings		 Walker Books
1984 Errol Le Cain Hiawatha's Childhood Longfellow (1855) Faber
1983 Anthony Browne Gorilla — Julia MacRae
1982 Michael Foreman Long Neck and Thunder Foot (and)
Sleeping Beauty and other favourite fairy tales		 Helen Piers (and)

traditional

 Kestrel;

Gollancz
1981 Charles Keeping The Highwayman Alfred Noyes (1906) Oxford
1980 Quentin Blake Mr Magnolia — Jonathan Cape
1979 Jan Pieńkowski Haunted House — Heinemann
1978 Janet Ahlberg Each Peach Pear Plum Allan Ahlberg Kestrel
1977 Shirley Hughes Dogger — Bodley Head
1976 Gail E. Haley The Post Office Cat — Bodley Head
1975 Victor Ambrus Horses in Battle (and)
Mishka		 — (nonfiction)
—		 Oxford;

Oxford
1974 Pat Hutchins The Wind Blew — (informational) Bodley Head
1973 Raymond Briggs Father Christmas — Hamish Hamilton
1972 Krystyna Turska The Woodcutter's Duck — Hamish Hamilton
1971 Jan Pieńkowski The Kingdom Under the Sea and other stories retold by Joan Aiken Jonathan Cape
1970 John Burningham Mr Gumpy's Outing — Jonathan Cape
1969 Helen Oxenbury The Quangle Wangle's Hat (and)
The Dragon of an Ordinary Family		 Edward Lear (unknown);
Margaret Mahy (1969)		 Heinemann, Franklin Watts; Heinemann
1968 Pauline Baynes A Dictionary of Chivalry Grant Uden (reference) Longman
1967 Charles Keeping Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary — Oxford
1966 Raymond Briggs Mother Goose Treasury traditional Hamish Hamilton
1965 Victor Ambrus The Three Poor Tailors — Oxford, Hamish Hamilton
1964 C. Walter Hodges Shakespeare's Theatre — (nonfiction) Oxford
1963 John Burningham Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers — Jonathan Cape
1962 Brian Wildsmith ABC (also Brian Wildsmith's ABC) — (no text) Oxford
1961 Antony Maitland Mrs Cockle's Cat Philippa Pearce Constable,Longman
1960 Gerald Rose Old Winkle and the Seagulls Elizabeth Rose Faber
1959 William Stobbs Kashtanka (and)
A Bundle of Ballads		 Anton Chekhov (1887);
Ruth Manning-Sanders from the Child Ballads		 Oxford;

Oxford
1958 (Prize withheld as no book considered suitable)
1957 V. H. Drummond Mrs Easter and the Storks — Faber
1956 Edward Ardizzone Tim All Alone — Oxford
1955 (Prize withheld as no book considered suitable)

Illustrators with Multiple Awards

Only one illustrator, Chris Riddell, has won the Medal three times! Fourteen other illustrators have won the award twice. The first person to win two Medals was John Burningham, in 1963 and 1970. The most recent illustrator to win twice is Sydney Smith, in 2018 and 2021.

Only one book, A Monster Calls (2011), illustrated by Jim Kay and written by Patrick Ness, has won both the Carnegie Medal for writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. This happened in 2012.

In 2014, This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen won both the Carnegie Medal for Illustration and the American Caldecott Medal. The Caldecott Medal is for picture books illustrated by a U.S. citizen or resident. This was the first time the same book won both big awards! It's now possible because books are often published in different countries at the same time. This Is Not My Hat came out in Britain and America on the very same day.

Gail E. Haley was the first illustrator to win both medals, but for different books. She won the Caldecott in 1971 and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration in 1976. She also wrote both of those books.

Helen Oxenbury, who won in 1969 and 1999, was also a "Highly Commended" runner-up four times. This means her books were very close to winning. Michael Foreman, who won in 1982 and 1989, was also highly commended once and "Commended" four times.

Walker Books, a publisher based in London, has published 10 of the 30 winning books between 1985 and 2014.

"Greenaway of Greenaways" (2007)

For the 50th anniversary of the medal, CILIP asked the public to vote for their favourite past winner. People could send in their choices in late 2006. Then, a panel of experts chose ten books for a final vote. The public voted on these ten books from April to June 2007.

The winner was announced on June 21, 2007, at the British Library. By a very small difference, Dogger, illustrated and written by Shirley Hughes (1977), won! It just beat Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg (1978).

The ten books chosen by the experts for the public vote were:

Shortlisted Books and Special Mentions

The headings below show the official award dates. Before 2006, this was the year the book was published. After 2006, it's the year the medal was given out.

Before the 1990s, these lists only show the winner and books that were "Highly Commended" (+) or "Commended" (–). These books were very good but didn't win the main medal.

