1975. He won several awards for particular books. 1967 Kate Greenaway Medal, Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary, written by Keeping 1972 Francis Williams Award for Illustration, Tinker Tailor: Folk Song Tales (New York: World), tunes "arranged for voice and piano by K. Neil Slater" (WorldCat) 1977 Francis Williams Award for Illustration, The Wildman, written by Kevin Crossley-Holland 1981 Kate Greenaway Medal, The Highwayman, written by Alfred Noyes (1906) 1987 Kurt Maschler Award, or the Emil, Jack the Treacle Eater (Macmillan), with writer Charles Causley for integrated of writing and illustration in a British children's book 1988 W H Smith Illustration Award, Charles Keeping's Classic Tales of the Macabre, written by various authors Keeping was also a runner-up for at least three Greenaway Medals, which then recognised the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject: 1969, Joseph's Yard, written by himself 1970, The God Beneath the Sea, written by Edward Blishen and Leon Garfield (who jointly won the annual British Carnegie Medal) 1974, Railway Passage (Oxford), written by himself Railway Passage was the first runner up "Highly Commended" for the Medal. Both distinctions were abandoned after 2002. Notes References Further reading Charles Keeping, "Illustration in children's books", Children's Literature in Education 1 (1970 March), pp. 41–54 The Pied Pipers: interviews with the influential creators of children's literature by Justin Wintle and Emma Fisher (1974) External links London Borough of Bromley marker at Keeping's former home Works by Keeping The Keeping Gallery: selected pictures by Keeping Extract from Elidor by Alan Garner, including illustrations by Keeping "Poles for Dinner": Charles Keeping illustration Charles Keeping at artnet: past auction results 1924 births 1988 deaths People from Lambeth English children's book illustrators English illustrators English children's writers Kate Greenaway Medal winners Writers who illustrated their own writing Deaths from brain cancer in England Royal Navy personnel of World War II Royal Navy sailors