Amnesty and CILIP, the library and information association, are working to develop children’s understanding of human rights through the outstanding  books shortlisted for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. All the books are also eligible for the Amnesty CILIP Honour, for illuminating, upholding or celebrating human rights. The Medals and Honour winners will be announced on 19^th June.

We have created special Story Explorer resources to help adults, young people and children explore the human rights values at the heart of all the shortlisted books.

Carnegie medal shortlist

• Sputnik's Guid to Life on Earth (PDF) by Frank Cottrell Boyce
• The Bone Sparrow (PDF) by Zana Fraillon
• The Smell of Other People's Houses (PDF) by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
• The Stars at Oktober Bend (PDF) by Glenda Millard
• Wolf Hollow (PDF) by Lauren Wolk
• Beck (PDF) by Meg Rosoff
• Railhead (PDF) by Philip Reeve
• Salt to the Sea (PDF) by Ruta Sepetys

Kate Greenaway medal shortlist

• A Great Big Cuddle (PDF) by Michael Rosen
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (PDF) by JK Rowling
• The Journey (PDF) by Francesca Sanna
• The Marvels (PDF) by Brian Selznick
• The Wolves of Currumpaw (PDF) by William Grill
• There is a Tribe of Kids (PDF) by Lane Smith
• Tidy (PDF) by Emily Gravett
• Wild Animals of the North (PDF) by Dieter Braun