Children's Laureate
Children's Laureate is a literary award-like award given in the UK to an author or illustrator of children's books for a period of two years. With the award, a prize of originally 10,000 pounds sterling connected. Meanwhile the price has been increased to £ 15,000.
The idea for this prize came from a conversation between the poet Laureate Ted Hughes and the children's book author Michael Morpurgo .
A number of jurors select the candidates to be chosen from the proposals submitted by libraries , literary critics , publishers or booksellers , and in particular the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). The jury also takes direct suggestions from children and young people into account.
The award is funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, and a number of industry sponsors and wealthy patrons . The main sponsor today is Waterstone’s , the UK's leading book retailer. In the beginning, Ottakar’s acted as the main sponsor, but this was done with the merger of the two companies.
The jury was chaired from 2007 to 2009 by Shami Chakrabarti, director of the Liberty advocacy group . Her successor was the poet laureate Andrew Motion .
Since 2010 Ireland has had the Laureate na nÓg equivalent to this award.
Award winners
- 1999-2001: Quentin Blake
- 2001-2003: Anne Fine
- 2003-2005: Michael Morpurgo
- 2005-2007: Jacqueline Wilson
- 2007–2009: Michael Rosen
- 2009-2011: Anthony Browne
- 2011-2013: Julia Donaldson
- 2013–2015: Malorie Blackman
- 2015-2017: Chris Riddell
- 2017-2019: Lauren Child
Web links
- Children's Laureate official homepage
- Laureate na n-og , Ireland
Individual evidence
- ^ "About the Children's Laureate" (childrenslaureate.org.uk). Booktrust.
- ↑ http://www.sla.org.uk/blg-childrens-laureate-selection-panel.php
- ↑ www.guardian.co.uk - Gorilla artist Anthony Browne becomes children's laureate, June 9, 2009
- ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0511/1224270124721.html