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Award for children's illustrated book

The Queen's Knickers Award is a British award for a children's illustrated book. It was founded in 2020 and is awarded annually by the Society of Authors for "an outstanding children's original illustrated book for ages 0-7". It is funded by children's author Nicholas Allan and takes its name from his book The Queen's Knickers (1993, Hutchinson: ISBN 978-0091764685).

Past winners

Winners and runners-up
Year Rank Author Title Publisher & ISBN Notes
2020 Winner Elena Arevalo Melville Umbrella Scallyway Press: ISBN 978-1912650019
Runner-up Didier Lévy and Frederic Benaglia How to Light Your Dragon Thames & Hudson: ISBN 978-0500651971
2021 Winner Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Daine Ewen Never Show a T-Rex a Book Puffin: ISBN 978-0241392669
Runner-up Alex T. Smith Mr. Penguin and the Catastrophic Cruise Hachette: ISBN 978-1444944570
2022 Winner Alastair Chisholm and David Roberts Inch and Grub: a story about Cavemen Walker Books: ISBN 978-1406362817
Runner-up Mick Jackson and John Broadley While You’re Sleeping Pavillion Children's: ISBN 978-1843654650
2023 Winner Olaf Falafel Blobfish Walker Books: ISBN 978-1406397659
Runner-up John Agard and Satoshi Kitamura When Creature met Creature Scallywag Press: ISBN 978-1912650507

References

  1. ^ "The Queen's Knickers Award". www.societyofauthors.org. The Society of Authors. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. Anderson, Porter (3 July 2019). "'Quirky' Children's Illustrated Books: The Queen's Knickers Award". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Previous winners of the Queen's Knickers Award". www.societyofauthors.org. The Society of Authors. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. "The Queen's Knickers Prize 2022 Winners". saahub.com. Society of Artist's Agents. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. "The 2023 Queen's Knickers Award Winner". Society of Authors. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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