Queen's Knickers Award

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".[1][2] 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).[1]

Past winners

Past winners of the prize have been:[3]

2020
  • Winner: Melville, Elena Arevalo. Umbrella. Scallyway Press. ISBN 978-1912650019.
  • Runner-Up: Lévy, Didier; Benaglia, Frederic. How to Light Your Dragon. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500651971.

2021
  • Winner: Sirdeshpande, Rashmi; Ewen, Daine. Never Show a T-Rex a Book. Puffin. ISBN 978-0241392669.
  • Runner-up: Smith, Alex T. Mr. Penguin and the Catastrophic Cruise. Hachette. ISBN 978-1444944570.

2022
  • Winner: Chisholm, Alastair; Roberts, David. Inch and Grub: a story about cavemen. Walker Books. ISBN 978-1406362817.[4]

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.
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