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lang="en" dir="ltr"><section class="mf-section-0" id="mf-section-0"> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive 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She lives in <a href="/wiki/North_London" title="North London">North London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-s&s_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s&s-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has twice won the annual <a href="/wiki/Kate_Greenaway_Medal" title="Kate Greenaway Medal">Kate Greenaway Medal</a>, the British librarians' award for illustration and been runner-up four times.<sup id="cite_ref-ccsu_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccsu-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 50th anniversary of that Medal (1955–2005) her 1999 illustrated edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland" title="Alice's Adventures in Wonderland">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</a></i> was named one of the top ten winning works.<sup id="cite_ref-topten_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topten-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Helen Oxenbury</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1938-06-02</span>) </span>June 2, 1938<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 86)</span><br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Ipswich" title="Ipswich">Ipswich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Illustrations</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Style</th><td class="infobox-data category">Watercolour</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/John_Burningham" title="John Burningham">John Burningham</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1964; died 2019)<wbr></wbr></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Background"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Awards"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Awards</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Media"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Media</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Selected_works"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Selected works</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Oxenbury&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Oxenbury was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Ipswich" title="Ipswich">Ipswich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-walker_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father was an architect. From an early age, she developed a passion for drawing. After leaving school, she attended the <a href="/wiki/Ipswich_School_of_Art" title="Ipswich School of Art">Ipswich School of Art</a> as a teenager, and during holidays she worked at a small theatre in <a href="/wiki/Felixstowe" title="Felixstowe">Felixstowe</a> and at the Ipswich Repertory Theatre Workshop, mixing paints.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She went on to study in London at the <a href="/wiki/Central_School_of_Art_and_Design" title="Central School of Art and Design">Central School of Art and Design</a> (1957-1959), where she met her future husband, <a href="/wiki/John_Burningham" title="John Burningham">John Burningham</a>. </p><p>In her adult life, she embarked on a career in theatre, film and television. She worked as assistant designer at <a href="/wiki/Colchester" title="Colchester">Colchester</a> Repertory Theatre, and for three years as painter and designer for the <a href="/wiki/Habima_Theatre" title="Habima Theatre">Habima Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>. In 1962 she returned to Britain and did some design work for ABC Television and <a href="/wiki/Shepperton_Film_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepperton Film Studios">Shepperton Film Studios</a>. </p><p>After marrying the children's book author and illustrator John Burningham in 1964, she turned to illustrating children’s books herself. In 1988, she created a series of books about a mischievous young boy called Tom, and his stuffed monkey, Pippo. She commented that Tom was very much like her own son in his younger years. Like Tom, her son would often blame his misdeeds on an accomplice (the family dog).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She continues to illustrate books. In 1994, Tom and Pippo was adapted into a <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> animated series which ran for 104 two-minute episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of her most recent work includes the illustrations for <i>The Growing Story</i> in the September 2008 edition of <a href="/wiki/Bayard_Presse" title="Bayard Presse">Bayard Presse's</a> <i>StoryBox</i> magazine. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Oxenbury&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>Oxenbury is one of 14 illustrators to win two <a href="/wiki/Kate_Greenaway_Medal" title="Kate Greenaway Medal">Kate Greenaway Medals</a> (established 1955); Burningham is another. At the time, the annual award by the British <a href="/wiki/CILIP" class="mw-redirect" title="CILIP">Library Association</a> (now CILIP) recognised the year's best children's book illustration by a <a href="/wiki/British_subject" title="British subject">British subject</a>; two books were occasionally cited; there was no cash prize. Oxenbury won the Medal in 1969; the two books cited were <i>The Quangle Wangle's Hat</i>, an edition of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Lear" title="Edward Lear">Edward Lear</a>'s 19th-century poem,<sup id="cite_ref-medal1969a_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal1969a-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>The Dragon of an Ordinary Family</i>, a new story by <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Mahy" title="Margaret Mahy">Margaret Mahy</a>, both published by <a href="/wiki/Heinemann_(publisher)" title="Heinemann (publisher)">Heinemann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-medal1969b_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal1969b-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1989 to 1994 she was the Highly Commended runner up four times<sup id="cite_ref-ccsu_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccsu-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HC_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and she won again for an edition of <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> (Walker, 1999). CILIP's retrospective citation says: "More abundantly illustrated than previous editions ... Alice herself is a child of today – casually dressed, personable and spirited."