Carnegie and Greenaway 2013 Awards

The shortlists for this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards 2013 have been announced.
Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle joins established authors Sally Gardner and Marcus Sedgwick on the Carnegie shortlist, along with a host of relative newcomers:
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
In Darkness by Nick Lake
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
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Meanwhile, the Greenaway shortlist is dominated by two previous double winners of the prize, Helen Oxenbury and Emily Gravett:
Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb
Again! by Emily Gravett
Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
Pirates ‘n’ Pistols by Chris Mould
King Jack and the Dragon by Helen Oxenbury (illustrator) and Peter Bently (author)
Black Dog by Levi Pinfold
Just Ducks! by Salvatore Rubbino (illustrator) and Nicola Davies (author)