Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Carnegie medal and Kate Greenaway 2015 shortlists announced

Patrick Ness and Chris Riddell could end up winning hat tricks this year – and Sally Gardner and David Roberts’ gothic fantasy Tinder could win BOTH awards. Discover all the shortlisted writers and illustrators for the 2015 medals – how many books on the shortlist have you read?

In its 78 year history, no author has ever won a hat-trick in the
Carnegie or the Kate Greenaway medal – but this year it might happen. Double medal winners Patrick Ness and Chris Riddell are both shortlisted this year and if either (or even both) win then records will be broken. An even more dramatic result could be Sally Gardner and David Roberts’ book Tinder scooping BOTH the Carnegie and the Kate Greenaway with their gothic retelling of the Tinderbox.
This year, there’s no doubt the shortlisted books explore challenging themes including war, sickness and adversity – but that’s not to say the shortlist makes for depressing reading, as Agnès Guyon, chair of this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals judging panel says: “There is darkness here, illuminated by the bright light of optimism”.

So, without further ado, here are the shortlistees for this year’s Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, the award chosen by librarians and famed for being the medal that authors and illustrators most want to win.
The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015 shortlist

When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan (Bloomsbury).

Tinder by Sally Gardner (author) and David Roberts (illustrator) (Orion Children’s Books).

Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books).

The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird (Macmillan Children’s Books).

Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman (Walker Books).

The Middle of Nowhere by Geraldine McCaughrean (Usborne Books). Read site member Lottie Longshank’s review.

More Than This by Patrick Ness (Walker Books). .

The Promise by Laura Carlin (illustrator) and Nicola Davies (author) (Walker Books).

Jim’s Lion by Alexis Deacon (illustrator) and Russell Hoban (author) (Walker Books).

Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill (Flying Eye Books).

Dark Satanic Mills by John Higgins and Marc Olivent (illustrators) and Julian Sedgwick and Marcus Sedgwick (authors) (Walker Books).

Smelly Louie by Catherine Rayner (Macmillan Children’s Books).

Tinder by Sally Gardner (author) and David Roberts (illustrator) (Orion Children’s Books).

The Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan (Hodder Children’s Books).