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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Flying high
Paper Book
Have you ever felt small and low? Can Wawa the bird find a way to help her friend see that being different can be a strength, giving a child the courage to fly a kite at the town's festival? Join the pair on an extraordinary and inspiring journey through the wonders of the world, helping to grow...
Clever crow
Butterworth, Chris.
Paper Book
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
*Winner of the Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration 2023* From the award-winning creator of Flooded and Lost comes a magical story about the joy of discovering a connection with books for the very first time. *2025 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner*<...
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
*WINNER CARNEGIE MEDAL 2025**SHORTLISTED WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2025* *SHORTLISTED BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2025* *SHORTLISTED UKLA AWARD 2025* *A 2025 READ FOR EMPATHY BOOK* 'Tenderness itself, a song to love...
Lark
McGowan, Anthony
Paper Book
Nature's fury tests a brother's courage and a dog's loyalty in this Carnegie Medal winning ending to the story of the beloved brothers of the Truth of Things series. WINNER OF THE 2020 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL. Things are tense at home for Nicky and Kenny. Their mum's...
Play
Palmer, Luke
Paper Book
Four boys grow up together at school, itching to get out of their small town. They play games, scoring points from each other, anything to pass the time until they're free. Matthew slips into his imagination, Luc pushes his body to the limit, and Johnny ... well who knows...
Homebody
Parish, Theo
Paper Book
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to find a home within themself. Combining traditional comics with organic journal-like interludes, Theo...
Patron saints of nothing
Ribay, Randy
Paper Book
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder. A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century "Brilliant, honest, and...
Lampie
Schaap, Annet
Paper Book
Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black
Sedgwick, Marcus; Sedgwick, Julian; Deacon, Alexis
Paper Book
A lyrical and dreamlike story of two brothers in conflict amidst the devastation of WWII London.Harry Black wakes in hospital to learn that his brother Ellis has almost certainly been killed by a V2 rocket falling during a German air raid on London. In a state of wounded delirium, Harry's mind...
On the come up
Thomas, Angie
Paper Book
The highly anticipated second novel from one of the literary voices of a generation. Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning author New York Times #1 bestselling authorThe award-winning author of The Hate U Give returns with a powerful story about hip hop, freedom of speech and fighting for your...
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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