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CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Shadowing

CKG Shadowing is an enormous achievement, which involved over 40,000 young people in 2005 but has grown to this size with much hard work and support since the early 1990’s.

It began as a Hertfordshire School Library Service local project that was soon recognised as a valuable extension to the impact of the awards. The Library Association, through their CKG Working Party, became involved in the mid nineties. By 1996 the first national publicity for shadowing was created and the number of groups reached 150. Lynne Taylor was working for Peter’s Library Service and their sponsorship made this growth possible.

In 1998 there was a national evaluation of shadowing, which showed that it was an overwhelming success and pointed the way for improvements and developments. By this stage Lynne Taylor managed the shadowing project, a role that she held until 2005. In 1998/99 sponsorship by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust allowed investment to develop a web site for shadowing groups. This interactive site has been a welcome addition to librarians and teachers too. In 2004, Arts Council funding then extended the site to include some video clips and interview material.

Anyone interested in more information on CILIP CKG Shadowing can contact Louisa Myatt at CILIP. louisa.myatt@cilip.org.uk

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Updated: 06 May 2008

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CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Shadowing