NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2020 CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS

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And we’re off… the nominations for the 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are announced today, Monday 4^th November.

Unique in that they are judged solely by librarians, the Medals are awarded to the outstanding book written in English, and to the outstanding book in terms of illustration (Kate Greenaway Medal). Each nominated book will now be read by every member of the judging panel − 14 children's and youth librarians representing all regions of CILIP's Youth Libraries Group − who volunteer their time as judges. From these nominations the judging panel will decide the long and shortlists and finally, the 2020 Medal winners, based on the official Medals criteria.

The longlists will be announced on 20 February 2020 and the shadowing will open with the announcement of the shortlists in March.

The nominated books are:

Carnegie Medal nominations 2020

Samira Ahmed Internment, Atom

Kirsty Applebaum, The Middler Nosy Crow

Dean Atta (author) Anshika Khullar, (illustrator). The Black Flamingo Hodder Children's Books

Emily Barr, The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods Penguin

Laura Bates, The Burning Simon & Schuster Children's Books

Jasbinder Bilan, Asha & the Spirit Bird Chicken House

Malorie Blackman, Crossfire Penguin

Frank Cottrell Boyce, (author) Steve Lenton (illustrator) Runaway Robot Macmillan Children's Books.

Sita Brahmachari, Where The River Runs Gold Orion Children's Books

Catherine Bruton, No Ballet Shoes in Syria Nosy Crow

Peter Bunzl, Skycircus, Usborne Books

Jessie Burton (author) Angela Barrett, (illustrator) The Restless Girls Bloomsbury

Aisha Bushby,  A Pocketful of Stars Egmont

Jess Butterworth,  Swimming Against the Storm Orion Children's Books

Sarah Carroll, The Words That Fly Between Us Simon& Schuster Children's Books

Natasha Carthew,  Only The Ocean Bloomsbury

Joseph Coelho, (author) Coelho, Kelly Louise Judd (illustrator). A Year of Nature Poems Wide-Eyed Editions

Orlagh Collins, All the Invisible Things Bloomsbury

Sarah Crossan Toffee Bloomsbury

Mel Darbon, Rosie Loves Jack Usborne Books

Juno Dawson, Meat Market Quercus

Kit de Waal, Becoming Dinah Orion Children's Books

Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home Walker Books

Sharon Dogar, Monsters Andersen Press

Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister Hot Key Books

C.G. Drews, The Boy Who Steals Houses Orchard

Alan Durant, Clownfish Walker Books

Judith Eagle, (author) Kim Geyer (illustrator).The Secret Starling, Faber & Faber

Christopher Edge, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon Nosy Crow

Catherine Fisher, The Clockwork Crow Firefly Press

Karen Foxlee, Lenny's Book of Everything Pushkin Children's Books

Sharon Gosling, The Golden Butterfly,Stripes

Julia Green, The House of Light Oxford University Press

Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland Scholastic

Kiran Millwood Hargrave,  The Way Past Winter Chicken House

Michelle Harrison, A Pinch of Magic Simon & Schuster Children's Books

A F Harrold, (author) Emily Gravett (illustrator) The Afterwards Bloomsbury

Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide To Murder Electric Monkey

Sharna Jackson, High Rise Mystery Knights Of Media

Jaco Jacobs, (author) Kobus Geldenhuys (translator) A Good Night For Shooting ZombiesOneworld

Anna James, Tilly and the Bookwanderers HarperCollins Children's Books

Lauren James, The Starlight Watchmaker Barrington Stoke

Paul Jennings, (author) Geoff Kelly,(illustrator) A Different Land Old Barn Books

Catherine Johnson, (author) Katir Hickey (illustrator) Race to the Frozen North Barrington Stoke

Sarah Ann Juckes, Outside  Penguin

Savita Kalhan, That Asian Kid Troika Books

Muhammad Khan (author) Amrit Birdi, (illustrator) Kick the Moon Macmillan Children's Books

Rehan Khan, A Tudor Turk Hope Road

Nick Lake, Nowhere on Earth Hodder Children's Books

Patrice Lawrence, Rose, Interrupted Hodder Children's Books

Cory Leonardo,  Call Me Alastair Scholastic

Gill Lewis, The Closest Thing to Flying Oxford University Press

Lindsay Littleton, Guardians of the Wild Unicorns Floris Books

Bren MacDibble,The Dog Runner Old Barn Books

Karen McCombie, Little Bird Flies Nosy Crow

Anthony McGowan, Lark Barrington Stoke

Hilary McKay, The Skylarks' War Macmillan Children's Books

Patrick Ness (author) Rovina Cai (illustrator) And the Ocean Was Our Sky Walker Books

