Saturday, April 02, 2011

CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlists Announced

THIS YEAR’S “LIBRARIAN-LOVED” BOOKS FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

The shortlists for the UK’s most prestigious children’s book awards – the CILIP Carnegie Medal for an outstanding children’s book, and the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for outstanding illustration in a children’s book – are announced today.

The prestige of the awards is rooted in the unique judging process which pools the professional expertise of children’s librarians from across the UK, who nominate books for the two Medals.

Twelve librarians from CILIP’s Youth Libraries Group then meet to discuss the long lists and agree on outstanding titles for each shortlist. Members of the panel combine an in-depth knowledge of children’s books with daily experience of working and reading with young people.

The 2011 shortlists are:

The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2011

Theresa Breslin Prisoner Of The Inquisition Ages 12+
Geraldine McCaughrean The Death Defying Pepper Roux Ages 10+
Patrick Ness Monsters Of Men Ages 14+
Meg Rosoff The Bride’s Farewell Ages 12+
Marcus Sedgwick White Crow Ages 12+
Jason Wallace Out Of Shadows Ages 14+

The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlist 2011

Grahame Baker-Smith Farther Ages 8
Anthony Browne Me And You Ages 4+
Bob Graham April Underhill, Tooth Fairy Ages 5+
Mini Grey (text by Hilaire Belloc) Jim Ages 6+
Oliver Jeffers The Heart And The Bottle Ages 5+
Kristin Oftedal (text by Carl Norac) Big Bear Little Brother Ages 3+
Catherine Rayner Ernest Ages 3+
Juan Wijngaard(text by Mal Peet & Elspeth Graham) Cloud Tea Monkeys Ages 8+

Now in their 74th and 54th years respectively, the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are also the UK’s oldest for children’s writing and book illustration. They are the prizes writers and illustrators describe as ‘the ones they want to win’.

The Medals are awarded annually by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The 2011 winners will be announced at a ceremony at BAFTA in central London on Thursday 23 June

Story from Scholastic UK site.

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