The Carnegies

The Carnegies celebrate achievement in children’s writing and illustration and are unique in being judged by an expert panel of children’s and youth librarians, including 14 librarians from CILIP: the library and information association’s Youth Libraries Group. Each year thousands of reading groups in schools and libraries in the UK and around the world also get involved in the Awards, with young people ‘shadowing’ the judging process, debating and choosing their own winners from this year’s shortlist. carnegies.co.uk

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Updated June 24, 2025
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Treacle Town
Conaghan, Brian
Paper Book
Grey
Dockrill, Laura.
Paper Book
The things we leave behind
Furniss, Clare
Paper Book
* Winner of the Southern Schools Book Awards 2025, shortlisted for the UKLA Books Prize 2025 and the Carnegie Medal 2025.  How I Live Now meets Exodus - a startling YA dystopia that imagines London as the epicentre of the refugee crisis, from critically...
Final year
Goodfellow, Matt; Todd-Stanton, Joe
Paper Book
Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to high school. Nate is ready for it all, knowing his best friend PS at his side - they've been inseparable since Nursery. But when they are put in two different classes and PS finds a new friend in...
I Love Books
Ilustrajo, Mariajo.
Paper Book
From the award-winning creator of Flooded and Lost comes I Love Books, a picture book about the joy that comes from discovering a connection with books for the very first time.
King of nothing
Lessore, Nathanael
Paper Book
A laugh-out-loud teen comedy with heart from the Yoto Carnegie-shortlisted author of STEADY FOR THIS!
Little Bang
McCaughrain, Kelly
Paper Book
Glasgow boys
McDonald, Margaret
Paper Book
A striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This coming-of-age story is an incisive look at young masculinity and the way even the most fraught childhood is not without hope.
Homebody : an ode to an abode
Parish, Theo
Paper Book
'An uplifting, hopeful, empowering memoir that celebrates self-discovery and self-love' - Alice Oseman, author of the bestselling Heartstopper series An unmissable graphic novel perfect for fans of the global hit Heartstopper and Juno Dawson's What's the T?<...
Patron saints of nothing
Ribay, Randy
Paper Book
When Jay Reguero hears of his cousin Jun's death, everything changes. Although years have passed since they were last in contact, the stories about Jun just don't fit with the boy Jay knew. Hoping to uncover the truth, Jay travels to Jun's home in the Philippines - but the shocking realities of...
Wolf and Bear
Rolfe, Kate
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration Longlisted for the 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize A warm and uplifting exploration of friendship, hope, and resilience that will resonate with children and adults alike. With strikingly beautiful illustrations,...
On the come up
Thomas, Angie
Ebook
Girl, boy, sea
Vick, Christopher
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Prize 2020. 'A thrilling and a magical book' Sally Gardner. Storm, shipwreck, survival. Chris Vick's novel delves deep into the might and majesty of the unpredictable ocean, the strength of an unlikely friendship between a British boy...

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