a cage of gorillas, and despite being badly bitten by one of them he completed the interview before being taken to hospital. his character "Willy" is said to be based on himself. Browne and writer Annalena McAfee won the 1985 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, Picture Book category, for Mein Papi, nur meiner! (The Visitors Who Came to Stay). He also won the Kurt Maschler Award "Emil" three times, which annually (1982 to 1999) recognised one British "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Browne was a winner for Gorilla (Julia MacRae Books, 1983), Alice's Adventure in Wonderland (MacRae, 1988) and Voices in the Park (Doubleday, 1998), as the illustrator of all three books and the writer of two. In 2000 Browne was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, an international award given to an illustrator for their body of work. This prize is the highest honour a children's writer or illustrator can win and Browne was the first British illustrator to receive the award. In 2001–2002 Browne took a job as writer and illustrator at Tate Britain, working with children using art as a stimulus to inspire visual literacy and creative writing activities. It was during this time that Browne conceived and produced The Shape Game (Doubleday, 2003). On 9 June 2009 he was appointed the sixth Children's Laureate (2009–2011), selected by a panel that former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion chaired. Browne's books are translated into 26 languages and his illustrations have been exhibited in many countries including; The United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, France, Korea, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and Taiwan. He currently lives in Canterbury, England. Browne was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to literature. Works As writer and illustrator Through the Magic Mirror (Hamish Hamilton, 1976) A Walk in the Park (Hamilton, 1977) Bear Hunt (Hamilton, 1979) Look What I've Got! (Julia MacRae Books, 1980) Bear Goes To Town (Hamilton, 1982) Gorilla (MacRae, 1983) —winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration and the Emil Willy the Wimp (MacRae, 1984) Willy the Champ (MacRae, 1985) Piggybook (MacRae, 1986) I Like Books (MacRae, 1988) The Little Bear Book (Hamilton, 1988) A Bear-y Tale (Hamilton, 1989) Things I Like (MacRae, 1989) The Tunnel (MacRae, 1989) Changes (MacRae, 1990) Willy and Hugh (MacRae, 1991) Zoo