The longlists for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced.

The Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people. The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.

Here are the longlisted books for the 2020 Carnegie Medal:

• The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, illustrated by Anshika Khullar
• A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby
• Toffee by Sarah Crossan
• Becoming Dinah by Kit de Waal
• Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
• Monsters by Sharon Dogar
• Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
• Lenny’s Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
• Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake
• Lark by Anthony McGowan
• The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay
• No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
• Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
• Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
• Lampie written and illustrated by Annet Schaap and translated by Laura Watkinson
• Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick, illustrated by Alexis Deacon
• The Boxer by Nikesh Shukla
• On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
• Girl. Boy. Sea. by Chris Vick
• Paper Avalanche by Lisa Williamson

Here are the longlisted books for the 2020 Kate Greenaway Medal:

• Captain Rosalie illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, written by Timothée de Fombelle and translated by Sam Gordon
• Wisp: A Story of Hope illustrated by Grahame Baker Smith and written by Zana Fraillon
• Quill Soup illustrated by Dale Blankenaar and written by Alan Durant
• B is for Baby illustrated by Angela Brooksbank and written by Atinuke
• And the Ocean Was Our Sky illustrated by Rovina Cai and written by Patrick Ness
• Fanatical About Frogs written and illustrated by Owen Davey
• Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black illustrated by Alexis Deacon and written by Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick
• Lubna and Pebble illustrated by Daniel Egneus and written by Wendy Meddour
• When Sadness Comes to Call written and illustrated by Eva Eland
• The King Who Banned the Dark written and illustrated by Emily Haworth-Booth
• You’re Snug With Me illustrated by Poonam Mistry and written by Chitra Soundar
• The Iron Man illustrated by Chris Mould and written by Ted Hughes
• The Suitcase written and illustrated by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
• The Undefeated illustrated by Kadir Nelson and written by Kwame Alexander
• The Dam illustrated by Levi Pinfold and written by David Almond
• Mary and Frankenstein illustrated by Júlia Sardà and written by Linda Bailey
• Little Wise Wolf illustrated by Hanneke Siemensma, written by Gijs Van der Hammen and translated by Laura Watkinson
• Tales from the Inner City written and illustrated by Shaun Tan
• Child of St Kilda written and illustrated by Beth Waters
• Planetarium illustrated by Chris Wormell and written by Raman Prinja

Julia Hale, Chair of the judging panels for both awards, said: ‘Through writing and illustration, the authors and artists offer children and young people stories of hope, discovery and understanding about themselves and the world they live in. There is a strong emphasis in the longlists on how young readers can navigate that journey, through relationships with families and friends and from learning more about themselves.’

The 2020 shortlists will be announced on 19 March, with the winners to be revealed on 17 June.

Find out more about this year’s longlisted books for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals here.