Jon
Klassen wins Walker Books’ 10th Kate Greenaway Medal for This is
Not My Hat, and becomes the only book to win both the Kate Greenaway and
Randolph Caldecott Awards.
We are delighted to announce that Jon Klassen has won the 2014 Kate Greenaway
Medal for Illustration for his beautiful picture book This is Not My Hat.
The Greenaway
Medal would always be an incredible achievement for any artist or publishing house,
but for us this marks our TENTH Greenaway Medal, which we are absolutely thrilled about. This is Not My Hat will also go into the
history books as the first ever title to win both the UK’s highest illustration
honour with the Kate Greenaway Medal, but also win the USA’s highest prize for
illustration, the Randolph Caldecott Medal, which was awarded in 2013.
On winning the
CILIP Kate Greenaway, Jon Klassen said:
"Winning
this award is hugely encouraging. Making a book, you're kind of going out on a
limb in the belief that what you think of as a satisfying story is the same as
what other people think of as a satisfying story. This doesn't mean everything
in the story turns out alright for everybody, but you, as a storyteller, try
and make sure it ends the way the story should end. Any audience, children
included, take reassurance from that. Storytelling is an act of community, of
looking at one another afterward and agreeing that we enjoyed it, or not,
whether the story itself portrays happiness or doom. The hope is found when we
agree we liked it, and I'm so glad you liked this one."
Have your little ones read This Is Not My Hat yet? Find a copy at your local bookshop.
PREVIOUS
KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL WINS FOR WALKER BOOKS:
2014 Jon Klassen, This is Not My Hat
2012 Jim Kay, A Monster Calls
2004 Chris Riddell, Jonathan Swift's “Gulliver”
2002 Bob Graham, Jethro Byrde- Fairy Child
2001 Chris Riddell, Pirate Diary
1999 Helen Oxenbury, Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland
1997 P J Lynch, When Jessie Came Across the Sea
1995 P J Lynch, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan
Toomey
1988 Barbara Firth, Can't You Sleep Little Bear?
1985 Juan Wijngaard, Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
