The longlists for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced.

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

Here are the longlisted books for the 2019 Carnegie Medal:

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Rebound by Kwame Alexander
• The Colour of the Sun by David Almond
• The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
• The Weight of a Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan
• Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
• Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki by Kevin Crossley-Holland and illustrated by Jeffrey Alan Love
• My Side of the Diamond by Sally Gardner
• Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay
• A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
• A Different Boy by Paul Jennings
• The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Jackie Morris
• Hilary McKay’s Fairy Tales by Hilary McKay and illustrated by Sarah Gibb
• Things A Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
• The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily X.R. Pan
• The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
• Station Zero by Philip Reeve
• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and illustrated by Chris Priestley
• The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders
• Mud by Emily Thomas

Here are the longlisted books for the 2018 Kate Greenaway Medal:

• A Stone for Sascha written and illustrated by Aaron Becker
• The Day the War Came by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb
• This Zoo is Not for You written and illustrated by Ross Collins
• If All the World Were… by Joseph Coelho and illustrated by Allison Colpoys
• Bob’s Blue Period written and illustrated by Marion Deuchars
• Ocean Meets Sky written and illustrated by Eric Fan and Terry Fan
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling and illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill
• The Last Wolf written and illustrated by Mini Grey
• Beyond the Fence written and illustrated by Maria Gulemetova
• Mary’s Monster written and illustrated by Lita Judge
• The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
• Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki by Kevin Crossley-Holland and illustrated by Jeffrey Alan Love
• Julian is a Mermaid written and illustrated by Jessica Love
• Mrs Noah’s Pockets by Jackie Morris and illustrated by James Mayhew
• You’re Safe With Me by Chitra Soundar and illustrated by Poonam Mistry
• The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Jackie Morris
• Suffragette: The Battle for Equality written and illustrated by David Roberts
• Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, and illustrated by Giovanni Rigano
• Animals with Tiny Cat written and illustrated by Viviane Schwarz
• The Family Tree by Mal Peet and illustrated by Emma Shoard

Alison Brumwell, Chair of the judging panels for both awards, said: ‘The forty books selected by [the] judges offer intimate insights into family life, superb world-building and thoughtful, incisive explorations of complex themes and issues. Young readers have the opportunity to encounter characters in a diverse range of narratives who both reflect their own experiences and build empathy for different ways of living.’

The 2019 shortlists will be announced on 19 March, with the winners to be revealed on 18 June.

Find out more about this year’s longlisted books for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals here.