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." Established in 1979, the award was last given in 1999. Award winners received £1000 and a gilded goose egg.

Complete list of Winners

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 Rosemary Harris (writer) Rosemary Jeanne Harris is a British writer of fiction for children.Harris attended school in Weymouth, and then studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, the Chelsea School of Art and the Courtauld Institute...
1982	Jan Ormerod	Sunshine	n/a
1983	Satoshi Kitamura Satoshi Kitamura is a renowned children's picture book author and illustrator, famous for quirky perspectives, brilliant watercolours, attention to detail and unique characters...	Angry Arthur	Hiawyn Oram
1984	Patrick Benson	The Hob Stories	William Mayne William Mayne William James Carter Mayne was an English writer of children's fiction. He was born in Hull, the son of a doctor and was educated at the choir school attached to Canterbury Cathedral and his memories of that time contributed to his early books. During the Second World War the school was evacuated...
1985	Susan Varley Susan Varley Susan Varley is an illustrator of several children's books, including The Monster Bed.-Biography:Susan Varley was born in 1961 in Blackpool, England. She studied graphic design and illustration at Manchester Polytechnic, and illustrated Badger's Parting Gifts...	Badger's Parting Gifts	n/a
1986		Not Awarded
1987	P. J. Lynch P. J. Lynch Patrick James Lynch , known professionally as P. J. Lynch, is an Irish artist and children's book illustrator.__FORCETOC__- Early Years :...	A Bag of Moonshine	Alan Garner Alan Garner With his first book published, Garner abandoned his work as a labourer and gained a job as a freelance television reporter, living a "hand to mouth" lifestyle on a "shoestring" budget...
1988	Emma Chichester Clark	Listen to This	Laura Cecil
1989	Charles Fuge	Bush Vark's First Day Out	n/a
1990	David Hughes David Hughes (Illustrator) David Hughes is an artist and illustrator. He lives in Marple, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK.-Biography:David Hughes, born in Twickenham describes himself as "a graphic designer who happens to illustrate."Expressing the desire to become an artist from a young age, he studied at Twickenham...	Strat and Chatto	Jan Mark Jan Mark Jan Mark was a British author, best known as a writer for children. She was christened Janet Marjorie Brisland in Welwyn Garden City in 1943 and was raised and educated in Kent. She was a secondary school teacher between 1965 and 1971, and became a full-time writer in 1974. She wrote over fifty...
1991	Amanda Harvey	A Close Call	n/a
1992	Ted Dewan Ted Dewan Ted Dewan is an England-based American author/illustrator, born in 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is married to fellow-illustrator Helen Cooper and has a daughter Pandora Dewan, and is the brother of musician/artist Brian Dewan.-Life:...	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 Mary Fedden Mary Fedden OBE, is a British artist. Fedden is represented by Portland Gallery, London.-Early years:Sometimes mistakenly described as the daughter of Roy Fedden , Mary Fedden studied at the Slade School of Fine Arts, London from 1932 to 1936...	Motley the Cat	Susannah Amoore
1999	Niamh Sharkey	The Gigantic Turnip	Aleksei Tolstoy

Primary sources

The records of the Mother Goose Award, 1878–1986, are held in the Archives of the Institute of Education

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