Early Years (1955 to 1989)

1955 (No award given)

1956 Edward Ardizzone, Tim All Alone (Oxford) @

Ardizzone started the Tim series in 1936. Tim All Alone was chosen as one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007.

1957 V. H. Drummond, Mrs Easter and the Storks (Faber) @

1958 (No award given)

No book was considered good enough, which only happened twice in the award's history.

1959 William Stobbs, Kashtanka (Oxford), by Anton Chekhov (1887) and A Bundle of Ballads (Oxford), by Ruth Manning-Sanders from the Child Ballads (19th century collection)

– Edward Ardizzone, Titus in Trouble (Bodley Head), by James Reeves
– Gerald Rose, Wuffles Goes To Town (Faber), by Elizabeth Rose

The 1959 medal was given for two books, which happened four times up to 1982. Two other books were "Commended" this year.

1960 Gerald Rose, Old Winkle and the Seagulls (Faber), by Elizabeth Rose

(no commendations)

1961 Antony Maitland, Mrs Cockle's Cat (Constable; Longman), by Philippa Pearce

(no commendations)

1962 Brian Wildsmith, ABC (Oxford) @

– Carol Barker, Achilles the Donkey (Dobson), by H. E. Bates

ABC was Wildsmith's first book. It was an alphabet book with no words.

1963 John Burningham, Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers (Jonathan Cape) @

– Victor Ambrus, The Royal Navy (Oxford), by Peter Dawlish
– Victor Ambrus, A Time of Trial (Oxford), by Hester Burton
– Brian Wildsmith, The Lion and the Rat: A Fable (Oxford), by Jean de La Fontaine (1668), from Aesop (6th century BCE)
– Brian Wildsmith, Oxford Book of Poetry for Children (Oxford), ed. Edward Blishen

Borka was Burningham's first book as an author or illustrator. It was named one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007.

1964 C. Walter Hodges, Shakespeare's Theatre (Oxford) @ —nonfiction

– Raymond Briggs, Fee Fi Fo Fum (Hamish Hamilton) @
– Victor Ambrus, for work in general
– William Papas, for work in general

Shakespeare's Theatre was the first nonfiction book to win the medal.

1965 Victor Ambrus, The Three Poor Tailors (Oxford; Hamish Hamilton) @

(no commendations)

The Three Poor Tailors was the first book written by Ambrus.

1966 Raymond Briggs, Mother Goose Treasury (Hamish Hamilton), traditional

– Doreen Roberts, The Story of Saul the King (Constable; Oxford), shortened from Helen Waddell, Stories from Holy Writ (1949)

1967 Charles Keeping, Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary (Oxford) @

– William Papas, The Church (Oxford), by Geoffrey Moorhouse
– William Papas, No Mules (Oxford) @
– Brian Wildsmith, Birds (Oxford) @

1968 Pauline Baynes, A Dictionary of Chivalry (Longman), by Grant Uden —reference book

– Gaynor Chapman, The Luck Child: Based on a story of the Brothers Grimm (Hamish Hamilton), based on Brothers Grimm
– Shirley Hughes, Flutes and Cymbals: Poetry for the Young (Bodley Head), collected by Leonard Clark
– William Papas, A Letter from India (Oxford) @ —information book
– William Papas, A Letter from Israel (Oxford) @ —information book
– William Papas, Taresh the tea planter (Oxford) @

Baynes is the only person to win the medal for illustrating a reference book.

1969 Helen Oxenbury, The Quangle Wangle's Hat (Heinemann; Franklin Watts), by Edward Lear (late 19th century) and The Dragon of an Ordinary Family (Heinemann), by Margaret Mahy

– Errol Le Cain, The Cabbage Princess (Faber) @
– Charles Keeping, Joseph's Yard (Longman) @

1970 John Burningham, Mr Gumpy's Outing (Jonathan Cape) @

– Charles Keeping, The God Beneath the Sea (Longman), by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen
– Jan Pieńkowski, The Golden Bird (J. M. Dent), by Edith Brill
– Krystyna Turska, Pegasus (Hamish Hamilton), the myth of Pegasus and Bellerophon retold by Turska

Burningham was the first to win two medals.

1971 Jan Pieńkowski, The Kingdom under the Sea and other stories (Jonathan Cape), retold by Joan Aiken

– Victor Ambrus, The Sultan's Bath (Oxford) @
– Brian Wildsmith, The Owl and the Woodpecker (Oxford) @

1972 Krystyna Turska, The Woodcutter's Duck (Hamish Hamilton) @

– Carol Barker, King Midas and the Golden Touch (Franklin Watts), a version of the Midas myth
– Pauline Baynes, Snail and Caterpillar (Longman), by Helen Piers
– Antony Maitland, The Ghost Downstairs (Longman), by Leon Garfield

1973 Raymond Briggs, Father Christmas (Hamish Hamilton) @

– Fiona French, King Tree (Oxford) @
– Errol Lloyd, My Brother Sean (Bodley Head), by Petronella Breinburg

Father Christmas was named one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007.

