GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1998
Helen Cooper
New York: Doubleday, 1998
29 pp
Age: 3 +
Interests: animals, cooking
Wolves
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: animals, rabbits, wolves
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 2005
Emily Gravett
London: MacMillan, 2005
32 pp
Ages: 5 +
Interests: animals, rabbits, wolves
Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: cities, fairies, family, Magic
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 2002
Bob Graham, author and illustrator
Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2002
29pp
Ages: 3+
Interests: fairies, city life, family, magic
Dogger
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: family, siblings, toys
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1977
Shirley Hughes, author and illustrator
London: Random House, 1977
30 pp
Ages: 2+
Interests: toys, family, siblings
The Three Poor Tailors
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: folktales
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1965
Victor Ambrus
London: Oxford University Press, 1965
23 pp
Ages: 3+
Interests: folktales
Shakespeare’s Theatre
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in Books Tags: British history, history, London, theatre
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1964
C. Walter Hodges, author and illustrator
London: Oxford University Press, 1964
102 pp
Ages: 10 + (?)
Interests: drama, theatre history, British history, Shakespeare, London
The Princess and the Goblin
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in Books, Classics Tags: castle, Fairy Tale, goblins, Magic, Princess
by George MacDonald
1872 – originally published in London by Strahan & Co.
216 pp – 32 chapters
Age: 6+ (?)
Next: C. S. Lewis Narnia books, The Hobbit
Also by this author:
Dealings with the Fairies (1867) aka The Light Princess and Other Stories – includes the story “The Golden Key”, commonly regarded as a masterpiece
At the Back of the North Wind (1871) – along with P&G, his most famous work
The Princess and Curdie (1883) – sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, but a lot darker, more violent and destructive
Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: birds, boats, geese, nature, travel
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1963
John Burningham, author and illustrator
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963
30 pp
Ages: 2 +
Interests: birds, geese, stories about not fitting in
Also by this author: Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, Avocado Baby, Come Away From the Water Shirley, Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World, Courtney
ABC (Brian Wildsmith’s ABC)
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in Books, books - infant+ Tags: alphabet, animals
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1962
Brian Wildsmith, illustrator
London: Oxford University Press, 1962
Ages: infant +
Interests: animals, alphabet
Old Winkle and the Seagulls
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: birds, boats, ocean
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1960
Gerald Rose, author (with Elizabeth Rose) and illustrator
London: Faber and Faber, 1960
31 pp
4+
Interests: boats, ocean, birds
Rarest Kind of Best 