Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures, Boxes and Case Studies
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- 1 In the Frame: What is Visual Literacy and Why Does it 1 Matter?
- 2 The Big Picture: Terminology for Talking About and Critiquing Illustration
- 3 The Reading Journey: the Developmental Stages of Reading
- 4 Close Inspection: Influences and Insights Into People and Processes that Shape Visual Narratives
- 5 Windows into Worlds: the Importance of Visual Representation and Inclusion
- 6 Prize-winning Pictures: an Exploration of Awards and Honours
- 7 Looking to Learn: an Insight into Visual Literacy for Information
- 8 A Room with a View: Making the Most of Visual Literacy in Libraries and in Creating Reading Environments
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Glossary
- References
- Index
6 - Prize-winning Pictures: an Exploration of Awards and Honours
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2020
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures, Boxes and Case Studies
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- 1 In the Frame: What is Visual Literacy and Why Does it 1 Matter?
- 2 The Big Picture: Terminology for Talking About and Critiquing Illustration
- 3 The Reading Journey: the Developmental Stages of Reading
- 4 Close Inspection: Influences and Insights Into People and Processes that Shape Visual Narratives
- 5 Windows into Worlds: the Importance of Visual Representation and Inclusion
- 6 Prize-winning Pictures: an Exploration of Awards and Honours
- 7 Looking to Learn: an Insight into Visual Literacy for Information
- 8 A Room with a View: Making the Most of Visual Literacy in Libraries and in Creating Reading Environments
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
Awards can be a powerful way to give profile to particular books and artists and to help incite interest and momentum in reading. Awards also play a valuable role in helping to document and record implicit cultural views on childhood, educational perspectives on reading and learning and the practices and processes of professions associated with books and reading – publishers, authors, illustrators, librarians and booksellers. They offer insight into the development of the field and the principles adhered to and valued within these. Awards can play a particularly important role for visual narratives as they place a weight of value and importance upon illustration and artwork helping to show the worth of the form overall. Awards for new illustrators can also provide access points for new talent, an important consideration for an industry that can be challenging to enter.
There are numerous international, national and regional awards for illustration. Books that are shortlisted or that win major awards can see an up-turn in sales and can influence future publishing decisions. In an age when the majority of library stock is decided through supplier selection, awards can play a key role in librarians staying up to date, keeping abreast of new talent and themes or trends that might be emerging both nationally and internationally.
Awards also offer opportunities to engage children and young people through national reading groups and shadowing schemes, or through regionally run initiatives that seek to promote reading for pleasure. Awards provide an opportunity to gain professional awareness of some of the most highly regarded titles being published. This chapter explores international, national and local book awards outlining their background, process and notable winners. Particular focus is given to the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal as I currently chair the working party for this award and with its shadowing scheme for children and young people it has considerable national and international reach.
The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal
Winning the Kate Greenaway Medal, and later the ‘Greenaway of Greenaways’, for my picture book Dogger, was an enormous honour, particularly as it is awarded by highly regarded professional librarians. When I first started out, after illustrating many books, mostly in line, by other authors, I was told that my books were ‘too English’ to be readily accepted abroad.
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- Seeing SenseVisual Literacy as a Tool for Libraries, Learning and Reader Development, pp. 103 - 128Publisher: FacetPrint publication year: 2020