Linda Newbery, The Key to Flambards  David Fickling Books

Susin Nielsen, No Fixed Address Andersen Press

Kenneth Oppel, Inkling Walker Books

David Owen, All the Lonely People Atom

Tom Palmer, Armistice Runner Barrington Stoke

S.A. Patrick, A Darkness of Dragons Usborne Books

Helen Peters, Anna at War Nosy Crow

Rachel Plummer, (author) Helene Boppert, (illustrator) Wain The Emma Press

Tom Pollock, Heartstream Walker Books

Yasmin Rahman, All the Things We Never Said Hot Key Books

Bali Rai,  Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story Scholastic

Celia Rees,Glass Town Wars  Pushkin Children's Books

Louisa Reid, Gloves Off  Guppy Publishing

Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing Stripes

Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves Bloomsbury

Katherine Rundell (author) Kristjana S. Williams (illustrator) Into the Jungle Macmillan Children's Books

Meredith Russo, Birthday Usborne Books

Annet Schaap, (author) Laura Watkinson, (translator) Lampie and the Children of the Sea Pushkin Children's Books

Gary D Schmidt, Pay Attention, Carter Jones Andersen Press

Libby Scott, Rebecca Westcott, Can You See Me? Scholastic

Marcus Sedgwick, (author) Julian Sedgwick, (author) Alexis Deacon, (illustrator) Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black Walker Books

Nikesh Shukla The Boxer Hodder Children's Books

Lucy Strange Our Castle by the Sea Chicken House

William Sutcliffe, The Gifted, the Talented and Me Bloomsbury

Robin Talley, Pulp HQ Young Adult

Thomas Taylor, Malamander Walker Books

Angie Thomas On The Come Up Walker Books

Chris Vick, Girl. Boy. Sea Head of Zeus

Alex Wheatle, Kerb Stain Boys Barrington Stoke

Marcia Williams,  Cloud Boy Walker Books

Lisa Williamson Paper Avalanche David Fickling Books

Tamsin Winter, Jemima Small Versus the Universe Usborne Books

Chris Wormell, The Magic Place David Fickling Books

Kate Greenaway Medal nominations 2020

Laura Ellen Anderson,  I Don’t Want to be Small Bloomsbury

Steve Antony, Amazing Hodder Children's Books

Isabelle Arsenault, (Illustrator) Timothee de Fombelle,(Author) Sam Gordon, (Translator) Captain Rosalie Walker Books

Grahame Baker Smith, (Illustrator) Zana Fraillon, (Author) Wisp: A Story of Hope Orchard Books

Angela Barrett, (Illustrator) Jessie Burton, (Author). The Restless Girls Bloomsbury

Rosalind Beardshaw, (Illustrator) Anna McQuinn, (Author) Lulu’s First Day  Alanna Max

Dale Blankenaar, (Illustrator) Alan Durant, (Author). Quill Soup Tiny Owl

Angela Brooksbank, (Illustrator) Atinuke (Author). B is for Baby Walker Books

Anthony Browne  Little Frida Walker Books

Rovina Cai, (Illustrator) Patrick Ness (Author) And the Ocean Was Our Sky Walker Books

Ross Collins (Illustrator) Karl Newson, (Author). I am a Tiger Macmillan Children's Books

Ross Collins, This is a Dog Nosy Crow

Owen Davey, Fanatical About Frogs Flying Eye Books

Thiago de Moraes, Myth Atlas Alison Green Books

Thiago de Moraes, (Illustrator) Ana de Moraes, (Author) The Night Bear Andersen Press

Alexis Deacon, (Illustrator) Marcus Sedgwick, (Author) Julian Sedgwick, (Author)  Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black  Walker Books

Daniel Egneus, (Illustrator) Wendy Meddour, (Author) Lubna and Pebble Oxford University Press

Eva Eland, When Sadness Comes to Call Andersen Press

Jim Field, (Illustrator) Rachel Bright (Author) The Way Home For Wolf Orchard Books

