AWARDS and HONOURS   Hon. Doc. Lit., Oxford Brookes University, 2011 NATE Award for Liftetime Services to English Education, 2010 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, 2009 Hon. Doc. of Letters, Gloucestershire University, 2008 Hon. Doctorate, Umeå University, Sweden, 2003 JHunt Award, USA, 2002 for Postcards from No Man's Land Michael Printz Award, USA, 2002 for Postcards from No Man's Land Hans Christian Andersen Award, 2002 (IBBY) Carnegie Medal, 1999 for Postcards from No Man's Land Stockport School Book Prize K4, 2000 for Postcards from No Man's Land Italian Andersen Award, 2000 for Postcards from No Man's Land Dutch Silver Pencil, 1994 for The Toll Bridge Dutch Silver Pencil, 1986 for The Present Takers Dutch Silver Pencil, 1985 for Seal Secret Eleanor Farjeon Award, 1982 for Outstanding Services to Children's Books (with Nancy Chambers) Children's Literature Association (USA) Award, 1979 for Outstanding Literary Criticism