1974 Pat Hutchins, The Wind Blew (Bodley Head) @

– Mitsumasa Anno, Anno's Alphabet (Bodley Head) @
+ Charles Keeping, Railway Passage (Oxford) @

1975 Victor Ambrus, Horses in Battle (Oxford) @ and Mishka (Oxford) @

– Shirley Hughes, Helpers (Bodley Head) @
– Errol Le Cain, Thorn Rose, or the Sleeping Beauty (Faber), from Brothers Grimm

Ambrus won his second medal.

1976 Gail E. Haley, The Post Office Cat (Bodley Head) @

+ Graham Oakley, The Church Mice Adrift (Macmillan) @ —fifth of 12 Church Mice books
+ Maureen Roffey, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (Bodley Head), by Bernard Lodge
+ Joanna Troughton, How the Birds Changed Their Feathers (Blackie, Folk Tales of the World), retold and illustrated by Troughton @

Haley had won the American Caldecott Medal in 1971.

1977 Shirley Hughes, Dogger (Bodley Head) @

– Janet Ahlberg, Burglar Bill (Heinemann), by Allan Ahlberg
– Mary Rayner, Garth Pig and the Ice Cream Lady (Macmillan) @

Dogger was named one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007 and was voted the public's favourite.

1978 Janet Ahlberg, Each Peach Pear Plum (Kestrel), by Allan Ahlberg

+ Raymond Briggs, The Snowman (Hamish Hamilton) @ —no text
– Michael Foreman, Popular Folk Tales (Gollancz), newly translated from Brothers Grimm by Brian Alderson
– Errol Le Cain, The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Faber), retold from Brothers Grimm by Le Cain

Each Peach Pear Plum was also named one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007.

1979 Jan Pieńkowski, The Haunted House (Heinemann) @

+ Quentin Blake, The Wild Washerwomen: A new folk tale ( ), by John Yeoman
– Pat Hutchins, One-Eyed Jack ( ) @

Pieńkowski won his second medal.

1980 Quentin Blake, Mr Magnolia (Jonathan Cape) @

– Beryl Cook, Seven Years and a Day (Collins), by Colette O'Hare
+ Michael Foreman, City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament (Gollancz), retold by Peter Dickinson
– Jill Murphy, Peace at Last ( ) @

Mister Magnolia was named one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007.

1981 Charles Keeping, The Highwayman (Oxford), an edition of the 1906 poem by Alfred Noyes

– Nicola Bayley, The Patchwork Cat (Jonathan Cape), by William Mayne
+ Jan Ormerod, Sunshine (Kestrel) @

Keeping won his second medal. The Highwayman was named one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007.

1982 Michael Foreman, Long Neck and Thunder Foot (Kestrel), by Helen Piers and Sleeping Beauty and other favourite fairy tales (Gollancz), selected and translated by Angela Carter

– Janet Ahlberg, The Baby's Catalogue ( ), by Allan Ahlberg
+ Graham Oakley, The Church Mice in Action (Macmillan) @ —eighth of twelve Church Mice books

The 1982 medal was given for two books.

1983 Anthony Browne, Gorilla (Julia MacRae) @

– Molly Bang, Ten, Nine, Eight ( ) @ —a counting book
– Michael Foreman, The Saga of Erik the Viking (Pavilion), by Terry Jones
– Ron Maris, My Book (Julia MacRae) @

Gorilla was named one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007.

1984 Errol Le Cain, Hiawatha's Childhood (Faber), a section of the 1855 poem by Longfellow

(no commendations)

1985 Juan Wijngaard, Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady (Walker), retold by Selina Hastings

– Michael Foreman, Seasons of Splendour: Tales, myths, and legends of India (Pavilion), by Madhur Jaffrey
– Gillian McClure, Tog the Ribber, or, Granny's Tale (Andre Deutsch), poem by Paul Coltman

1986 Fiona French, Snow White in New York (Oxford) @

– Janet Ahlberg, The Jolly Postman (Heinemann), by Allan Ahlberg
– Paddy Bouma, Are We Nearly There? (Bodley Head), by Louis Baum
– Babette Cole, Princess Smartypants ( ) @
+ Jan Ormerod, Happy Christmas, Gemma (Walker), by Sarah Hayes
– Fiona Pragoff, How Many?: From 0 to 20 (Gollancz) @
– Tony Ross, I Want My Potty ( ) @ —the first Little Princess book

1987 Adrienne Kennaway, Crafty Chameleon (Hodder & Stoughton), by Mwenye Hadithi

– Babette Cole, Prince Cinders ( ) @
– Errol Le Cain, The Enchanter's Daughter (Jonathan Cape), by Antonia Barber
– Jill Murphy, All in One Piece ( ) @

1988 Barbara Firth, Can't You Sleep Little Bear? (Walker), by Martin Waddell

– Ruth Brown, Ladybird, Ladybird (Andersen), a traditional rhyme
+ Anthony Browne, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( ), an edition of the 1865 classic by Lewis Carroll
– Penny Dale, Wake Up Mr. B! (Walker) @
+ Roberto Innocenti, The Adventures of Pinocchio (Creative Education), an edition of the 1883 classic by Carlo Collodi
+ Alan Lee, Merlin Dreams ( ), by Peter Dickinson

1989 Michael Foreman, War Boy: a Country Childhood (Pavilion) @ —autobiographical

+ Helen Oxenbury, We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Walker), retold by Michael Rosen

Foreman won his second medal.

