Yoto Carnegie Medal Shadowing

The Yoto Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

Unique in that the books are judged solely by librarians, the roll-call of past winners includes: Arthur Ransome, C.S. Lewis, Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman, Noel Streatfeild, Sally Gardner and Elizabeth Acevedo for the Carnegie; and Raymond Briggs, Shirley Hughes, Janet Ahlberg, and Children’s Laureates Quentin Blake, Anthony Browne, Chris Riddell and Lauren Child for the Kate Greenaway.

Every year, readers are invited to 'shadow' the award by reading and commenting on the shortlisted books. This year's shortlist can be found here, and information about the winning book can be found here.

Our skills ambassadors have read a selection of the books shortlisted and have shared their thoughts with Year 7 pupils through a series of video interviews. You can watch these here.