The Mother Goose Award was a British annual award, presented by Books For Children to "the most exciting newcomer to British children's book illustration."[1] Established in 1979, the award was last given in 1999.[2] Award winners received £1000 and a gilded goose egg.
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| Year | Winning Illustrator | Title | (Other Author) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Michelle Cartlidge | Pippin and Pod | n/a |
| 1980 | Reg Cartwright | Mr Potter's Pigeon | Patrick Kinmonth |
| 1981 | Juan Wijngaard | Green Finger House | Rosemary Harris |
| 1982 | Jan Ormerod | Sunshine | n/a |
| 1983 | Satoshi Kitamura | Angry Arthur | Hiawyn Oram |
| 1984 | Patrick Benson | The Hob Stories | William Mayne |
| 1985 | Susan Varley | Badger's Parting Gifts | n/a |
| 1986 | Not Awarded | ||
| 1987 | P. J. Lynch | A Bag of Moonshine | Alan Garner |
| 1988 | Emma Chichester Clark | Listen to This | Laura Cecil |
| 1989 | Charles Fuge | Bush Vark's First Day Out | n/a |
| 1990 | David Hughes | Strat and Chatto | Jan Mark |
| 1991 | Amanda Harvey | A Close Call | n/a |
| 1992 | Ted Dewan | Inside the Whale and Other Animals | Steve Parker |
| 1993 | Claire Fletcher | The Seashell Song | Susie Jenkin-Pearce |
| 1994 | Lisa Flather | Where the Great Bear Watches | James Sage |
| 1995 | Flora McDonnell | I Love Animals | n/a |
| 1996 | Bruce Ingman | When Martha's Away | n/a |
| 1997 | Clare Jarrett | Catherine and the Lion | n/a |
| 1998 | Mary Fedden | Motley the Cat | Susannah Amoore |
| 1999 | Niamh Sharkey | The Gigantic Turnip | Aleksei Tolstoy |
The records of the Mother Goose Award, 1878–1986, are held in the Archives of the Institute of Education, University of London [3].