Carnegie & Greenaway shortlists announced
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2021
Category: Book Awards
The Medals celebrate outstanding achievement in children's writing and illustration respectively and are unique in being judged by librarians, with the Shadowers' Choice Award voted for by children and young people.
Carnegie & Greenaway shortlists announced
This year's shortlist for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals has been announced and 11 of the 16 shortlisted authors and illustrators are women.
16 titles have been shortlisted for the 2021 Medals (eight on each shortlist) selected from a total of 40 longlisted titles, read by an expert volunteer team of 15 librarians from across the UK.
The winners of the 2021 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals will be announced on Wednesday 16th June 2021.
The judges praised the shortlisted titles for "offering hope and escapism during lockdown" through its exploration of freedom, the great outdoors and journeys through the natural world.
Seven first-time shortlistees, including debut novelist Manjeet Mann, are in the running alongside four former winners: Elizabeth Acevedo, Ruta Sepetys, Catherine Rayner and Sydney Smith. 11 out of 16 shortlisted books were created by women.
For the first time in the history of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist, which is awarded for illustration, all the illustrators shortlisted are also the authors of the book.
The 2021 shortlists are as follows:
2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlist (alphabetical by author surname):
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Hot Key Books)
The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson, illustrated by Kathrin Honesta (Usborne)
The Girl Who Became A Tree by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry Books)
On Midnight Beach by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (Faber)
Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann (Penguin Random House Children's)
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds (Knights Of)
The Fountains Of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (Penguin Random House Children's)
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk (Penguin Random House Children's)
2021 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist (alphabetical by illustrator surname):
Starbird illustrated and written by Sharon King-Chai (Two Hoots)
The Bird Within Me illustrated by Sara Lundberg and translated by B. J. Epstein (Book Island)
It's A No-Money Day illustrated and written by Kate Milner (Barrington Stoke)
How The Stars Came To Be illustrated and written by Poonam Mistry (Tate Publishing)
Hike illustrated and written by Pete Oswald (Walker Books)
I Go Quiet illustrated and written by David Ouimet (Canongate)
Arlo The Lion Who Couldn't Sleep illustrated and written by Catherine Rayner (Macmillan Children's Books)
Small In The City illustrated and written by Sydney Smith (Walker Books)
Ellen Krajewski, chair of the 2021 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals judging panel, said, "With themes of freedom, the great outdoors and journeys through the natural world, we hope the outstanding books on this year's shortlists will inspire and empower young readers, offering hope and escapism during lockdown.
"The collective experience of books is more important than ever this year, providing opportunities for children and young people to reconnect and share their reading experiences with one another as they return to school. We can't wait to see the creative responses from this year's shadowers and discover who they will vote as their favourites to win the Shadowers' Choice Awards. And what amazing books they have to choose from!
"Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors and illustrators for their exceptional and creative work."
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