Recent Years (1990s to 2020s)

In 1991, Janet Ahlberg won her second medal. Both of her winning books were collaborations with her husband.

Anthony Browne won his second medal in 1992 for Zoo.

In 1997, 1998, and 1999, three different illustrators won their second medals. P. J. Lynch won in 1997 with When Jessie Came Across the Sea. Helen Cooper won in 1998 with Pumpkin Soup. Finally, Helen Oxenbury won her second medal in 1999 for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This book was later named one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007.

Since 2000, the winner also gets a £5000 cash prize.

The winning book in 2000, I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, was also named one of the top ten Medal-winning books in 2007. It came in third place in the public vote.

In 2001, Pirate Diary became the first "information book" to win the medal since 1975.

In 2002, Bob Graham became the first winner from Australia.

In 2003, Shirley Hughes won her second medal for Ella's Big Chance, a new version of Cinderella. After this year, the "Commended" and "Highly Commended" awards were no longer given. Since 2003, there are usually eight books on the shortlist.

In 2004, Chris Riddell won his second medal for Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver".

Wolves by Emily Gravett won in 2005. Three years later, in 2008, Emily Gravett won her second medal for Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears.

In 2012, Jim Kay and Patrick Ness made history! Their book A Monster Calls won both the Carnegie Medal for Illustration and the Carnegie Medal for writing. This was the first time one book won both awards.

In 2014, This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen won both the Carnegie Medal for Illustration and the American Caldecott Medal. This was the first time the same book won both of these major awards.

In 2016, Chris Riddell became the first illustrator to win the award three times!

From 2016 to 2018, there was an extra award called The Amnesty CLIP Honour. This award, given with Amnesty International, recognized books that best showed or celebrated freedom. In 2016, There’s a Bear on My Chair won this honour. In 2017, The Journey, about a family of refugees, won. In 2018, Levi Pinfold won for The Song from Somewhere Else.

In 2019, the Amnesty CLIP Honour was replaced by the Shadowers' Choice Award. This award is voted for by children and young people who follow the awards.

In 2020, Australian artist Shaun Tan was the first non-white author to win the Carnegie Medal for Illustration.

In 2022, Long Way Down by Danica Novgorodoff was the first graphic novel to win the medal since Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas in 1973. The 2023 medal also went to a graphic novel.

