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CILIP Carnegie Medals 2009

The 2009 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and Harris Finds His Feet by Catherine Rayner (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 15 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Bog Child by Siobhan Dowdsource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Harris Finds His Feet by Catherine Raynersource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Airman by Eoin Colfersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brookssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boycesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Creature of the Night by Kate Thompsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Ostrich Boys by Keith Graysource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Nesssource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Grahamsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Little Boat by Thomas Dochertysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Molly and the Night Monster by Chris Wormellsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Savage by David Almond and Dave McKeansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico and Angela Barrettsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Way Back Home by Oliver Jefferssource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Varmints by Helen Ward and Marc Crastesource (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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