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CILIP Carnegie Medals 2012

The 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 16 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. A Monster Calls by Patrick Nesssource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Jim Kaysource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetyssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Everybody Jam by Ali Lewissource (opens in a new tab)
  3. My Name Is Mina by David Almondsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitchersource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evanssource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnettsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Trash by Andy Mulligansource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins and Vicky Whitesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Puffin Peter by Petr Horáčeksource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Slog's Dad by David Almond and Dave McKeansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Solomon Crocodile by Catherine Raynersource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Gift by Carol Ann Duffy and Rob Ryansource (opens in a new tab)
  6. There Are No Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarzsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Wolf Won't Bite! by Emily Gravettsource (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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