AWARDS
and HONOURS |
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Hon.
Doc. Lit., Oxford Brookes University, 2011 |
NATE
Award for Liftetime Services to English Education, 2010 |
Elected
a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, 2009 |
Hon.
Doc. of Letters, Gloucestershire University, 2008 |
Hon.
Doctorate, Umeå University, Sweden, 2003 |
JHunt
Award, USA, 2002 for Postcards from No Man's Land |
Michael
Printz Award, USA, 2002 for Postcards from No Man's Land |
Hans
Christian Andersen Award, 2002 (IBBY) |
Carnegie
Medal, 1999 for Postcards from No Man's Land |
Stockport
School Book Prize K4, 2000 for Postcards from No Man's Land |
Italian
Andersen Award, 2000 for Postcards from No Man's Land |
Dutch
Silver Pencil, 1994 for The Toll Bridge |
Dutch
Silver Pencil, 1986 for The Present Takers |
Dutch
Silver Pencil, 1985 for Seal Secret |
Eleanor
Farjeon Award, 1982 for Outstanding Services to Children's Books
(with Nancy Chambers) |
Children's
Literature Association (USA) Award, 1979 for Outstanding Literary
Criticism
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