Awards
- 1965 Kate Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration
- 1975 Kate Greenaway Medal
Ambrus twice received the Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject: the 1965 Medal for The Three Poor Tailors and the 1975 for Mishka and Horses in Battle. All three books were both written and illustrated by Ambrus and published by Oxford. He was also a commended runner up for three Medals: 1963 for both The Royal Navy by Peter Dawlish and A Time of Trial by Hester Burton; 1964 for work in general; and 1971 for The Sultan's Bath, written by himself.
- 1993, Daler Rowney Prize
- 1993, World Wildlife Fund Prize, Society of Wildlife Artists
- 1996, The Royal Academy of Arts, Arts Club Drawing Prize
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