The Kate Greenaway Medal is a British award given for “outstanding illustration in a children’s book.”  The award will be announced on June 24th.  Here is the shortlist:

Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith

Harry & Hopper by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Freya Blackwood

The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers

Millie’s Marvelous Hat by Satoshi Kitamura

Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell

The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by David Roberts

There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwartz