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Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024

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Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2024

Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024: Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024

Winner: The Boy Lost in the Maze

Using the much-interpreted legend of Theseus and the Minotaur – a journey full of dangers and threat, as well as a search for a father as a basis Coelho then weaves around it the story of Theo – also on a journey to find his father. Each is off on a maze-like quest to find their roots, ...

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Winner: Crossing the Line

A stunning debut that makes full and highly skilled use of the narrative verse format, with imaginative use of font and layout, to tell an important story that the author acknowledges is based upon the real experiences of a friend’s son. It highlights how easy it is for young people and children to be entrapped ...

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Shortlisted Books

The Door of No Return

Kwame Alexander

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£8.09 £8.99

The Song Walker

Zillah Bethell

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£7.19 £7.99

Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

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£8.09 £8.99

Choose Love

Nicola Davies

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£15.29 £16.99

Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

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£7.19 £7.99

Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

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£7.19 £7.99

Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024: Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2024

Winner: The Tree and the River

Prize winning author Becker is known as a master of the wordless picture book – and this latest volume is no exception. It is a series of time lapse images of the life in a valley on the banks of a long and winding river. It is not set in any particular country – and takes architectural styles from ...

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Shortlisted Books

April's Garden

Isla McGuckin

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£7.19 £7.99

Lost

Mariajo Ilustrajo

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£7.19 £7.99

The Wilderness

Steve McCarthy

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£7.19 £7.99

To The Other Side

Erika Meza

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£8.09 £8.99

The Midnight Panther

Poonam Mistry

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£11.69 £12.99

The Bowerbird

Julia Donaldson

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£11.69 £12.99

About Yoto Carnegie Medal

The Yoto Carnegie Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book for children and young people. The Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.

The Yoto Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards are arguably the world’s most prestigious literary prizes for children's books and the titles on the shortlists are contenders for the highest accolades in children’s literature, with previous winners including legendary talents such as Arthur Ransome, C.S Lewis and Mary Norton for the Carnegie Medal and illustrators Quentin Blake, Shirley Hughes and Raymond Briggs for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Read a personal reflection of 80 Years of the CILIP Carnegie Medal by Julia Eccleshare, Editorial Expert at Lovereading4kids.

The Yoto Carnegie Medal

andrew carnegieIt was established by The Library Association in 1936, in memory of the great Scottish-born philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). Carnegie was a self-made industrialist who made his fortune in steel in the USA. His experience of using a library as a child led him to resolve that "if ever wealth came to me that it should be used to establish free libraries."

It was first awarded to Arthur Ransome for Pigeon Post. The winner receives a golden medal and £500 worth of books to donate to a library of their choice.

The Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal

kate greenawayThe Kate Greenaway Medal was established by The Library Association in 1955 and it is named after the popular nineteenth century artist known for her fine children's illustrations and designs.

It was first awarded to Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone. The winner receives a golden medal and £500 worth of books to donate to a library of their choice.

You can register for the 2022 Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Shadowing Scheme here.

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Yoto Carnegie Medal Archive

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