Mother Goose Award


The Mother Goose Award was an award annually presented by Books For Children to "the most exciting newcomer to British children's book illustration."
It was inaugurated in 1979 and last awarded in 1999. Award winners received £1,000 and a gilded goose egg.

Winners

Twenty illustrators were recognised in 21 years.

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.