Shortlist Colour Key

     – Medal Winner
     – Highly commended (before 2003), Amnesty CLIP Honour (2016–2018), or Shadowers' Choice Award (2019–) winner if different from Medal winner
     – Commended (before 2003)
Medal winners and Shortlists, 1990-1999
Year Illustrator Title Publisher Author (if different) Result Ref.
1990 Gary Blythe The Whales' Song Hutchinson Dyan Sheldon Winner '
Tony Ross Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers Andersen Press Jeanne Willis Highly commended '
Nicola Bayley The Mousehole Cat Walker Books Antonia Barber Commended '
Roberto Innocenti A Christmas Carol Creative Education an edition of the 1843 classic by Charles Dickens Shortlist
Penny Dale Rosie's Babies Walker Books Martin Waddell Shortlist
Kim Lewis The Shepherd Boy Walker Books — Shortlist
Jane Ray Noah’s Ark Orchard Books — Shortlist
1991 Janet Ahlberg The Jolly Christmas Postman Heinemann Allan Ahlberg Winner '
Helen Oxenbury Farmer Duck Walker Books Martin Waddell Highly commended '
Caroline Binch Amazing Grace Dial Mary Hoffman Commended '
Jeannie Baker Window Julia MacRae — (no text) Shortlist
Fiona French Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone Frances Lincoln — Shortlist
P. J. Lynch East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon Walker Books translated by George W. Dasent Shortlist
Jane Ray The Story of Christmas Orchard Books — Shortlist
1992 Anthony Browne Zoo Julia MacRae — Winner '
Jill Barton The Pig in the Pond Walker Books Martin Waddell Highly commended '
Caroline Binch Hue Boy Dial Rita Phillips Mitchell Highly commended '
Stephen Biesty Incredible Cross-Sections Dorling Kindersley Richard Platt Shortlist
Robert Ingpen Treasure Island Dragon's World an edition of the 1883 classic by Robert Louis Stevenson Shortlist
Francesca Martin The Honey Hunters Walker Books — Shortlist
Korky Paul The Dog That Dug Bodley Head Jonathan Long Shortlist
1993 Alan Lee Black Ships Before Troy Frances Lincoln Rosemary Sutcliff Winner '
Helen Oxenbury The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig Heinemann Young Books Eugene Trivizas Highly commended '
Michael Foreman War Game Pavilion — Commended '
Angela Barrett Beware Beware Walker Books Susan Hill Shortlist
Gary Blythe The Garden Hutchinson Dyan Sheldon Shortlist
Helen Cooper The Bear Under the Stairs Doubleday — Shortlist
Jill Murphy A Quiet Night In Walker Books — Shortlist
1994 Gregory Rogers Way Home Andersen Press Libby Hathorn Winner '
Helen Oxenbury So Much Walker Books Trish Cooke Highly commended '
Chris Riddell Something Else Puffin Kathryn Cave Commended '
Caroline Binch Gregory Cool Frances Lincoln — Shortlist
Anthony Browne King Kong Julia MacRae from the 1932 novelised story of King Kong Shortlist
Paul Geraghty The Hunter Hutchinson — Shortlist
P. J. Lynch Catkin Walker Books Antonia Barber Shortlist
Jane Ray The Happy Prince Orchard Books from the fairy tale by Oscar Wilde Shortlist
1995 P. J. Lynch The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Walker Books Susan Wojciechowski Winner '
Patrick Benson The Little Boat Walker Books Kathy Henderson Highly commended '
Quentin Blake Clown Jonathan Cape — Commended '
Christina Balit Blodin the Beast Frances Lincoln Michael Morpurgo Shortlist
Ken Brown Tattybogle Andersen Press Sandra Horn Shortlist
Mick Inkpen Nothing Hodder — Shortlist
Colin McNaughton Here Come the Aliens Walker Books — Shortlist
1996 Helen Cooper The Baby Who Wouldn't Go To Bed Doubleday — Winner '
Caroline Binch Down by the River Heinemann Grace Hallworth Highly commended '
Christina Balit Ishtar and Tammuz: A Babylonian myth of the seasons Frances Lincoln retold by Christopher Moore Commended '
Ruth Brown The Tale of the Monstrous Toad Andersen Press — Shortlist
Susan Field The Smallest Whale Orchard Books Elisabeth Beresford Shortlist
Debi Gliori Mr Bear to the Rescue Orchard Books — Shortlist
Colin McNaughton Oops! Andersen Press — Shortlist
Korky Paul The Duck That Had No Luck Bodley Head Jonathan Long Shortlist
1997 P. J. Lynch When Jessie Came Across the Sea Walker Books Amy Hest Winner '
Bob Graham Queenie the Bantam Walker Books — Highly commended '
Charlotte Voake Ginger Walker Books — Highly commended '
Ken Brown Mucky Pup Andersen Press — Shortlist
Anthony Browne Willy the Dreamer Walker Books — Shortlist
Peter Collington A Small Miracle Jonathan Cape — (no text) Shortlist
Clare Mackie Book of Nonsense Macdonald Young Books Michael Rosen Shortlist
Sophie Windham Unicorns! Unicorns! Hutchinson Geraldine McCaughrean Shortlist
1998 Helen Cooper Pumpkin Soup Doubleday — Winner '
Shirley Hughes The Lion and the Unicorn Bodley Head — Highly commended '
Jane Simmons Come on Daisy! Orchard Books — Highly commended '
