The winners of these British children’s books awards were announced last week.
The Poet X (older readers) and The Lost Words (younger readers) won this year.
The 2019 CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals shortlists
CILIP Carnegie Medal:
1. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Electric Monkey)
2. Rebound by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile (Andersen Press)
3. The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson (Usborne Books)
4. Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay (David Fickling Books)
5. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books)
6. Things A Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls (Andersen Press)
7. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Chris Priestley (Faber & Faber)
8. The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders (Faber & Faber)
CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal:
1. The Day War Came by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb (Walker Books)
2. Ocean Meets Sky written and illustrated by Eric and Terry Fan (Lincoln Children’s)
3. Beyond the Fence written and illustrated by Maria Gulemetova (Child’s Play Library)
4. The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen (Walker)
5. Julian is a Mermaid written and illustrated by Jessica Love (Walker Books)
6. You’re Safe With Me by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Poonam Mistry (Lantana)
7. The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, illustrated by Jackie Morris (Hamish Hamilton)
8. Suffragette: The Battle for Equality written and illustrated by David Roberts (Two Hoots)
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