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Children's Laureate

British literary honor and public service role managed by Book Trust (1999–)
Intangible Title Of Honor Q1072790

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
title of honor, position, children's and young adult literature award, literary award, children's literature award[3][4][5][6]
Inception
1999[7]
Country
United Kingdom[2]
Official website
www.childrenslaureate.org.uk[8]
Position holder
Quentin Blake
Term length of position
+2[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en UK U.K. childrens children's laureate en Waterstone's Children's Laureate en British Children's Laureate en Children's Laureate de Children's Laureate de Children’s Laureate he סופר הילדים ja 児童文学桂冠詩人 sv läsambassadör zh 英国儿童文学桂冠奖
🔖 Identifiers · 5
BBC Things ID
8e5a7361-cb0c-4735-a17f-e7e4ba5b01d1
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3Dsgnv
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
146581
Freebase ID
/m/04ng90
The Guardian topic ID
books/children-s-laureate

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🔗 Connections
Awarded to 6
Jacqueline Wilson, Quentin Blake, Michael Rosen, Michael Morpurgo, Anne Fine, Lauren Child
Instance of 3
literary award, title of honor, position
Country 1
United Kingdom
Holders of this position 1
Malorie Blackman
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Summary

Children's Laureate is a title of honor[1].

Related Entities

Jacqueline Wilson Quentin Blake United Kingdom

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 3Dsgnv
    Position holder → Quentin Blake
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 18w ago · Gwirex · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Category for recipients of this award → Category:British Children's Laureates
    Term length of position → 2 year
    The Guardian topic ID → books/children-s-laureate
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: The Guardian topic ID: books/children-s-laureate"
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