- The Day War Came illustrated by Rebecca Cobb, written by Nicola Davies (Walker Books)
- Ocean Meets Sky illustrated and written by Eric Fan and Terry Fan (Lincoln Children’s Books)
- Beyond the Fence illustrated and written by Maria Gulemetova (Child’s Play Library)
- The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett (Walker Books)
- Julian is a Mermaid illustrated and written by Jessica Love (Walker Books)
- You’re Safe With Me illustrated by Poonam Mistry, written by Chitra Soundar (Lantana Publishing)
- The Lost Words illustrated by Jackie Morris, written by Robert Macfarlane (Hamish Hamilton)
- Suffragette: The Battle for Equality illustrated and written by David Roberts (Two Hoots)
Calling all illustrators – Kate Greenaway medal 2019 shortlist announced
The shortlists for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people, have been revealed this week. Celebrating the best in children’s writing and illustration respectively, the Medals are unique in being judged by children’s librarians.
The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 shortlist (alphabetically by illustrator surname) is as follows:
The winners of the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals 2018 will be announced on Tuesday 18th June 2019 at a special event at The British Library. The winners will each receive £500 worth of books to donate to their local library, a specially commissioned golden medal and a £5,000 Colin Mears Award cash prize.
Check out the full details here.
[Information sourced from the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medal web pages]