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 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Kate Greenaway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Kate Greenaway (Catherine Greenaway) (London, March 17, 1846 - November 6, 1901) was a children's book illustrator and writer.
The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded annually by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals to an illustrator of children's books.
'Kate Greenaway' children, all of them little girls and boys too young to be put in trousers, according to the conventions of the time, were dressed in her own versions of Regency fashions, high-waisted smocks and pinafores and dresses, mobcaps and straw bonnets.
www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Kate_Greenaway   (241 words)

  
 Charles Keeping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He won the Kate Greenaway Medal for outstanding work in children's illustration twice: for Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary in 1967, and for an illustrated edition of Alfred Noyes's poem The Highwayman in 1981.
A modern fairy tale about two children who grow up in the same street, are separated when one family moves to a new tower block, and are reunited thanks to a pet canary, Charley depicts the gradual disappearance of the London of Keeping’s childhood, a theme he would return to regularly.
The full colour illustrations are excitingly messy and spontaneous, using intense colour, sponge texturing and wax resist, and won Keeping his first Kate Greenaway Medal.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Charles_Keeping   (1552 words)

  
 Women Children's Book Illustrators--Kate Greenaway, 1846-1901   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Kate was reluctant to show Evans her portfolio but he quickly realized that her style was well suited to his wood-block printing process.
John Greenaway’s death in 1890 was a blow to Kate, for she was very close to him.
Kate Greenaway was depressed because she felt out-of-fashion.
www.ortakales.com /illustrators/Greenaway.html   (2364 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway Medal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) UK in 1955 in honour of the children's illustrator, (Click link for more info and facts about Kate Greenaway) Kate Greenaway.
The medal is given annually to an outstanding work of illustration in (Click link for more info and facts about children's literature) children's literature.
The winner receives a golden medal and £500 worth of books to donate to a (A depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study) library of their choice.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kate_greenaway_medal.htm   (616 words)

  
 GREENAWAY, Kate., Almanacks 1883-1897.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The daughter of the artist John Greenaway, Kate began work on the almanacks in 1882, when she was already a celebrated illustrator of children's books and greetings cards.
Greenaway in turn became infatuated with Ruskin, but her affections were not returned with matching intensity.
Greenaway's illustrations of children also reminded Ruskin of Rose La Touche, a nine year-old girl with whom he became obsessed and eventually proposed to when she was twelve.
www.polybiblio.com /finch/85153.html   (237 words)

  
 Managing Information News
The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are awarded annually by a panel of children's and young people's librarians from the Youth Libraries Group of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded to an outstanding book for children and young people in terms of illustration.
The CILIP Carnegie Medal was established by the Library Association in 1936, and the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal in 1955.
www.managinginformation.com /news/content_show_full.php?id=2472   (261 words)

  
 Early Years Experience - describing childrens book awards
The winner of the award receives a gold medal and £500 worth of books for them to donate to a library of their choice.
The winner of the Carnegie Medal for 2004, awarded in July 2005 was Frank Cottrell Boyce for his book 'Millions'.
The medal is given annually by the Association for Library Service to children, a division of the American Library Association.
www.bigeyedowl.co.uk /book-awards.htm   (511 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway (1846 - 1901) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Kate Greenaway is remembered for her illustrations in children’s books.
Kate Greenaway, The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
Kate Greenaway, The Queen of the Pirate Isle by Bret Harte (London: Chatto & Windus, undated), ca.
wwar.com /masters/g/greenaway-kate.html   (1318 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway Biography / Biography of Kate Greenaway Main Biography
For over a hundred years, Kate Greenaway's works have been honored as representing the essence of illustrations for children.
Her seminal role in creating the form of the modern child's picture book was recognized in 1955, when the Library Association of Great Britain established the Kate Greenaway Medal.
Kate Greenaway's romantic conception of childhood was based in part on her own experiences.
www.bookrags.com /biography-kate-greenaway   (227 words)

  
 Loganberry Books: Kate Greenaway
Kate Greenaway herself did extensive research for costumes and backgrounds, and she took her work seriously.
The beautiful picture books she illustrated in the latter quarter of the 19th century have held their popularity and are still appearing in reprinted forms today.
Kate Greenaway is both a perenially popular artist, as well as one of the giants of the Golden Era of children's illustration.
www.savemt.logan.com /loganberry/coll-greenaway.html   (789 words)

