You can see the longlist for the Greenaway Medal here to find out what books were under consideration for the prize.  Now the list for this UK prize for the top illustrated children’s book of the year has been shortened to just eight contenders:

  

Again! by Emily Gravett

Black Dog by Levi Pinfold

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

  

Just Ducks! by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Salvatore Rubbino

King Jack and the Dragon by Peter Bently, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb

 

Oh No, George! by Christ Haughton

Pirates ‘N’ Pistols by Chris Mould