Supporting the National Year of Reading 2026

The Carnegies 2026 – Official Book Supplier

Build Your Own Longlist Packs

For the 2026 Carnegies Medal shadowing season, you can build your own longlist book pack with Scholastic, the official book supplier. This new Age-Inclusive Longlist Shadowing option allows you to select specific titles from the 2026 longlist for writing or illustration, that best suit your readers.

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Writing Longlist
Illustration Longlist
Primary Schools
Secondary Schools


Writing Longlist


The 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing longlist is:

  • Birdie Birdie

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  • Black Star Black Star

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  • Boy I Love Boy I Love

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  • Ghostlines Ghostlines

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  • Stealing Happy Stealing Happy

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  • Not Going To Plan Not Going To Plan

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  • Popcorn: A hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety Popcorn: A hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety

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  • Twenty-Four Seconds From Now Twenty-Four Seconds From Now

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  • Birdy Arbuthnot's Year of Yes! Birdy Arbuthnot's Year of Yes!

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  • Handle With Care Handle With Care

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  • