Carnegie Medal
Youth Libraries Group
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
7 Ridgemount Street,
London WC1E 7AE
Established 1937. Presented annually to an outstanding book published in the United Kingdom.
See the Carnegie Medal homepage for more information
2007 was the 70th anniversary of the Carnegie (and the 50th of the Greenaway). There was a anniversary Top Ten online poll competition to name the Carnegie and Greenaway Award winners of all time. Philip Pullman won the Carnegie of Carnegies for Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) - Book One of the His Dark Materials trilogy. Taking 40% of the votes cast in the U.K. and 36% of the votes worldwide. The only serious challenger was Philippa Pearce for Tom's Midnight Garden.
2006 Just in case Meg Rosoff - 2005 Tamar Mal Peet
- 2004 Millions Frank Cottrell Boyce
- 2003 A Gathering Light Jennifer Donnelly
- 2002 Ruby Holler Sharon Creech
- 2001 The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents Terry Pratchett
- 2000 The Other side of truth Beverley Naidoo
- 1999 Postcards from no man's land Aidan Chambers
- 1998 Skellig David Almond
- 1997 River Boy Tim Bowler
- 1996 Junk Melvin Burgess
- 1995 Northern Lights Philip Pullman
- 1994 Whispers in the graveyard Theresa Breslin
- 1993 Stone cold Robert Swindells
- 1992 Flour babies Anne Fine
- 1990 Wolf Gillian Cross
- 1991 Dear Nobody Berlie Doherty
- 1989 Goggle-eyes Anne Fine
- 1988 A pack of lies Geraldine McCaughrean
- 1987 The ghost drum Susan Price
- 1986 Granny was a buffer girl Berlie Doherty
- 1985 Storm Kevin Crossley-Holland
- 1984 The Changeover Margaret Mahy
- 1983 Handles Jan Mark
- 1982 The Haunting Margaret Mahy
- 1981 The Scarecrows Robert Westall
- 1980 City of gold Peter Dickinson
- 1979 Tulku Peter Dickinson
- 1978 The Exeter blitz David Rees
- 1977 The Turbulent term of Tyke Tyler Gene Kemp
- 1976 Thunder and lightnings Jan Mark
- 1975 The Machine-gunners Robert Westall
- 1974 The Stronghold Mollie Hunter
- 1973 The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Penelope Lively
- 1972 Watership Down Richard Adams
- 1971 Josh Ivan Southall
- 1970 The God beneath the sea Leon Garfield & Edward Blishen
- 1969 The Edge of the cloud K. M. Peyton
- 1968 The Moon in the cloud Rosemary Harris
- 1967 The Owl service Alan Garner
- 1966 No award
- 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
- 1961 A Stranger at Green Knowe Lucy Boston
- 1960 The Making of Man I. W. Cornwall
- 1959 The Lantern bearers Rosemary Sutcliff
- 1958 Tom’s Midnight garden Philippa Pearce
- 1957 A Grass rope William Mayne
- 1956 The Last battle C. S. Lewis
- 1955 The Little bookroom Eleanor Farjeon
- 1954 Knight Crusader Ronald Welch
- 1953 A Valley grows up Edward Osmond
- 1952 The Borrowers Mary Norton
- 1951 Nicholas and the wool pack Cynthia Harnett
- 1950 The Lark on the wing Elfrida Vipont Foulds
- 1949 The Story of your home Agnes Allen
- 1948 Sea change Richard Armstrong
- 1947 Collected stories for children Walter de la Mare
- 1946 The Little white horse Elizabeth Goudge
- 1945 No award
- 1944 The Wind on the moon Eric Linklater
- 1943 No award
- 1942 The Little grey men BB [Denys Watkins Pitchford]
- 1941 We couldn’t leave Dinah Mary Treadgold
- 1940 Visitors from London Kitty Barne
- 1939 Radium Woman Eleanor Doorly
- 1938 The Circus is coming Noel Streatfeild
- 1937 The Family from One End Street Eve Garnett
- 1936 Pigeon Post Arthur Ransome