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Kate Greenaway Medal Winners
The Kate Greenaway Medal was established by The Library Association of the United Kingdom in 1955
for distinguished illustration in a book for children. The award is given annually in the United Kingdom by CILIP,
the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. It is named after the popular nineteenth century
artist known for her fine children's illustrations and designs.
For more information see: The Kate Greenaway Medal Home Page
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| Year | Title | Illustrator |
| 2011 | FArTHER | Grahame Baker-Smith |
| 2010 | Harry & Hopper | Freya Blackwood |
| 2009 | Harris Finds His Feet | Catherine Rayner |
| 2008 | Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears | Emily Gravet |
| 2007 | The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon | Mini Grey |
| 2005 | Wolves | Emily Gravett |
| 2004 | Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver" | Chris Riddell |
| 2003 | Ella's Big Chance | Shirley Hughes |
| 2002 | Jethro Byrd - Fairy Child | Bob Graham |
| 2001 | Pirate Diary | Chris Riddell |
| 2000 | I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato | Lauren Child |
| 1999 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Helen Oxenbury |
| 1998 | Pumpkin Soup | Helen Cooper |
| 1997 | When Jessie Came Across the Sea | P J Lynch |
| 1996 | The Boy Who Wouldn't Go To Bed | Helen Cooper |
| 1995 | The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey | P J Lynch |
| 1994 | Way Home | Gregory Rogers |
| 1993 | Black Ships Before Troy | Alan Lee |
| 1992 | Zoo | Anthony Browne |
| 1991 | The Jolly Christmas Postman | Janet Ahlberg |
| 1990 | The Whales' Song | Gary Blythe |
| 1989 | War Boy: a Country Childhood | Michael Foreman |
| 1988 | Can't You Sleep Little Bear? | Barbara Firth |
| 1987 | Crafty Chameleon | Adrienne Kennaway |
| 1986 | Snow White in New York | Fiona French |
| 1985 | Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady | Juan Wijngaard |
| 1984 | Hiawatha's Childhood | Errol Le Cain |
| 1983 | Gorilla | Anthony Browne |
| 1982 | Long Neck and Thunder Foot and Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales | Michael Foreman |
| 1981 | The Highwayman | Charles Keeping |
| 1980 | Mister Magnolia | Quentin Blake |
| 1979 | The Haunted House | Jan Pienkowski |
| 1978 | Each Peach Pear Plum | Janet Ahlberg |
| 1977 | Dogger | Shirley Hughes |
| 1976 | The Post Office Cat | Gail E Haley |
| 1975 | Horses in Battle | Victor Ambrus | Mishka | Victor Ambrus |
| 1974 | The Wind Blew | Pat Hutchins |
| 1973 | Father Christmas | Raymond Briggs |
| 1972 | The Woodcutter's Duck | Krystyna Turska |
| 1971 | The Kingdom under the Sea | Jan Pienkowski |
| 1970 | Mr Gumpy's Outing | John Burningham |
| 1969 | The Quangle Wangle's Hat | Helen Oxenbury | The Dragon of an Ordinary Family | Helen Oxenbury |
| 1968 | Dictionary of Chivalry | Pauline Baynes |
| 1967 | Charlotte and the Golden Canary | Charles Keeping |
| 1966 | Mother Goose Treasury | Raymond Briggs |
| 1965 | The Three Poor Tailors | Victor Ambrus |
| 1964 | Shakespeare's Theatre | C W Hodges |
| 1963 | Borka: the Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers | John Burningham |
| 1962 | ABC | Brian Wildsmith |
| 1961 | Mrs. Cockle's Cat | Antony Maitland |
| 1960 | Old Winkle and the Seagulls | Gerald Rose |
| 1959 | Kashtanka | William Stobbs | A Bundle of Ballads | William Stobbs |
| 1958 | Prize withheld as no book considered suitable | |
| 1957 | Mrs Easter and the Storks | V H Drummond |
| 1956 | Tim All Alone | Edward Ardizzone |
| 1955 | Prize withheld as no book considered suitable |