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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Kate greenaway - Caught on Camera

Antony Maitland obituary

Illustrator and writer whose intricate drawings helped shape the look of children’s novels of the 60s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

Allan Ahlberg obituary

Writer of books such as Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo! capturing a child’s outlook with his illustrator wife Janet

The Guardian - UK

How Tove Jansson’s Moomins illustrations taught us to imagine, resist and belong

There is a world beyond our own, where imagination and reality meet, and where, for 80 years, Tove Jansson’s Moomins illustrations have offered readers a way to recognise themselves.

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‘It will be jolly nice’: illustrator Helen Oxenbury, 86, on preparing for her first solo show – and a new book with Michael Rosen

Acclaimed for her work on children’s books, the artist is teaming up again with her collaborator on Bear Hunt

The Guardian - UK

Victorian illustrator Kate Greenaway's "bewitching" Hampstead artists' studio on sale for £1.85 million

The artist and writer lived at the house, which was designed for her by Richard Norman Shaw, for the last 16 years of her life

Evening Standard

Snowman author Raymond Briggs dies aged 88

Beloved creator of Fungus the Bogeyman and Father Christmas brought a distinctive strain of melancholy to the genre

The Guardian - UK

Children’s books world reacts to ‘horrible loss’ of Blue Peter book awards

BookTrust which ran the awards said its limited resources would now be directed to disadvantaged families

The Guardian - UK

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Danica Novgorodoff wins Kate Greenaway medal for graphic novel Long Way Down

Judges praise ‘incredible’ version of Jason Reynolds’ novel while Katya Balen wins the Carnegie medal for her ‘evocative’ second book October, October

The Guardian - UK

Carnegie medal shortlist spotlights real-life stories of friendship in challenging times

The UK’s most prestigious children’s books prize and its sister award for illustration the Kate Greenaway medal highlight books that can help young readers

The Guardian - UK

Shirley Hughes, children's author and illustrator, dies aged 94

Beloved English author and artists behind more than 60 books, including Dogger and the Alfie series, was voted the most popular Kate Greenaway winner in 50 years

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