Christian Birmingham The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins an edition of the 1950 classic by C. S. Lewis Shortlist
Quentin Blake Zagazoo Jonathan Cape — Shortlist
Anthony Browne Voices in the Park Doubleday — Shortlist
Emma Chichester Clark I Love You, Blue Kangaroo Andersen Press — Shortlist
1999 Helen Oxenbury Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Walker Books an edition of the 1865 classic by Lewis Carroll Winner '
Lauren Child Clarice Bean, That's Me! Orchard Books — Highly commended '
Chris Riddell Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page Walker Books Richard Platt Highly commended '
Kevin Hawkes Weslandia Walker Books Paul Fleischman Commended '
Patrick Benson The Sea-Thing Child Walker Books Russell Hoban Shortlist
Christian Birmingham Wombat Goes Walkabout HarperCollins Michael Morpurgo Shortlist
Kathy Henderson The Storm Walker Books — Shortlist
Simon James Days Like This Walker Books — Shortlist
Medal winners and Shortlists, 2000-2009
Year Illustrator Title Publisher Author (if different) Result Ref.
2000 Lauren Child I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato Orchard Books — Winner
Anthony Browne Willy's Pictures — Highly commended '
Ted Dewan Crispin: The Pig Who Had It All Transworld — Commended '
Ruth Brown Snail Trail — Shortlist
Lauren Child Beware of the Storybook Wolves Hodder Children's Books — Shortlist
Jane Ray Fairy Tales Walker Books Berlie Doherty Shortlist
2001 Chris Riddell Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter Walker Books Richard Platt Winner
Jez Alborough Fix-it Duck Picture Lions — Highly commended
Charles Fuge Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball Gullane Vicki Churchill Highly commended
Russell Ayto The Witch's Children Orchard Books Ursula Jones Shortlist
Nicola Bayley Katje the Windmill Cat Walker Books Gretchen Woelfle Shortlist
Caroline Binch Silver Shoes Dorling Kindersley — Shortlist
Helen Cooper Tatty Ratty Doubleday — Shortlist
Bob Graham Let's Get a Pup! Walker Books — Shortlist
2002 Bob Graham Jethro Byrde, Fairy Child Walker Books — Winner
Lauren Child That Pesky Rat Orchard Books — Commended
Simon Bartram Man on the Moon Templar — Shortlist
Nick Butterworth Albert le Blanc Collins — Shortlist
Lauren Child Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book? Hodder — Shortlist
David Melling The Kiss That Missed Hodder — Shortlist
Nick Sharratt Pants David Fickling Books Giles Andrae Shortlist
Helen Ward The Cockerel and the Fox Templar —a retelling of Chanticleer and the Fox Shortlist
2003 Shirley Hughes Ella's Big Chance Bodley Head —a retelling of Cinderella Winner
Anthony Browne The Shape Game Doubleday — Shortlist
Alexis Deacon Beegu Hutchinson — Shortlist
Debi Gliori Always and Forever Doubleday Alan Durant Shortlist
Mini Grey The Pea and the Princess Red Fox —a retelling of "The Princess and the Pea" Shortlist
Dave McKean The Wolves in the Walls Bloomsbury Neil Gaiman Shortlist
Bee Willey Bob Robber and Dancing Jane Jonathan Cape Andrew Matthews Shortlist
Chris Wormell Two Frogs Red Fox ; Jonathan Cape — Shortlist
2004 Chris Riddell Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver" Walker Books the 1726 classic Gulliver's Travels adapted by Martin Jenkins Winner
Ian Andrew The Boat Templar Helen Ward Shortlist
Russell Ayto One More Sheep Hodder Mij Kelly Shortlist
Simon Bartram Dougal's Deep-Sea Diary Templar — Shortlist
Quentin Blake Michael Rosen's Sad Book Walker Books Michael Rosen Shortlist
Nick Butterworth The Whisperer HarperCollins — Shortlist
John Kelly Guess Who's Coming For Dinner? Templar Cathy Tincknell Shortlist
2005 Emily Gravett Wolves Pan Macmillan — Winner
Tony DiTerlizzi Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You Simon & Schuster Holly Black Shortlist
Mini Grey Traction Man is Here Red Fox — Shortlist
Oliver Jeffers Lost and Found HarperCollins — Shortlist
Dave McKean Mirrormask Bloomsbury Neil Gaiman Shortlist
Jane Ray Jinnie Ghost Frances Lincoln Berlie Doherty Shortlist
David Roberts Little Red: A Fizzingly Good Yarn Abrams Books Lynn Roberts Shortlist
Rob Scotton Russell the Sheep HarperCollins — Shortlist
2006 After 2006 the awards year was adjusted. Before 2007 the year refers to when the book was published rather than when the medal was awarded i.e. the 2005 winner was announced and the medal presented in July 2006.
2007 Mini Grey The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon Jonathan Cape — Winner
Ross Collins The Elephantom Templar — Shortlist
Emily Gravett Orange Pear Apple Bear Pan Macmillan — (four words only) Shortlist
John Kelly and Cathy Tincknell Scoop! An Exclusive by Monty Molenski Templar — Shortlist
