CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Shortlists announced for the 2007 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards
Vote for your favourite CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway winners of all time from two Top 10 lists
32 outstanding books for children and young people feature in two major announcements made today by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
12 titles have been shortlisted for the 2007 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, and 20 books have been chosen as contenders in a public online poll to find the nation's favourite Carnegie and Greenaway winners of all time.
The first vote will be cast at 3.30pm this afternoon at a special celebration event at Seven Stories, the centre for the children's book in Newcastle. The public can vote online at www.ckg.org.uk and will have until 12 noon on 14 June to choose their favourite title.
The winners of the 2007 Awards and the results of the Carnegie and Greenaway Top 10 polls will be announced at the British Library on 21 June.
THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2007 SHORTLIST
KEVIN BROOKS, The Road of the Dead
The Chicken House (Age range: 14+)
ISBN: 9781905294268781905294268
SIOBHAN DOWD, A Swift Pure Cry
David Fickling Books (Age range: 13+)
ISBN: 9780385609692
ANNE FINE, The Road of Bones
Doubleday (Age range: 12+)
ISBN: 9780385610636
ALLY KENNEN, Beast
Marion Lloyd Books (Age range: 12+)
ISBN: 9780439951043
MEG ROSOFF, Just In Case
Penguin (Age range: 14+)
ISBN: 9780141380780
MARCUS SEDGWICK, My Swordhand is Singing
Orion (Age range: 10+)
ISBN: 9781842551837
THE CILIP KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL 2007 SHORTLIST
ROSS COLLINS, The Elephantom
Templar (Age range: 6+)
ISBN: 9781840118926
EMILY GRAVETT, Orange Pear Apple Bear
Macmillan (Age range: 1+)
ISBN: 9781405050807
MINI GREY, The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
Red Fox (Age range: 6+)
ISBN: 9780224070379
JOHN KELLY & CATHY TINCKNELL, Scoop! An Exclusive by Monty Molenski
Templar (Age range: 8+)
ISBN: 9781840111774
CATHERINE RAYNER, Augustus and His Smile
Little Tiger (Age range: 3+)
ISBN: 9781845062835
CHRIS RIDDELL, The Emperor of Absurdia
Macmillan (Age range: 5+)
ISBN: 9781405050616
TOP 10 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNERS
Skellig, David Almond (1998)
Junk, Melvin Burgess (1996)
Storm, Kevin Crossley-Holland (1985)
A Gathering Light, Jennifer Donnelly (2003)
The Owl Service, Alan Garner (1967)
The Family From One End Street, Eve Garnett (1937)
The Borrowers, Mary Norton (1952)
Tom's Midnight Garden, Philippa Pearce (1958)
Northern Lights, Philip Pullman (1995)
The Machine-Gunners, Robert Westall(1981)
TOP 10 CILIP KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNERS
Each Peach Pear Plum, Janet Ahlberg(1978)
Tim All Alone, Edward Ardizzone (1956)
Mr Magnolia, Quentin Blake(1980)
Father Christmas, Raymond Briggs (1973)
Gorilla, Anthony Browne (1983)
Borka, John Burningham (1963)
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, Lauren Child (2000)
Dogger, Shirley Hughes (1977)
The Highwayman, Charles Keeping (1981)
Alice in Wonderland, Helen Oxenbury (1999)
Visit www.ckg.org.uk to find out more about these titles and the 70th anniversary of the CILIP Carnegie Medal and the 50th anniversary of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.
Contact:
Mark Taylor, Marketing Executive, CILIP
Tel: 020 7255 0654 Email: mark.taylor@cilip.org.uk
Notes for Editors
CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It forms a community of around 35,000 people engaged in library and information work, of whom around 22,000 are CILIP members and around 13,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises. More information is available at www.cilip.org.uk.
Updated: 24 January 2008