The Harvey Darton Award
In 1990 the CBHS established its biennial Harvey Darton Award for a book, published in English, which extends our knowledge of some aspect of British children's literature of the past.
Previous Harvey Darton Winners
2022
The Encyclopaedia of Girls' School Stories
- Authors
- Sue Sims and Hilary Clare
- Publisher
- Girls Gone By Publishers, 2020
2020
The Men who drew for Boys (and Girls):101 Forgotten Illustrators of Children's Books 1844-1970
- Author
- Robert J Kirkpatrick
- Publisher
- R J Kirkpatrick, 2019
2018
Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense
- Author
- Jenny Uglow
- Publisher
- Faber, 2017
2016
One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature
- Author
- Chris Loker edited by Jill Shefrin
- Publisher
- The Grolier Club, 2015
2014
From the Penny Dreadful to the Ha'penny Dreadful: a bibliographic history of the boys' periodical in Britain 1762-1950
- Author
- Robert Kirkpatrick
- Publisher
- The British Library, 2013
2012
The Child Reader, 1700-1840
- Author
- Matthew Grenby
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, 2011
2010
The Dartons, Publishers of Educational Aids, Pastimes and Juvenile Ephemera 1787-1876
- Author
- Jill Shefrin
- Publisher
- Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2009
2008
Be Merry and Wise: Origins Of Children's Book Publishing In England, 1650 - 1850
- Author
- Brian Alderson and Felix D'Oyens
- Publisher
- British Library Publishing (Published 2006)
and
A History of Victorian Popular Picture Books: The Aesthetic, Creative And Technological Aspects Of The Toy Book Through The Publications Of The Firm Of Routledge, 1852-1893
- Author
- Tomoko Masaki
- Publisher
- Tokyo: Kazamo- Shobo, 2006. 2 vols
2006
The Dartons. An Annotated Check-List of Children's Books Issued by Two Publishing Houses 1787-1876
- Author
- Lawrence Darton
- Publisher
- London: The British Library, and New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press. 2004
2004
Mrs Molesworth: A Biography
- Author
- Jane Cooper
- Publisher
- E. Sussex: Pratts Folly Press. 2002
2002
John Bewick: Engraver On Wood 1760-1795
- Author
- Nigel Tattersfield
- Publisher
- London: The British Library and Newcastle DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001
2000
No award given
1998
The Natural History of Make-Believe: A Guide to the Principal Works of Britain, Europe and America
- Author
- John Goldthwaite
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, 1996
and
1832 - 1902: A Bibliographical Study
- Author
- Peter Newbolt / G.A.Henty
- Publisher
- Scolar Press, 1996
1996
From the Beast to the Blonde
- Author
- Marina Warner
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, 1994
1994
William Nicholson: The Graphic Work
- Author
- Colin Campbell
- Publisher
- Barrie & Jenkins, 1992
1992
Benjamin Tabart's Juvenile Library: A Bibliography
- Author
- Mrs Marjorie Moon
- Publisher
- St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1990