Catherine Rayner Augustus and His Smile Little Tiger — Shortlist
Chris Riddell The Emperor of Absurdia Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
2008 Emily Gravett Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears Pan Macmillan — Winner
Anthony Browne Silly Billy Walker Books — Shortlist
Polly Dunbar Penguin Walker Books — Shortlist
Emily Gravett Monkey and Me Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
Jane Ray The Lost Happy Endings Bloomsbury Carol Ann Duffy Shortlist
Chris Riddell Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
Ed Vere Banana! Puffin Books — Shortlist
2009 Catherine Rayner Harris Finds His Feet Little Tiger — Winner
Angela Barrett The Snow Goose Hutchinson an edition of the 1941 novella by Paul Gallico Shortlist
Marc Craste Varmints Templar Helen Ward Shortlist
Thomas Docherty Little Boat Templar — Shortlist
Bob Graham How to Heal a Broken Wing Walker Books — Shortlist
Oliver Jeffers The Way Back Home HarperCollins — Shortlist
Dave McKean The Savage Walker Books David Almond Shortlist
Chris Wormell Molly and the Night Monster Jonathan Cape — Shortlist
Medal winners and Shortlists, 2010-2019
Year Illustrator Title Publisher Author (if different) Result Ref.
2010 Freya Blackwood Harry and Hopper Scholastic Margaret Wild Winner
Grahame Baker-Smith Leon and the Place Between Templar Angela McAllister Shortlist
Oliver Jeffers The Great Paper Caper HarperCollins — Shortlist
Satoshi Kitamura Millie's Marvellous Hat Andersen — Shortlist
Dave McKean Crazy Hair Bloomsbury Neil Gaiman Shortlist
Chris Riddell The Graveyard Book Bloomsbury Neil Gaiman Shortlist
David Roberts The Dunderheads Walker Books Paul Fleischman Shortlist
Viviane Schwarz There Are Cats in This Book Walker Books — Shortlist
2011 Grahame Baker-Smith FArTHER Templar — Winner
Anthony Browne Me and You Doubleday — Shortlist
Bob Graham April Underhill Tooth Fairy Walker Books — Shortlist
Mini Grey Jim Jonathan Cape Hilaire Belloc, 1907 Shortlist
Oliver Jeffers The Heart and the Bottle HarperCollins — Shortlist
Kristin Oftedal Big Bear, Little Brother Pan Macmillan Carl Norac Shortlist
Catherine Rayner Ernest Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
Juan Wijngaard Cloud Tea Monkeys Walker Books Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham Shortlist
2012 Jim Kay A Monster Calls Walker Books Patrick Ness Winner
Emily Gravett Wolf Won't Bite! Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
Petr Horáček Puffin Peter Walker Books — Shortlist
Dave McKean Slog's Dad Walker Books David Almond Shortlist
Catherine Rayner Solomon Crocodile Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
Rob Ryan The Gift Barefoot Books Carol Ann Duffy Shortlist
Viviane Schwarz There Are No Cats in This Book Walker Books — Shortlist
Vicky White Can We Save the Tiger? (nonfiction) Walker Books Martin Jenkins Shortlist
2013 Levi Pinfold Black Dog Templar — Winner
Rebecca Cobb Lunchtime Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
Emily Gravett Again! Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
Chris Haughton Oh No, George! Walker Books — Shortlist
Jon Klassen I Want My Hat Back Walker Books — Shortlist
Chris Mould Pirates 'n' Pistols Hodder — Shortlist
Helen Oxenbury King Jack and the Dragon Puffin Books Peter Bently Shortlist
Salvatore Rubbino Just Ducks! Walker Books Nicola Davies Shortlist
2014 Jon Klassen This is Not My Hat Walker Books — Winner
Rebecca Cobb The Paper Dolls Pan Macmillan Julia Donaldson Shortlist
Olivia Gill Where My Wellies Take Me Templar Michael Morpurgo and Clare Morpurgo Shortlist
Oliver Jeffers The Day the Crayons Quit HarperCollins Drew Daywalt Shortlist
Jon Klassen The Dark Orchard Books Lemony Snicket Shortlist
Dave McKean Mouse Bird Snake Wolf Walker Books David Almond Shortlist
Birgitta Sif Oliver Walker Books — Shortlist
2015 William Grill Shackleton's Journey Flying Eye Books — Winner
Laura Carlin The Promise Walker Books Nicola Davies Shortlist
Alexis Deacon Jim's Lion Walker Books Russell Hoban Shortlist
John Higgins and Marc Olivent Dark Satanic Mills Walker Books Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick Shortlist
Catherine Rayner Smelly Louie Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
Chris Riddell Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
David Roberts Tinder Orion Books Sally Gardner Shortlist
Shaun Tan Rules of Summer Lothian Publishing — Shortlist
2016 Chris Riddell The Sleeper and the Spindle Bloomsbury Neil Gaiman Winner
Ross Collins There's a Bear on My Chair Nosy Crow — Shortlist and Amnesty CILIP Honoree
Anthony Browne Willy's Stories Walker Books — Shortlist
Oliver Jeffers Once Upon an Alphabet HarperCollins — Shortlist
