Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal is awarded each year to one outstanding new book for children or young adults.
The Medal was named after the Scottish-born American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
The Carnegie Medal is the UK’s oldest and most prestigious book award for children’s writing.
No Award was given in 1943, 1945, or 1966. That is because no book was considered suitable.
Learn more: official Carnegie Medal homepage.
Winners:
Pigeon Post (1936)
The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are prospecting for gold on High Topps, hoping to persuade Captain Flint to stay home as he returns from a South American gold prospecting trip.
Read online at archive.org.
The Family from One End Street (1937)
The Circus is Coming (1938)
Threatened with life in separate orphanages when their aunt dies, Peter and Santa run away from home to join their unknown uncle who is a circus clown.
The Radium Woman: A youth edition of the life of Madame Curie (1939)
Left Till Called For (1941)
When the Germans invade their island in the English Channel, Mick and Caroline Templeton get left behind in the confusion.
We Couldn’t Leave Dinah (1941)
When the Germans invade their island in the English Channel, Mick and Caroline Templeton get left behind in the confusion.
The Little Grey Men (1942)
The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him.
The Wind on the Moon: A Story for Children (1944)
Dinah and Dorinda determine to be naughty while their father is away.
The Little White Horse (1946)
As Maria arrives at Moonacre Manor she catches a glimpse of the little white horse. The American edition is printed in a larger format on better paper, but lacks the end paper maps and the colored illustrations.
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The Little White Horse (1946)
As Maria arrives at Moonacre Manor she catches a glimpse of the little white horse.
Sea Change (1948)
The Story of Your Home (1949)
Jack Allen
The Lark on the Wing (1950)
Kit Haverard pursues her vocation as a singer in London.
The Wool-Pack (1951)
The Borrowers (1952)
In which we meet Arrietty, Pod and Homily Clock, a family of small people who live behind the wainscot and under the floor.
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A Valley Grows Up (1953)
Knight Crusader (1954)
The story of a young knight who sees service in Jerusalem during the Crusades and then returns to Wales where he has to fight again, this time for the fiefdom granted him by King Richard.
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The Little Bookroom (1955)
A collection of short stories and fairy tales.
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