The Kate Greenaway Medal is a British award given annually for distinguished illustration in a book for children.  The longlist for the award has just been announced this week.  Here are the titles on the longlist:

  

The Big Snuggle-Up by Nicola Bayley (illustrator) and Brian Patten
North: The Greatest Animal Journey on Earth by Patrick Benson (illustrator) and Nick Dowson
How Do You Feel? by Anthony Browne

  
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
Have You Ever Ever Ever? by Emma Chichester Clark (illustrator) and Colin McNaughton
The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Emma Chichester Clark (illustrator) and Michael Morpurgo

  
Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb
The Goggle-Eyed Goats by Christopher Corr (illustrator) and Stephen Davies
Croc and Bird by Alexis Deacon

  
Soonchild by Alexis Deacon (illustrator) and Russell Hoban
The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle
Arthur’s Dream Boat by Polly Dunbar

  
Rabbityness by Jo Empson
Friends by Michael Foreman
Wild Child by Lorna Freytag (illustrator) and Jeanne Willis

  
Azzi in Between by Sarah Garland
Robin Hood by Anne Yvonne Gilbert (illustrator) and Nicky Raven
A Bus Called Heaven by Bob Graham

  
Again! by Emily Gravett
Matilda’s Cat by Emily Gravett
Toys in Space by Mini Grey

  
Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton
Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature by Mark Hearld (illustrator) and Nicola Davies
The Great Snortle Hunt by Kate Hindley (illustrator) and Claire Freedman

  
Goldilocks and Just the One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson
Jonathan & Martha by Petr Horacek
The Hueys in The New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers

Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by W.E. Joyce (co-illustrator and writer) and Joe Bluhm (illustrator)

  
Goldilocks on CCTV by Satoshi Kitamura (illustrator) and John Agard
I Want my Hat Back by Jon Klassen
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales by Kate Leiper (illustrator) and Theresa Breslin

  

Demolition by Brian Lovelock (illustrator) and Sally Sutton

The Skeleton Pirate by David Lucas

The Frank Show by David Mackintosh

  
The Cat and the Fiddle: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Jackie Morris
Pirates ‘n’ Pistols by Chris Mould
The Worst Princess by Sara Ogilvie (illustrator) and Anna Kemp

King Jack and the Dragon by Helen Oxenbury (illustrator) and Peter Bently
My Big Shouting Day by Rebecca Patterson
Black Dog by Levi Pinfold

  
Where is Fred? by Ali Pye (illustrator) and Edward Hardy
The Twelve Days of Christmas by Jane Ray
The Yoga Ogre by Simon Rickerty (illustrator) and Peter Bently

One Cool Cat by David Roberts (illustrator) and Susannah Corbett
Who Am I? by Tony Ross (illustrator) and Gervase Phinn
Fly, Chick, Fly! by Tony Ross (illustrator) and Jeanne Willis

 
Just Ducks! by Salvatore Rubbino (illustrator) and Nicola Davies
Just Imagine by Nick Sharratt (illustrator) and Pippa Goodhart
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton

  
ABC London by Kate Slater (illustrator) and James Dunn
Claude at the Circusby Alex T. Smith
Ella by Alex T. Smith

  
Red Car, Red Bus by Susan Steggall
How to Hide a Lion by Helen Stephens
Jack and the Baked Beanstalk by Colin Stimpson

  
Naughty Kitty by Adam Stower
The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse by Helen Ward
Leave Me Alone by Lee Wildish (illustrator) and Kes Gray

 
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems
Eric! by Christopher Wormell

 
Dog Loves Drawing by Louise Yates
Hans and Matilda by Yokococo