Jon Klassen Sam & Dave Dig a Hole Walker Books Mac Barnett Shortlist
Jackie Morris Something About a Bear Frances Lincoln — Shortlist
Helen Oxenbury Captain Jack and the Pirates Puffin Books Peter Bently Shortlist
Sydney Smith Footpath Flowers Walker Books JonArno Lawson Shortlist
2017 Lane Smith There is a Tribe of Kids Two Hoots — Winner
Francesca Sanna The Journey Flying Eye Books — Shortlist and Amnesty CILIP Honoree
Dieter Braun Wild Animals of the North Flying Eye Books — Shortlist
Emily Gravett Tidy Two Hoots — Shortlist
William Grill The Wolves of Currumpaw Flying Eye Books — Shortlist
Jim Kay Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Bloomsbury J. K. Rowling Shortlist
Chris Riddell A Great Big Cuddle Walker Books Michael Rosen Shortlist
Brian Selznick The Marvels Scholastic — Shortlist
2018 Sydney Smith Town is by the Sea Walker Books Joanne Schwartz Winner
Levi Pinfold The Song from Somewhere Else Bloomsbury A.F. Harrold Shortlist and Amnesty CILIP Honoree
Laura Carlin King of the Sky Walker Books Nicola Davies Shortlist
Debi Gliori Night Shift Hot Key Books — Shortlist
Petr Horáček A First Book of Animals Walker Books Nicola Davies Shortlist
Pam Smy Thornhill David Fickling Books — Shortlist
Britta Teckentrup Under the Same Sky Little Tiger — Shortlist
2019 Jackie Morris The Lost Words Hamish Hamilton Robert Macfarlane Winner & Shadowers' Choice Award
Jon Klassen The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse Walker Books Mac Barnett Shortlist
Rebecca Cobb The Day War Came Walker Books Nicola Davies Shortlist
Eric Fan and Terry Fan Ocean Meets Sky Frances Lincoln — Shortlist
Maria Gulemetova Beyond the Fence Child's Play — Shortlist
Jessica Love Julian is a Mermaid Walker Books — Shortlist
Poonam Mistry You're Safe With Me Lantana Publishing Chitra Soundar Shortlist
David Roberts Suffragette: The Battle for Equality Two Hoots Shortlist
Medal winners and Shortlists, 2020-
Year Illustrator Title Publisher Author (if different) Result Ref.
2020 Shaun Tan Tales from the Inner City Walker Books — Winner '
Kadir Nelson The Undefeated Andersen Press Kwame Alexander Shortlist & Shadowers' Choice Award
Poonam Mistry You're Snug with Me Lantana Publishing Chitra Soundar Shortlist
Chris Mould The Iron Man Faber & Faber Ted Hughes Shortlist
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros The Suitcase Nosy Crow — Shortlist
Levi Pinfold The Dam Walker Books David Almond Shortlist
Júlia Sardà Mary and Frankenstein Andersen Press Linda Bailey Shortlist
Beth Waters Child of St Kilda Child's Play — Shortlist
2021 Sydney Smith Small in the City Walker Books — Winner '
Sharon King-Chai Starbird Two Hoots — Shortlist & Shadowers' Choice Award
Sara Lundberg The Bird Within Me Book Island — (translated by B. J. Epstein) Shortlist
Kate Milner It's a No-Money Day Barrington Stoke — Shortlist
Poonam Mistry How The Stars Came To Be Tate Publishing — Shortlist
Pete Oswald Hike Walker Books — Shortlist
David Ouimet I Go Quiet Canongate — Shortlist
Catherine Rayner Arlo The Lion Who Couldn't Sleep Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
2022 Danica Novgorodoff Long Way Down Faber & Faber Jason Reynolds Winner
Mariachiara Di Giorgio The Midnight Fair Walker Books Gideon Sterer Shortlist & Shadowers' Choice Award
George Butler Drawn Across Borders Walker Books — Shortlist
Emily Gravett Too Much Stuff Pan Macmillan — Shortlist
Christian Robinson Milo Imagines the World Pan Macmillan Matt de la Peña Shortlist
Yu Rong Shu Lin's Grandpa Otter-Barry Books Matt Goodfellow Shortlist
Sydney Smith I Talk Like a River Walker Books Jordan Scott Shortlist
Peter Van den Ende The Wanderer Pushkin Children's Books — (no text) Shortlist
2023 Jeet Zdung Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear Kingfisher Trang Nguyen Winner
Joe Todd-Stanton The Comet Flying Eye Books — Shortlist & Shadowers' Choice Award
Flora Delargy Rescuing Titanic Wide Eyed Editions — Shortlist
Benjamin Phillips Alte Zachen: Old Things Cicada Ziggy Hanaor Shortlist
Levi Pinfold The Worlds We Leave Behind Bloomsbury Children's Books A.F. Harrold Shortlist
Yu Rong The Visible Sounds UCLan Jianling Yin Shortlist
2024 Aaron Becker The Tree and the River Walker Books — Shortlist
Catalina Echeverri April's Garden Graffeg Isla McGuckin Shortlist
Mariajo Ilustrajo Lost Quarto — Shortlist
Steve McCarthy The Wilderness Walker Books — Shortlist
Erika Meza To the Other Side Hachette — Shortlist
Poonam Mistry The Midnight Panther Bonnier — Shortlist
Catherine Rayner The Bowerbird Macmillan Julia Donaldson Shortlist
Chloe Savage The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish Walker Books — Shortlist

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