The Cilip Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medal nominations have been released. Lists like this are so exciting especially when I see books I have read and loved. Lists like this are also a way to create my own reading list of books I can now hunt for. There are lots on the Greenaway list I need to read but I was pleased to see books I had read and loved included on the Carnegie list.
Carnegie Books
Here are the titles I've already talked about (on this blog).
Where the river runs gold by Sita Brahmachar
No Ballet shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton
Swimming against the storm by Jess Butterworth
Louisiana's Way home by Kate diCamillo
The secret Starling by Judith Eagle
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxleee (Australian title)
The dog runner by Bren MacDibble (Australian title)
The Skylarks war by Hilary McKay
Anna at War by Helen Peters
The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell
Lampie and the Children of the sea by Annet Schaap
Our Castle by the sea by Lucy Strange
Cloud Boy by Marcia Williams
Carnegie books I've read but not discussed here:
Toffee by Sarah Crossan
This is a wonderful Young Adult verse novel. The depth of emotion explored in this story will linger with me forever.
The words that fly between us by Sarah Carroll
I need to talk about this book on my blog. I enjoyed the complex relationships in this book and the exploration of betrayal.
The Afterwards by AF Harrold
As with The Imaginary, I found this to be a disturbing book. The final scenes helped me cope with the way grief is explored here.
A different land by Paul Jennings (Australian title)
I was only able to borrow this for a short time. I will talk about it here when I can borrow it again. This is the third in a series by Paul Jennings and he again demonstrates he is a master storyteller. I highly recommend the previous two books A different dog and A different boy.
Greenaway Medal
Here are the titles I've already talked about (on this blog)
Captain Rosalie illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
The suitcase by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
I am the seed that grew the tree illustrated by Fran Preston-Gannon
Australian titles on the Greenaway list:
Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan
Wisp - a story of hope by Zana Fraillon
The Dam by David Almond has an Australian illustrator - Levi Pinfold
Happy Reading
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