The
Carnegie
Medal
1951: Nicolas and the Wool-pack by Cynthia
Harnett (J Harnett)
1947: Collected Stories for
Children by Walter De La Mare
(J De La Mare)
1946: The Little White Horse by
Elizabeth Goudge (J Goudge)
1944: The Wind on the Moon by
Eric Linklater (J Linklater)
1942: The Little Grey Men by 'BB' (D J WatkinsPitchford) (J Watkins-Pitchford)
1938: The Circus is Coming by Noel Streatfield
(J Streatfield)
1937: The Family from One End Street by Eve
Garnett (J Garnett)
1936: Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome (J Ransome)
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Named in honor of
Andrew Carnegie, the
Medal is awarded each
year to a worthy
children’s book author.
2013: Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner (J Gardner)
2012: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (J Ness)
2011: Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness (J Ness)
2010: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (J
Gaiman)
2009: Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd (J
Dowd)
2008: Here Lies Arthur by
Philip Reeve (J Reeve)
2007: Just in Case by Meg Rosoff (J
Rosoff)
2005: Tamar by Mal Peet (J Peet)
1994: Whispers in the Graveyard by Theresa
Breslin (J Breslin)
1973: The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope
Lively (J Lively)
1993: Stone Cold by Robert Swindells (J Swindells)
1972: Watership Down by Richard Adams (J
Adams)
1992: Flour Babies by Anne Fine (J Fine)
1991: Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty
(J Doherty)
1990: Wolf by Gillian Cross (J Cross)
1989: My War with Goggle-eyes by
Anne Fine (J Fine)
1988: A Pack of Lies by Geraldine McCaughrean (J
McCaughrean)
1966: Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
1984: The Changeover by Margaret Mahy (J Mahy)
1999: Postcards From No Man's Land by Aidan
Chambers (J Chambers)
1998: Skellig by David Almond (J
Almond)
1997: River Boy by Tim Bowler (J
Bowler)
1996: Junk by Melvin Burgess (J
Burgess)
1995: Northern Lights (title changed to: Golden
Compass) by Philip Pullman (J Pullman)
1968: The Moon in the Cloud by
Rosemary Harris (J Harris)
1986: Granny was a Buffer Girl by Berlie Doherty
(J Doherty)
2003: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (J
Donnelly)
2000: The Other Side of Truth by Beverley
Naidoo (J Naidoo)
1969: The Edge of the Cloud by
Kathleen Peyton (J Peyton)
1967: The Owl Service by Alan Garner
(J Garner)
1985: Storm by Kevin Crossley-Holland (J CrossleyHolland)
2001: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated
Rodents by Terry Pratchett (J Pratchett)
1970: The God Beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield
& Edward Blishen (J292 Garfield)
1987: The Ghost Drum by Susan Price (J Price)
2004: Millions by Frank Boyce Cottrell (J Cottrell)
2002: Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (J Creech)
1971: Josh by Ivan Southall (J Southall)
1983: Handles by Jan Mark (J Mark)
1982: The Haunting by Margaret Mahy (J Mahy)
1981: The Scarecrows by Robert Westall (J
Westall)
1980: City of Gold by Peter Dickinson (J221
Dickinson)
1979: Tulku by Peter Dickinson (J Dickinson)
1978: The Exeter Blitz by David Rees (J Rees)
1976: Thunder and Lightnings
by Jan Mark (J Mark)
1975: The Machine Gunners by
Robert Westall (J Westall)
1974: The Stronghold by Mollie
Hunter (J Hunter)
1965: The Grange at High Force by Philip Turner
(J Turner)
1964: Nordy Bank by Sheena Porter (J Porter)
1963: Time of Trial by Hester Burton (J Burton)
1961: A Stranger at Green Knowe by Lucy M
Boston (J Boston)
1959: The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff (J
Sutcliff)
1958: Tom's Midnight Garden by
Philipa Pearce (J Pearce)
1957: A Grass Rope by William
Mayne (J Mayne)
1956: The Last Battle by C S Lewis (J Lewis)
1955: The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon (J
Farjeon)
1954: Knight Crusader by Ronald Welch (J Welch)
1952: The Borrowers by Mary Norton (J Norton)