Explore the titles that have won the CILIP Carnegie Medal in previous years!

The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people. The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are the UK’s oldest and best-loved children’s book awards, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people.

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This list is not complete, as some award-winning titles are currently not available via Bookshop.org. Please get in touch with us if you'd like to order these titles, and we'll do our best to track them down!

1994 - Whispers in the Graveyard - Theresa Breslin

1987 - The Ghost Drum - Susan Price

1983 - Handles - Jan Mark

1980 - City of Gold - Peter Dickinson

1978 - The Exeter Blitz - David Rees

1974 - The Stronghold - Mollie Hunter

1971 - Josh - Ivan Southall

1969 - The Edge of the Cloud - K.M. Peyton

1968 - The Moon in the Cloud - Rosemary Harris

1965 - The Grange at High Force - Philip Turner

1964 - Nordy Bank - Sheena Porter

1963 - Time of Trial - Hester Burton

1962 - The Twelve and the Genii - Pauline Clarke

1960 - The Making of Man - Ian Wolfran Cornwall

1957 - A Grass Rope - William Mayne

1953 - A Valley Grows Up - Edward Osmond

1951 - The Wool-Pack - Cynthia Harnett

1950 - The Lark on the Wing - Elfrida Vipont

1949 - The Story of Your Home - Agnes Allan

1948 - Sea Change - Richard Armstrong

1947 - Collected Stories for Children - Walter de la Mare

1941 - We Couldn't Leave Dinah - Mary Treadgold

1940 - Visitors from London - Kitty Barne

1938 - The Circus is Coming - Noel Streatfield

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