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.

YearIllustratorTitledistinct
Author
1979Michelle CartlidgePippin and Pod
1980Reg CartwrightMr Potter's PigeonPatrick Kinmonth
1981Juan WijngaardGreen Finger HouseRosemary Harris
1982Jan OrmerodSunshine
1983Satoshi KitamuraAngry ArthurHiawyn Oram
1984Patrick BensonThe Hob StoriesWilliam Mayne
1985Susan VarleyBadger's Parting Gifts
1986(no award)
1987P. J. LynchA Bag of Moonshine
(British folktales retold) 
Alan Garner
1988Emma Chichester Clark Listen to ThisLaura Cecil, compiler 
1989Charles FugeBush Vark's First Day Out
1990David HughesStrat and ChattoJan Mark
1991Amanda HarveyA Close Call
1992Ted DewanInside the Whale and Other Animals Steve Parker
1993Claire FletcherThe Seashell SongSusie Jenkin-Pearce
1994Lisa FlatherWhere the Great Bear WatchesJames Sage
1995Flora McDonnellI Love Animals
1996Bruce IngmanWhen Martha's Away
1997Clare JarrettCatherine and the Lion
1998Mary FeddenMotley the CatSusannah Amoore
1999Niamh SharkeyThe 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

  1. "Mother Goose Award". David K. Brown. The Children's Literature Awards Page. 1996. Retrieved 12 September 2008. With award winners 1979 to 1996.
  2. "Mother Goose is cooked for 2000". Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  3. Waters, Fiona (May 1985). "Children's Books - Articles - Awards - The Mother Goose Awards". Books for Keeps (32). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. "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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