<sup id="cite_ref-medal1999_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal1999-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Alice</i> was named one of the top ten Greenaway Medal-winning works by a 2007 panel, composing the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.<sup id="cite_ref-topten_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topten-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oxenbury won two "Emils", the <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Maschler_Award" title="Kurt Maschler Award">Kurt Maschler Award</a> by the Maschler publishers and <a href="/wiki/Booktrust" class="mw-redirect" title="Booktrust">Booktrust</a> that annually (1982 to 1999) recognised one "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." The first was for <i>So Much</i> by <a href="/wiki/Trish_Cooke" title="Trish Cooke">Trish Cooke</a>, one of her Greenaway runners up, and the second for <i>Alice</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bizland_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bizland-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oxenbury also won three <a href="/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_Smarties_Book_Prize" title="Nestlé Smarties Book Prize">Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes</a> (1985 to 2007), all in the 0–5 years category. The Smarties Prize winners were elected by children from shortlists composed by a panel. Oxenbury-illustrated picture books were the overall winners for 1989, <i><a href="/wiki/We%27re_Going_on_a_Bear_Hunt" title="We're Going on a Bear Hunt">We're Going on a Bear Hunt</a></i> retold by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Rosen" title="Michael Rosen">Michael Rosen</a>, and for 1991, <i>Farmer Duck</i> by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Waddell" title="Martin Waddell">Martin Waddell</a>, another Greenaway runner up. <i>So Much</i> was the 1994 age group winner. </p><p><i>Farmer Duck</i> was also the 1991 Illustrated Children's Book of the Year (<a href="/wiki/British_Book_Awards" title="British Book Awards">British Book Awards</a>). <i>Tickle, Tickle</i>, written and illustrated by Oxenbury, won the 1999 <a href="/wiki/Booktrust_Early_Years_Award" title="Booktrust Early Years Award">Booktrust Early Years Award</a>. In the United States, <i>Big Momma Makes the World</i> by Phillis Root won the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Globe%E2%80%93Horn_Book_Award" title="Boston Globe–Horn Book Award">Boston Globe–Horn Book Award</a>, picture books category. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Oxenbury&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Media" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>Oxenbury was the guest on the long-running <i><a href="/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs" title="Desert Island Discs">Desert Island Discs</a></i> on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> programme on Sunday 29 November 2020; she chose "Mi par d'udir ancora (Je crois entendre encore)" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Les_p%C3%AAcheurs_de_perles" title="Les pêcheurs de perles">Les pêcheurs de perles</a></i>) sung by <a href="/wiki/Beniamino_Gigli" title="Beniamino Gigli">Beniamino Gigli</a>, <i>The Empire Trilogy</i> by <a href="/wiki/J.G._Farrell" class="mw-redirect" title="J.G. Farrell">J.G. Farrell</a>, and "a bed with an unlimited supply of white linen sheets" as her favoured song, book and luxury item respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Selected_works">Selected works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Oxenbury&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selected works" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>These are all children's books. </p><p><a href="/wiki/WorldCat" title="WorldCat">WorldCat</a> reports that Oxenbury's works most widely held in participating libraries are three of her Greenaway Medal runners up, all written by other authors: <i><a href="/wiki/We%27re_Going_on_a_Bear_Hunt" title="We're Going on a Bear Hunt">We're Going on a Bear Hunt</a></i> (1989), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Little_Wolves_and_the_Big_Bad_Pig" title="The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig">Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig</a></i> (1993), and <i>Farmer Duck</i> (1991).