Carnegie Medal Longlist Announced

The longlist for the 2012 Carnegie Medal has just been announced. Find out more at
http://tinyurl.com/3bqpm5

Carnegie Medal Winner

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness is the winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal. The book is the third and final part of the Chaos Walking trilogy - all of which are available from the library. Find out more at http://tinyurl.com/6k7vvp9.

Carnegie/Greenaway Winners

The winners of the CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway medals were announced today as:

Carnegie Winner -The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Greenaway Winner - Harry & Hopper Illustrated by Freya Blackwood

You can watch a video from the awards ceremony and read more about the winners on the award's website.

My Carnegie Favourite

Although I haven't read all of the shortlisted Carnegie books yet my favourite so far has to be The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. Will Bod survive to be a man?

Winner of the US Newbery Medal The Graveyard Book is highly original, entertaining, sometimes creepy and sometimes funny. I thought it was one of the best books I had read in a long time!

Carnegie Shortlist Announced

The books shortlisted for this year's Carnegie Medal have just been announced as:

ANDERSON, LAURIE HALSE CHAINS (Available from Library)
Bloomsbury (Age range 11+)
ISBN: 9780747598077

GAIMAN, NEIL THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (Available from Library)
Bloomsbury (Age range 9+)
ISBN: 9780747569015

GRANT, HELEN THE VANISHING OF KATHARINA LINDEN (Available from Library)
Penguin (Age range 14+)
ISBN: 9780141325736

HEARN, JULIE ROWAN THE STRANGE
Oxford University Press (Age range 12+)
ISBN: 9780192792150

NESS, PATRICK THE ASK AND THE ANSWER (Available from Library)
Walker (Age range 14+)
ISBN: 9781406310269

PRATCHETT, TERRY NATION (Available from Library)
Doubleday (Age range 11+)
ISBN: 9780385613705

REEVE, PHILIP FEVER CRUMB
Scholastic (Age range 9+)
ISBN: 9781407102429

SEDGWICK, MARCUS REVOLVER
Orion (Age range 12+)
ISBN: 9781842551868

The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to the writer of an outstanding book for children.
It was established by in 1936, in memory of the great Scottish-born philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). Carnegie was a self-made industrialist who made his fortune in steel in the USA. His experience of using a library as a child led him to resolve that "if ever wealth came to me that it should be used to establish free libraries."

Carnegie set up more than 2800 libraries across the English speaking world and, by the time of his death, over half the library authorities in Great Britain had Carnegie libraries.

The medal is awarded by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and the winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 24 June 2010.

For more details go to http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/2010awards/carnegie_shortlist.php

Carnegie Medal Longlist

The books nominated for the Carnegie medal have been announced http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_nom_car_2010.html

The judges read and assess each title, and a shortlist will be announced on 23 April 2010 with the winner being announced on 24 June 2010.

So far the Library has 30 titles on the list - look out for more arriving soon!

Carnegie Medal Shortlist Announced

The books shortlisted for this year's Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals have just been announced:

Carnegie Shortlist (for older children)
Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Ruby Red by Linzi Glass
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
Apache by Tanya Landman
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
What I Was by Meg Rosoff
Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine

Kate Greenaway Shortlist (for younger children)
Silly Billy by Anthony Browne
The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray
Penguin by Polly Dunbar
Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell
Banana by Ed Vere

Winners will be announced on June 26th!

Check out the special display in the Library to see any of the shortlisted books and watch out for details of how you can take part in the HGS Shadowing Scheme, which is coming soon.