The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal shortlists have been announced, and there’s a fantastic range of authors and illustrators on them!
The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2016 shortlist in full:
- One by Sarah Crossan, Bloomsbury
- The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge, Macmillan Children’s Books
- There Will Be Lies by Nick Lake, Bloomsbury
- The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness, Walker Books
- Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders, Faber Children’s Books
- The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick, Indigo
- Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley, Mira Ink
- Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Secrets and lies feature in a number of the eight, mainly teenage titles shortlisted, including the Costa winner ‘The Lie Tree’ by Frances Hardinge.
The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2016 shortlist in full:
- Willy’s Stories by Anthony Browne, Walker Books
- There’s a Bear on my Chair by Ross Collins, Nosy Crow
- Once Upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers, HarperCollins
- Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Jon Klassen (illustrator) and Mac Barnett (author), Walker Books
- Something About a Bear by Jackie Morris, Francis Lincoln Children’s Books
- Captain Jack and the Pirates by Helen Oxenbury (illustrator) and Peter Bently (author), Puffin
- The Sleeper and the Spindle by Chris Riddell (illustrator) and Neil Gaiman (author), Bloomsbury
- Footpath Flowers by Sydney Smith (illustrator) and JonArno Lawson (author), Walker Books
This year traditional picture books for younger children dominate the shortlist.
If you would like to get involved with the Shadowing Scheme go to: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/shadowing.php
– Information taken from the CILIP Carnegie/Kate Greenaway website. For more, see here.
