Carnegie Medal (1936-2005)

The Carnegie Medal is a British award that is given each year to an author of an outstanding book for children. It was established in 1936, in memory of the great Scottish-born philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919).

Click on the title to read a short summary of the book, and to place a hold.

The number in parentheses after each book is the year in which it was awarded the Carnegie Medal.

Tamar by Mal Peet (2005)

Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce (2004)

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (2003)

Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (2002)

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett (2001)

The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo (2000)

Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers (1999)

Skellig by David Almond (1998)

River Boy by Tim Bowler (1997)

Junk by Melvin Burgess (1996)

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (1995)

Whispers in the Graveyard by Theresa Breslin (1994)

Stone Cold by Robert Swindells (1993)

Flour Babies by Anne Fine (1992)

Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty (1991)

Wolf by Gillian Cross (1990)

Goggle-Eyes by Anne Fine (1989)

A Pack of Lies by Geraldine McCaughrean (1988)

The Ghost Drum: A Cat's Tale by Susan Price (1987)

Granny Was a Buffer Girl by Berlie Doherty (1986)

Storm by Kevin Crossley-Holland (1985)

The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance by Margaret Mahy (1984)

Handles by Jan Mark (1983)

The Haunting by Margaret Mahy (1982)

The Scarecrows by Robert Westall (1981)

City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament by Peter Dickinson (1980)

Tulku by Peter Dickinson (1979)

The Exeter Blitz by David Rees (1978)

The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler by Gene Kemp (1977)

Thunder and Lightnings by Jan Mark (1976)

The Machine-Gunners by Robert Westall (1975)

The Stronghold by Mollie Hunter (1974)

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively (1973)

Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972)

Josh by Ivan Sout (1971)

The God Beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen (1970)

The Edge of the Cloud by K. M. Peyton (1969)

The Moon in the Cloud by Rosemary Harris (1968)

The Owl Service by Alan Garner (1967)

The Grange at High Force by Philip Turner (1965)

Nordy Bank by Sheena Porter (1964)

Time of Trial by Hester Burton (1963)

The Return of the Twelves by Pauline Clarke (1962)

A Stranger at Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston (1961)

The Making of Man by Dr. I. W. Cornwall (1960)

The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff (1959)

Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce (1958)

Grass Rope by William Mayne (1957)

The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis (1956)

Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon (1955)

Knight Crusader by Ronald Welch (aka Ronald Oliver Felton) (1954)

A Valley Grows Up by Edward Osmond (1953)

The Borrowers by Mary Norton (1952)

The Woolpack by Cynthia Harnett (1951)

The Lark on the Wing by Elfrida Vipont Foulds (1950)

The Story of Your Home by Agnes Allen (1949)

Sea Change by Richard Armstrong (1948)

Collected Stories for Children by Walter De La Mare (1947)

The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (1946)

The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater (1944)

The Little Grey Men by "BB" (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) (1942)

We Couldn't Leave Dinah by Mary Treadgold (1941)

Visitors from London by Kitty Barne (1940)

Radium Woman: A Life of Marie Curie by Eleanor Doorly (1939)

The Circus Is Coming by Noel Streatfeild (1938)

The Family from One End Street: And Some of Their Adventures by Eve Garnett (1937)

Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome (1936)