Michael Foreman (Illustrator) Michael Morpurgo, (Author) Poppy Field Scholastic

Emily Gravett, (Illustrator) A F Harrold, (Author). The Afterwards Bloomsbury

Emily Haworth-Booth, The King Who Banned the Dark Pavilion Children's Books

Jesse Hodgson, (Illustrator) Dianne Hofmeyr, (Author) Tiger Walk Otter-Barry Books

Morag Hood Brenda is a Sheep Two Hoots

Petr Horacek, (Illustrator) Joyce Dunbar, (Author) Grumpy Duck Walker Books

Martin Impey, Christopher Riley, (Author) Where Once We Stood Harbour Moon

Anshika Khullar, (Illustrator) Dean Atta,(Author). The Black Flamingo Hodder Children's Books

Satoshi Kitamura, Hat Tricks Scallywag Press

Fif Kuo, I Can Fly Boxer Books

Remy Lai,Pie in the Sky Walker Books

Kate Leiper, (Illustrator) Theresa Breslin (Author) An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends Floris Books

Emma Lewis, Two KingsTate Publishing

David Litchfield, (Illustrator) David Almond, (Author) War Is Over Hodder Children's Books

Dave McKean, (Illustrator) David Almond, (Author) Joe Quinn's Poltergeist Walker Books

Elena Arevalo Melville Umbrella Scallywag Press

Jessica Meserve, What Clara Saw Macmillan Children's Books

Poonam Mistry (Illustrator) Chitra Soundar,(Author) You're Snug With Me Lantana

Chris Mould, (Illustrator) Ted Hughes, (Author) The Iron Man Faber & Faber

Chris Naylor-Ballesteros, The Suitcase Nosy Crow

Kadir Nelson, (Illustrator) Kwame Alexander (Author) Undefeated Andersen Press

Nomoco (Illustrator) James Carter (Author) Once Upon A Raindrop Caterpillar Books

Neil Packer, (Illustrator) Peter Frankopan (Author) The Silk Roads Bloomsbury

Tom Percival, The Sea Saw Simon & Schuster Children's Books

Jayde Jayde.  Mum's Jumper Book Island

Levi Pinfold, (Illustrator) David Almond, (Author) The Dam Walker Books

Frann Preston-Gannon, (Illustrator) Fiona Waters, (compiled by) I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree Nosy Crow

Sabina Radeva, On the Origin of Species Puffin

Jane Ray, (Illustrator) Nicola Davies, (Author). Hummingbird Walker Books

Catherine Rayner (Illustrator) Julia Donaldson, (Author) The Go-Away Bird Macmillan Children's Books

Delphine Renon, (Illustrator) Karen Hottois, (Author) Emmett and Caleb Book Island

Chris Riddell (Illustrator) J K Rowling (Author) The Tales of Beedle the Bard Bloomsbury

Tony Ross, An Anty-War Story Andersen Press

Francesca Sanna, Me and my Fear Flying Eye Books

Julia Sarda, (Illustrator) Linda Bailey (Author) Mary and Frankenstein Andersen Press

Viviane Schwarz, How to be on the Moon Walker Books

Amin Hassanzadeh Sharif (Illustrator) Sally Pomme Clayton (Author) The Phoenix of Persia Tiny Owl

Emma Shoard, (Illustrator) Mal Peet,(Author). Good Boy Barrington Stoke

Hanneke Siemensma (Illustrator), Gijs Van der Hammen (Author), Laura Watkinson (Translator) Little Wise Wolf Book Island

Lane Smith, (Illustrator) Jory John(Author) Giraffe Problems Walker Books

Shaun Tan Tales from the Inner City Walker Books

Joe Todd-Stanton A Mouse Called Julian Flying Eye Books

Ekaterina Trukhan, (Illustrator) Georgina Deutsch (Author) Perfectly Polite Penguins LittleTiger Press

Marie Voigt, Red and the City Oxford University Press

Beth Waters Child of St Kilda Child's Play

Alex Willmore (Illustrator) Kjartan Poskitt (Author) The Runaway Pea Simon& Schuster Children's Books

Ken Wilson-Max, Astro Girl Otter-Barry Books

Julia Woolf Duck and Penguin Are Not Friends Andersen Press

Chris Wormell The Magic Place David Fickling Books

Chris Wormell, (Illustrator) Prinja Raman, (Author). Planetarium Templar

Lindsey Yankey, (Illustrator) Mina Javaherbin, (Author) My Grandma and Me Walker Books

Yuval Zommer The Big Book of Birds Thames & Hudson