Shortlists have been announced for the UK's prestigious Carnegie and Greenaway awards for children's books. You can find the rosters at the following links: Carnegie Medal shortlist 2009, and Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist 2009.
The Carnegie honors writing and the Greenaway illustration, much like the Newbery and Caldecott awards here.
Last Friday the Guardian newspaper commented on the "boysy" aspect of the Carnegie shortlist.
Oh squee! I want to read BOG CHILD. Gonna go see right now if my library has it.
That second link (Greenaway) didn't work for me. Is it just my computer?
Jules
Posted by: Jules | May 01, 2009 at 12:11 PM
They have it. Yay! It's on hold.
I forgot all about that book; I really enjoyed A SWIFT PURE CRY. Thanks for that link.
Jules
Posted by: Jules | May 01, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Hey, Jules. Yay. Glad to hear the libe has the book. I like the word "boysy."
The link works okay here. Did you try it again?
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | May 03, 2009 at 03:58 PM