  
 Resources for English Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Carnegie Medal This was established by the Library Association in 1936 for books of outstanding literary quality written in English for children or young adults in any category.
The Kate Greenaway Medal This was also established by the Library Association in 1955 for distinguished illustration in a book for children.
Since 2000, the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal has also been awarded the £5000 Colin Mears Award who was an accountant and children's book collector.
cwis.livjm.ac.uk /lea/info/educ/bookawards.htm   (497 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman
(The Greenaway Medal is the UK equivalent of the American Caldecott, and was named after Kate Greenaway, the illustrator whose work was once turned into a pornographic biscuit tin lid.)
I just read the Greenaway shortlist at http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/shortlst/sht_gree.html and while all the other books get described in glowing, heartwarming and entirely positive terms, The Wolves in the Walls seems to have troubled the person writing the descriptions no end.
I don't know what the UK bookies odds on the Greenaway are (although I found the odds on the Orange with no problems), but I suspect that Dave will not be the odds-on favourite.
www.neilgaiman.com /journal/2004/05/considering-odds.asp   (981 words)

  
 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's book awards
These medals from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) are awarded every year by a panel of children's librarians.
The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.
All the Borough Libraries children's reading groups are shadowing the Kate Greenaway medal and some secondary school groups are shadowing both medals.
www.rbkc.gov.uk /Libraries/bookpromotions/carnegiegreenaway.asp   (240 words)

  
 Greenaway, Kate on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
She influenced children's clothing and the illustrating of children's books and was often imitated, though never successfully.
Among the books for which she provided text as well as illustrations are Under the Window (1879), A Day in a Child's Life (1881), Kate Greenaway's Birthday Album, and The Language of Flowers (1885).
KATE WINSLET; ` I'M HAPPIER LOOKING LIKE THIS, THAN THIS' Kate Winslet has always struggled with her weight.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/g/greenawa.asp   (428 words)

  
 Carnegie Medal Criteria
The Library Association Carnegie Medal is awarded annually for an outstanding book for children and young people.
The whole work should provide pleasure, not merely from the surface enjoyment of a good read, but also the deeper subconscious satisfaction of having gone through a vicarious, but at the time of reading, a real experience that is retained afterwards.
The Library Association Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded annually for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.
www.la-hq.org.uk /groups/ylg/ylr/revised.html   (877 words)

  
 Other Book Awards - Lincolnshire County Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded for "outstanding illustration in a children's book"
This medal was introduced in the 1950's, when the use of illustrations in children's books had become so important that a separate prize was needed
These medals are regarded as the most prestigious of the children's book awards
www.lincolnshire.gov.uk /section.asp?catId=3118   (155 words)

  
 The Artists - Magic Pencil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration twice, as well as numerous other awards.
He has won the Kate Greenaway Award for children's book illustration twice.
She has won the Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustartion and her artwork was selected to promote World Book Day 2002.
magicpencil.britishcouncil.org /artists   (589 words)

  
 Children's Book Awards
The Caldecott Medal Home Page : Awarded annually by the American Library Association, the Caldecott Medal is the most prestigious award given to a children's picture book published in the United States during the preceding calendar year.
The Newbery Medal : The Newbery Medal link will take you to the Medal's Home Page sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children, which is a division of the American Library Association.
The Kate Greenaway Medal :Awarded by the British Library Association, the Kate Greenaway Medal was created in 1956.
www.bsu.edu /classes/vancamp/cba.html   (469 words)

  
 The Kate Greenaway Medal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It was first awarded to Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone The medal is now awarded by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, which is a new organisation formed by the Unification of the Institute of Information Scientists and The Library Association on 1 April 2002.
Since 2000, the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal has also been awarded the £5000 Colin Mears Award.
Colin Mears, a Worthing based accountant and children's book collector, left a bequest to The Library Association providing every Greenaway winner with a cash award as well as the coveted Medal.
www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk /green/green.html   (154 words)

