The shortlists for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced. Each shortlist has eight titles, selected by youth librarians in the UK from the longlists. The Carnegie Medal is given to the best writing for young readers while the Kate Greenaway Medal is for the best in illustration in children’s books. Here are the shortlisted titles:

2020 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL SHORTLIST

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

Girl. Boy. Sea. by Chris Vick

Lampie by Annet Schaap

Lark by Anthony McGowan

Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick, illustrated by Alexis Deacon

 

2020 CILIP KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL SHORTLIST

Child of St Kilda written and illustrated by Beth Waters

The Dam illustrated by Levi Pinfold and written by David Almond

The Iron Man illustrated by Chris Mould and written by Ted Hughes

Mary and Frankenstein illustrated by Júlia Sardà and written by Linda Bailey

The Suitcase written and illustrated by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

Tales from the Inner City written and illustrated by Shaun Tan

The Undefeated illustrated by Kadir Nelson and written by Kwame Alexander

You’re Snug with Me illustrated by Poonam Mistry, written by Chitra Soundar