Charles Keeping

Charles William James Keeping (22 September 1924 - 16 May 1988) was a British illustrator, children's book author and lithographer. He was best known as an important and influential modern book illustrator.

Awards

• Kate Greenaway Medal 1967 for Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary
• Carnegie Medal 1970 for The God Beneath the Sea (written by Edward Blishen and Leon Garfield)
• Francis Williams Award for Illustration 1972 for Tinker Tailor: Folk Song Tales
• Francis Williams Award for Illustration 1977 for The Wildman (written by Kevin Crossley-Holland)
• Kate Greenaway Medal 1981 for The Highwayman (written by Alfred Noyes)
• Kurt Maschler Award 1987 for Jack the Treacle Eater (written by Charles Causley)
• W H Smith Illustration Award 1988 for Charles Keeping's Classic Tales of the Macabre