The longlists for the 2022 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 2022 Carnegie Medal:

• October, October by Katya Balen, illustrated by Angela Harding
• Musical Truth by Jeffrey Boakye, illustrated by Ngadi Smart
• We Were Wolves by Jason Cockcroft
• Guard Your Heart by Sue Divin
• When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle
• When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten
• The Climbers by Keith Gray
• Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
• The Wolf Road by Richard Lambert
• Rat by Patrice Lawrence
• The Crossing by Manjeet Mann
• Grow by Luke Palmer
• The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr
• Tsunami Girl by Julian Sedgwick, illustrated by Chie Kutsuwada
• Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
• Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle
• In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
• Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Here are the longlisted books for the 2022 Kate Greenaway Medal:

• While You’re Sleeping illustrated by John Broadley, written by Mick Jackson
• Drawn Across Borders illustrated and written by George Butler
• The Midnight Fair illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio, written by Gideon Sterer
• Wild Child illustrated by Barry Falls, written by Dara McAnulty
• A Cat Called Waverley illustrated and written by Debi Gliori
• Too Much Stuff illustrated and written by Emily Gravett
• Diamonds illustrated and written by Armin Greder
• Over the Shop illustrated by Qin Leng, written by JonArno Lawson
• Long Way Down illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff, written by Jason Reynolds
• The Invisible illustrated and written by Tom Percival
• Milo Imagines the World illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Matt de la Pena
• Shu Lin’s Grandpa illustrated by Yu Rong, written by Matt Goodfellow
• I Talk Like a River illustrated by Sydney Smith, written by Jordan Scott
• The House by the Lake illustrated by Britta Teckentrup, written by Thomas Harding
• The Wanderer illustrated and written by Peter Van den Ende

The shortlists for the awards will be announced on Wednesday 16 March with the winners announced at a ceremony on Thursday 16 June. You can find out more about the awards