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Mother Goose Award

Mother Goose Award

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The Mother Goose Award was an award annually presented to "the most exciting newcomer to British children's book illustration."[1]

It was inaugurated in 1979 and last awarded in 1999.[2] Sponsored by Books for Children booksellers, award winners received £1,000 and a gilded goose egg.[3]

Winners

Twenty illustrators were recognised in 21 years.

More information Year, Illustrator ...

Primary sources

Records of the Mother Goose Award from 1978 to 1986 are held in the archives of the Institute of Education, University of London.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Mother Goose Award". David K. Brown. The Children's Literature Awards Page. 1996. Retrieved 12 September 2008. With award winners 1979 to 1996.
  2. [2]
    "Mother Goose is cooked for 2000". Retrieved 12 September 2008. [dead link]
  3. [3]
    Waters, Fiona (May 1985). "Children's Books - Articles - Awards - The Mother Goose Awards". Books for Keeps (32). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Records of the Mother Goose Award". Archive Catalogue: Deposited Collections. Institute of Education. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2008. Materials dated 1978 to 1986.


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