Carnegie Medals Student Reading Groups 

This year, our school is a lead school for The Yoto Carnegie Book Awards. Mr. Evans is the South West Regional Judge for The Yoto Carnegie Book Awards. The Yoto Carnegies are the UK’s longest-running and best-loved children’s book awards, recognizing outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people.

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

Unique in that they are judged solely by librarians, the roll-call of past winners includes Arthur Ransome, C.S. Lewis, Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman, Noel Streatfeild, Sally Gardner, and Elizabeth Acevedo for the Carnegie Medal for Writing; and Raymond Briggs, Shirley Hughes, Janet Ahlberg, and Children’s Laureates Quentin Blake, Anthony Browne, Chris Riddell, and Lauren Child for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration, formerly known as the Kate Greenaway Medal.

A national reading for pleasure initiative, the Yoto Carnegie Shadowing Scheme engages thousands of children and young people in reading the books on the shortlist via reading groups in schools and public libraries with dedicated educational reading resources and promotional materials to support each shortlist. Each year, young people who take part in the scheme are invited to vote for their favourite books to win the Shadowers’ Choice Awards, which are announced alongside the Medal winners at the annual winners’ ceremony. The Medals are awarded annually by CILIP, the library and information association, and the Youth Libraries Group with long lists announced in February, short lists in March, and the winners announced at a ceremony in June.

From March until June, the Year 7 and Year 8/9 reading groups will be shadowing The Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlisted books. Sessions for Term 6 will run on the following dates in IT5:

Carneiges Award workshop Monday 24th June Period 1 and 2.