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CILIP Carnegie Medals 2011

The 2011 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and FArTHER by Grahame Baker-Smith (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 14 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Monsters of Men by Patrick Nesssource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. FArTHER by Grahame Baker-Smithsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Out of Shadows by Jason Wallacesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa Breslinsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoffsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Death Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughreansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. White Crow by Marcus Sedgwicksource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. April Underhill, Tooth Fairy by Bob Grahamsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Big Bear, Little Brother by Carl Norac and Kristin Oftedalsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham and Juan Wijngaardsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Ernest by Catherine Raynersource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Jim by Hilaire Belloc and Mini Greysource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Me and You by Anthony Brownesource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jefferssource (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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