The Kate Greenaway Medal Kate Greenaway 1846 1901
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The Kate Greenaway Medal
Kate Greenaway (1846 -1901) �Educated at several art schools in London �First commercial work creating greeting cards for Marcus Ward � 1874: illustrated first published book, Fairy Gift by Katherine Knox � 1879: produced her first successful book, Under the Window � 1890: elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
Selected Works by Kate Greenaway �Birthday Book for Children (1880) �Mother Goose (1881) �Kate Greenaway’s Almanack (published most years between 1888 -1897)
Award Information �Established in 1955 �Awarded annually by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) �Given for distinguished illustration in a book for children �Book must have been first published in the UK
Recent Kate Greenaway Medal Winners 2011: FAr. THER by Grahame Baker-Smith 2010: Harry & Hopper 2009: Harris Finds His Feet 2008: Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears 2007: The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon Book jacket images from www. amazon. com
Her Artwork Girl and boy dancing Girl and Two Babies Children Playing Girls blowing bubbles Two girls picking apples
Resources � The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards website. (n. d. ). The Kate Greenaway Medal. Retrieved from http: //www. carnegiegreenaway. org. uk/greenaway/ � Kate Greenaway. (n. d. ). In Encyclopædia Britannica online. Retrieved from http: //www. britannica. com/EBchecked/topic/245130/Kate-Greenaway � Routh, E. M. (1996). Kate Greenaway. In The dictionary of art (Vol. 13, p. 615). New York: Grove. All pictures of Kate Greenaway’s art from http: //kids. memoryprints. com/collection/3591/childrens-vintage-posters