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>The Quangle Wangle's Hat</i> (Heinemann, 1969), by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Lear" title="Edward Lear">Edward Lear</a> (late 19th century)</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>—joint winner of the <a href="/wiki/Kate_Greenaway_Medal" title="Kate Greenaway Medal">Kate Greenaway Medal</a><sup id="cite_ref-medal1969a_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal1969a-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>The Dragon of an Ordinary Family</i> (Heinemann, 1969), by <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Mahy" title="Margaret Mahy">Margaret Mahy</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>—joint winner of the Greenaway Medal<sup id="cite_ref-medal1969b_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal1969b-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Letters of Thanks</i> (Collins, 1969), by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Manghanita_Kempadoo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manghanita Kempadoo (page does not exist)">Manghanita Kempadoo</a></li> <li><i>Helen Oxenbury's ABC of Things</i> (Heinemann, 1971)</li> <li><i>Pig Tale</i> (1973), written in rhyme and illustrated</li> <li><i>Cakes and Custard</i> (Heinemann, 1975, children's rhymes selected by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Alderson_(children%27s_book_critic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Alderson (children's book critic)">Brian Alderson (children's book critic)</a></li> <li><i>I can</i> (1985), a board book for babies</li> <li><i>I hear</i> (1985), a board book for babies</li> <li><i>I see</i> (1985), a board book for babies</li> <li><i>The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Story Book</i> (1985), familiar folk tales</li> <li><i>All Fall Down</i> (1987), written and illustrated</li> <li><i>Clap Hands</i> (1987), written and illustrated</li> <li><i>Say Goodnight</i> (1987), written and illustrated</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We%27re_Going_on_a_Bear_Hunt" title="We're Going on a Bear Hunt">We're Going on a Bear Hunt</a></i> (Walker, 1989), retold by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Rosen" title="Michael Rosen">Michael Rosen</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>—winner of the <a href="/wiki/Smarties_Prize#1989" class="mw-redirect" title="Smarties Prize">Nestlé Smarties Book Prize</a> (age 0–5 and overall)</dd> <dd>—Greenaway runner up, Highly Commended<sup id="cite_ref-ccsu_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccsu-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HC_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Farmer Duck</i> (Walker), 1991, by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Waddell" title="Martin Waddell">Martin Waddell</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>—winner of the British <a href="/wiki/British_Book_Awards#Illustrated_Children's_Book_of_the_Year" title="British Book Awards">Illustrated Children's Book of the Year</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Smarties_Prize#1991" class="mw-redirect" title="Smarties Prize">Smarties Prize</a> (age 0–5 and overall)<sup id="cite_ref-a1wdb_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a1wdb-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>—Greenaway runner up, Highly Commended<sup id="cite_ref-ccsu_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccsu-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HC_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Little_Wolves_and_the_Big_Bad_Pig" title="The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig">The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig</a></i> (1993), illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, written by <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Trivizas" title="Eugene Trivizas">Eugene Trivizas</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>—Greenaway runner up, Highly Commended<sup id="cite_ref-ccsu_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccsu-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HC_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>—<a href="/wiki/Parents%27_Choice_Award" title="Parents' Choice Award">Parents' Choice Gold Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>It's My Birthday</i> (1993), written and illustrated</li> <li><i>So Much</i> (Walker), 1994, by Trish Cooke</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>—winner of the <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Maschler_Award" title="Kurt Maschler Award">Kurt Maschler Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-bizland_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bizland-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Smarties_Prize#1994" class="mw-redirect" title="Smarties Prize">Smarties Prize</a> (ages 0–5 years)</dd> <dd>—Greenaway runner up, Highly Commended<sup id="cite_ref-ccsu_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccsu-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HC_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Tickle, Tickle</i> (1999), written and illustrated</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>—<a href="/wiki/Booktrust" class="mw-redirect" title="Booktrust">Booktrust</a> Early Years Award <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> (<a href="/wiki/Walker_Books" title="Walker Books">Walker Books</a>, 1999), an edition of the <a href="/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland" title="Alice's Adventures in Wonderland">1865 classic</a> by <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Carroll" title="Lewis Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>—winner of the Kurt Maschler Award<sup id="cite_ref-bizland_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bizland-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Kate Greenaway Medal<sup id="cite_ref-medal1999_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal1999-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair</i> (2000), by Harriet Goldhor Lerner</li> <li><i>Big Momma Makes the World</i> (2002), by Phyllis Root</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>—winner of the 2003 <a href="/wiki/Boston_Globe%E2%80%93Horn_Book_Award" title="Boston Globe–Horn Book Award">Boston Globe–Horn Book Award</a>, Picture Book</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Alice Through the Looking Glass</i> (Walker, 2005), an edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Through_the_Looking_Glass" class="mw-redirect" title="Through the Looking Glass">Through the Looking Glass</a></i> by Lewis Carroll (1871)</li> <li><i>The Growing Story</i> (2007), by <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Krauss" title="Ruth Krauss">Ruth Krauss</a> (1947)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Little_Fingers_and_Ten_Little_Toes" title="Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes">Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes</a></i> (2008), by <a href="/wiki/Mem_Fox" title="Mem Fox">Mem Fox</a></li> <li><i>There's Going to Be a Baby</i> (2010), by John Burningham</li> <li><i>The Giant Jumperee</i> (Re-Illustrator in 2017), by <a href="/wiki/Julia_Donaldson" title="Julia Donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Riding_Hood" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Riding Hood">Red Riding Hood</a></i> (2019), Lost Story by <a href="/wiki/Beatrix_Potter" title="Beatrix Potter">Beatrix Potter</a></li> <li><i>Welcome to the World</i> (2022), by <a href="/wiki/Julia_Donaldson" title="Julia Donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Oxenbury&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-HC-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HC_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HC_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HC_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HC_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HC_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HC_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> Since 1995 there are usually eight books on the Greenaway shortlist. According to CCSU, there were 31 "Highly Commended" runners up for the Greenaway Medal in 29 years from 1974 to 2002, including Oxenbury alone in 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1994. <br> No one has won three Greenaways. Among the fourteen illustrators with two Medals, Oxenbury is one of seven with one book named to the top ten (1955–2005). No one else was highly commended more than twice.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Oxenbury&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-s&s-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-s&s_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Helen-Oxenbury/1298466">"Helen Oxenbury"</a>. Authors A–Z. Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 30 May 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ccsu-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ccsu_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccsu_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccsu_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccsu_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccsu_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccsu_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/KateGreenaway.htm">"Kate Greenaway Medal"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140916192441/http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/KateGreenaway.htm">Archived</a> 16 September 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. <a href="/wiki/Central_Connecticut_State_University" title="Central Connecticut State University">Central Connecticut State University</a>. Retrieved 25 June 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-topten-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-topten_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-topten_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/top_tens.php?action=list">"70 Years Celebration: Anniversary Top Tens"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161027022418/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/top_tens.php?action=list">Archived</a> 27 October 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. <a href="/wiki/CILIP" class="mw-redirect" title="CILIP">CILIP</a>. Retrieved 29 June 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-walker-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-walker_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Helen-Oxenbury-3152.aspx">"Helen Oxenbury"</a>. Authors & Artists. Walker Books. Retrieved 30 May 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.booksforkeeps.co.uk/issues/62/27187">Interview with Helen Oxenbury at BooksforKeeps</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090225231213/http://www.booksforkeeps.co.uk/issues/62/27187">Archived</a> 25 February 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ipac.librarypoint.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1148AD5718789.1753&menu=search&aspect=basic_search&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=remote&ri=21&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.GW&term=tom+pippo&aspect=basic_search#focus">Oxenbury's 'Tom and Pippo' book range</a>. 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Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 17 July 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-medal1969b-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-medal1969b_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-medal1969b_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=39">(Greenaway Winner 1969b)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130129235600/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=39#">Archived</a> 29 January 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. 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Retrieved 17 July 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bizland-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bizland_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bizland_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bizland_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bookawards.bizland.com/kurt_maschler_award_for_children.htm">"Kurt Maschler Awards"</a>. Book Awards. <i>bizland.com</i>. Retrieved 7 February 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pvcx">"Helen Oxenbury"</a>. <i>Desert Island Diss</i>. BBC Radio 4<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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