Win the 16 Books Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegies

The Yoto Carnegies are the UK’s longest running and best-loved children’s book awards, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people.

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

The Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.

Unique in that they 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 Medal for Writing; and Raymond Briggs, Shirley Hughes, Janet Ahlberg, and Children’s Laureates Quentin Blake, Anthony Browne, Chris Riddell and Lauren Child for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration, formerly known as the Kate Greenaway Medal.

For the chance to win:

Yoto Carnegie 2024 Illustration Shortlist:

To The Other Side by Erika Meza

The Wilderness by Steve McCarthy

Lost by Mariajo Ilustrajo

April's Garden by Catalina Echeverri

The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker Walker

The Midnight Panther by Poonam Mistry

The Bowerbird by Catherine Rayner

The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish by Choe Savage

Yoto Carnegie 2024 Writing Shortlist:

Away With Words by Sophie Cameron

Choose Love by Nicola Davies

Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan

Steady For This by Nathanael Lessore

The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho

Crossing the Line by Tia Fisher

The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell

Simply answer the question below and leave your details by the closing date of 11pm on Thursday 11 April 2024.