CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway 2008 shortlists announced

The shortlists have been announced for the prestigious Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals for 2008.

The Carnegie Medal and its sister award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, are awarded annually by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the British Library in London on Thursday 26 June.

Seven children's writers, including two previous winners and a first-time novelist, go head to head for the 2008 CILIP Carnegie Medal. Their stories take young readers on exhilarating journeys across two millennia and three continents that are guaranteed to challenge their perceptions of both past and present.

The Carnegie medal shortlist 2008

Gatty's Tale
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Orion (Age range: 10+)
ISBN: 9781842552735

Ruby Red
Linzi Glass
Penguin (Age range: 12+)
ISBN: 9780141382807

Crusade
Elizabeth Laird
Macmillan (Age range: 10+)
ISBN: 9780330443111

Apache
Tanya Landman
Walker (Age range: 12+)
ISBN: 9781406303315

Here Lies Arthur
Philip Reeve
Scholastic (Age range: 12+)
ISBN: 9780439955331

What I Was
Meg Rosoff
Penguin (Age range: 12+)
ISBN: 9780141383439

Finding Violet Park
Jenny Valentine
HarperCollins (Age range: 12+)
ISBN: 9780007214457

A distinguished band of illustrators - and animals galore - feature on the shortlist for the 2008 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, the UK's oldest and most prestigious award for children's book illustration. Among those shortlisted are three former winners of the coveted Medal and two talented newcomers.

The Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlist 2008

Silly Billy
Anthony Browne
Walker Books (Age range: 5+)
ISBN: 9780744570175

Penguin
Polly Dunbar
Walker Books (Age range: 3+)
ISBN: 9781844280650

Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears
Emily Gravett
Macmillan (Age range: 6+)
ISBN: 9781405089487

Monkey and Me
Emily Gravett
Macmillan (Age range: 0+)
ISBN: 9781405089494

The Lost Happy Endings
Jane Ray (Text by Carol Ann Duffy)
Bloomsbury (Age range: 9+)
ISBN: 9780747579229

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
Chris Riddell
Macmillan (Age range: 7+)
ISBN: 9781405050579

Banana!
Ed Vere
Puffin (Age range: 0+)
ISBN: 9780141500591

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