  
 Peters Bookselling Services
Though a newcomer to the literary scene, Donnelly's talent has brought her immediate recognition from her peers.
Shirley, one of the UK's best-loved picture book creators won her first Kate Greenaway Medal in 1977 for 'Dogger', now an established classic.
That she has now secured the UK's most prestigious award for children's book illustration for the second time, almost three decades later, highlights the enduring quality and appeal of her work, which is familiar to at least two generations of young readers.
www.peters-books.co.uk /news0059.htm   (280 words)

  
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The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to the writer of an outstanding book for children.
The Kate Greenaway Medal has been awarded since 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children.
The Medals are awarded by The Library Association, the professional body for librarians which was established in 1877 and has more than 25,000 members.
www.jfk.herts.sch.uk /class/library/la.html   (280 words)

  
 BookThink - Children's Book Awards - Remarks and Lists
Not quite as longstanding but equally prestigious are the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards - the English equivalents, respectively, of the Newberys and Caldecotts.
Interestingly, the criteria, though similar in most respects to the American awards, lack the stipulation regarding citizenship or residency of the recipient, and thus the Carnegie can be awarded to an American.
Sharon Creech thus won the Newbury medal in 1995 and the Carnegie in 2002.
www.bookthink.com /0036/36chi2.htm   (754 words)

  
 BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Kate Greenaway
If you're a mother or a grandmother you'll know Kate Greenaway's children from your old childhood - cheery and apple cheeked with long cotton frocks an floppy hats.
You'll also know the leading names that came after her - people like Quentin Blake, Patrick Benson, Colin McNaughton and Mick Inkpen - from reading to a new generation of youngsters.
Kate Greenaway died 100 years ago this week.
www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/womanshour/2001_45_fri_04.shtml   (95 words)

  
 Children's Book of the Month - February 2005
Lauren Child is probably best known for her quirky illustrations and is one the most original and exciting children's illustrators to emerge in recent years.
She won the Kate Greenaway Medal for her book I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato.
She has also won Bronze Medal Smarties Award in 2000 and was Highly Commended for the 1999 Kate Greenaway Medal.
www.clarelibrary.ie /eolas/library/services/book_of_month/childrens_book_of_the_month_feb05.htm   (301 words)

  
 Terry Pratchett wins Carnegie Medal - SFWA News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually by CILIP for ‘an outstanding book for children and young people’.
It was first won by Arthur Ransome in 1936, and has since been won by many of the great names of children’s literature, including CS Lewis, Eleanor Farjeon, Anne Fine and Philip Pullman.
Also announced was Chris Riddell winning The Kate Greenaway Medal for Pirate Diary, a fictionalised account of the adventures of young Jake Carpenter on the high seas.
www.sfwa.org /news/02carnegie.htm   (237 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustrators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Youth Libraries Group, a division of The British Library Association, established the Greenaway Medal in 1956.
The Library Association's Kate Greenaway Medal is considered the top British Children's Book Illustration Award.
A Worthing based accountant and children's book collector, Colin Mears left a bequest to The Library Association providing every Greenaway winner from 2000 onwards with a cash award as well as the coveted Medal.
www.literature-awards.com /kate_greenaway_medal.htm   (493 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway
Denise Ortakales has an excellent guide to women illustrators, with Greenaway, Beatrix Potter, Wanda Gag, Millicent Sowerby, and many others.
This fan site from Japan has a good bibliography, galleries and links to several resource sites, and Kay Vandergrift's various studies (including history, illustration, female voices) are well worth reading.
Try "kate greenaway" as a name, as well as descriptors such as children's literature, illustrations or illustrators or illustrat*, history in various combinations.
www.latrobe.edu.au /childlit/Authors/Greenaway.htm   (181 words)

  
 Children's Awards in Other Countries (from literary award) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The Carnegie Medal—established in honor of the industrialist Andrew Carnegie—has been awarded annually since 1937 for an outstanding book for children (see Carnegie, Andrew).
The award is based upon the decision of a panel of judges from the...
Named for the famous author of Little House on the Prairie fame, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal is awarded to an author or illustrator who has made “a substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature.”; Wilder herself was the first recipient of the award in 1954.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-203925?tocId=203925&ct=   (924 words)

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