The shortlists for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced.

The Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

Here are the shortlisted books for the 2021 Carnegie Medal:

• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
• The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson
• The Girl Who Became a Tree written by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate Milner
• On Midnight Beach by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
• Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann
• Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
• The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
• Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

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

Here are the shortlisted books for the 2021 Kate Greenaway Medal:

• Starbird illustrated and written by Sharon King-Chai
• The Bird Within Me illustrated by Sara Lundberg and translated by translated by B. J. Epstein
• It’s A No-Money Day illustrated and written by Kate Milner
• How The Stars Came To Be illustrated and written by Poonam Mistry
• Hike illustrated and written by Pete Oswald
• I Go Quiet illustrated and written by David Ouimet
• Arlo The Lion Who Couldn’t Sleep illustrated and written by Catherine Rayner
• Small In The City illustrated and written by Sydney Smith

The winners of both Prizes for this year will be announced on Wednesday 16 June. Find out more about this year’s shortlist here.