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CILIP Carnegie Medals 2007

The 2007 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to Just in Case by Meg Rosoff (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 12 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Just in Case by Meg Rosoffsource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Greysource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowdsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Beast by Ally Kennensource (opens in a new tab)
  3. My Swordhand Is Singing by Marcus Sedgwicksource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Road of Bones by Anne Finesource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brookssource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Augustus and His Smile by Catherine Raynersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravettsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Scoop! An Exclusive by Monty Molenski by John Kelly and Cathy Tincknellsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Elephantom by Ross Collinssource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Emperor of Absurdia by Chris Riddellsource (opens in a new tab)

About the CILIP Carnegie Medals

Shortlists and winners of the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Kate Greenaway Medal (Carnegie Medal for Illustration since 2023), kept as two categories. Year is the award year as CILIP labels it. Before 2007 CILIP labelled medals by publication year, so the medal presented in 2006 is CILIP's "2005" award and no award carries the 2006 label (count 0). 2007-2009 shortlists come from the archived carnegiegreenaway.org.uk site (Wayback Machine), whose pages also gave the ISBNs; 2010-2025 from carnegies.co.uk shortlist archives. Longlists and nomination lists are not included. Author names the writer, then the illustrator when different.

Organization: CILIP, the Library and Information Association. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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