Awards & Winners

Lauren Child

Date of Birth 1965
Place of Birth Marlborough, Wiltshire
(United Kingdom)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Illustrator, Author
Lauren Child MBE is an English writer and illustrator. She is best known for the Charlie and Lola picture books and the Clarice Bean series of picture books and novels. Influences: E. H. Shepherd, Quentin Blake, Carl Larsson, Ludwig Bemelmans. Child introduced Charlie and Lola in 2000 with I will not ever Never eat a tomato and won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association for the year's most "distinguished illustration in a book for children". For the 50th anniversary of the Medal, a panel named it one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. It finished third in the public vote from that shortlist.

Awards by Lauren Child

Check all the awards nominated and won by Lauren Child.

2002


Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
Honored for : That Pesky Rat
(Gold Award, 6-8 years )

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize That Pesky Rat
Gold Award, 6-8 years
Kate Greenaway Medal That Pesky Rat
Kate Greenaway Medal Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?
Carnegie Medal in Literature Utterly Me, Clarice Bean
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize That Pesky Rat
Kids' Club Network Special Award

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize What planet are you from, Clarice Bean?
Bronze Award, 6-8 years
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize What planet are you from, Clarice Bean?
Kids' Club Network Special Award

2000


Kate Greenaway Medal
Honored for : I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Beware of the Storybook Wolves
Bronze Award, 6-8 years

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Clarice Bean That's Me
Bronze Award, 6-8 years