The 2020 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal longlists have been released. The Carnegie is given for the best children’s writing while the Greenaway Medal is for illustration in children’s books. A team of 14 librarians from across the UK selected the longlist titles. Here they are:
2020 Carnegie Medal Longlist
Becoming Dinah by Kit de Waal
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, illustrated by Anshika Khullar
The Boxer by Nikesh Shukla
Girl. Boy. Sea. by Chris Vick
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
Lampie by Annet Schaap
Lark by Anthony McGowan
Lenny’s Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
Monsters by Sharon Dogar
No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Paper Avalanche by Lisa Williamson
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby
The Skylark’s War by Hilary McKay (Love to Everyone in the U.S.)
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
Toffee by Sarah Crossan
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick, illustrated by Alexis Deacon
2020 Kate Greenaway Medel Longlist
And the Ocean Was Our Sky illustrated by Rovina Cai and written by Patrick Ness
Captain Rosalie illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, written by Timothée de Fombelle and translated by Sam Gordon
B is for Baby illustrated by Angela Brooksbank and written by Atinuke
Child of St Kilda written and illustrated by Beth Waters
The Dam illustrated by Levi Pinfold and written by David Almond
Fanatical About Frogs written and illustrated by Owen Davey
The Iron Man illustrated by Chris Mould and written by Ted Hughes
The King Who Banned the Dark written and illustrated by Emily Haworth-Booth
Little Wise Wolf illustrated by Hanneke Siemensma, written by Gijs Van der Hammen and translated by Laura Watkinson
Lubna and Pebble illustrated by Daniel Egneus and written by Wendy Meddour
Mary and Frankenstein illustrated by Júlia Sardà and written by Linda Bailey (Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein in the U.S.)
Planetarium illustrated by Chris Wormell and written by Raman Prinja
Quill Soup illustrated by Dale Blankenaar and written by Alan Durant
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
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black illustrated by Alexis Deacon and written by Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick
When Sadness Comes to Call written and illustrated by Eva Eland
Wisp: A Story of Hope illustrated by Grahame Baker Smith and written by Zana Fraillon
You’re Snug With Me illustrated by Poonam Mistry and written by Chitra Soundar
Waking Brain Cells 