The Mother Goose Award was an award annually presented to "the most exciting newcomer to British children's book illustration."
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It was inaugurated in 1979 and last awarded in 1999.][ Sponsored by Books for Children booksellers, award winners received £1,000 and a gilded goose egg.]
Winners
Twenty illustrators were recognised in 21 years.
Primary sources
Records of the Mother Goose Award from 1978 to 1986 are held in the archives of the Institute of Education
IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society (IOE) is the education school of University College London (UCL). It specialises in postgraduate study and research in the field of education and is one of UCL's 11 constituent faculties. Prior to m ...
, University of London.[
Materials dated 1978 to 1986.]
See also
* Kate Greenaway Medal
The Kate Greenaway Medal is a British literary award that annually recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children". It is conferred upon the illustrator by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) ...
* Kurt Maschler Award
The Kurt Maschler Award (1982 to 1999) was a British literary award that annually recognised one "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Winning authors and ill ...
* Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award
The Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award is an annual award presented by the Gelett Burgess Center for Creative Expression. Named for Gelett Burgess, an artist and writer famous for his humorous Goops series (1900-1950), this award recognizes out ...
References
British children's literary awards
Illustrated book awards
Awards established in 1979
1979 establishments in the United Kingdom
Awards disestablished in 1999
1999 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
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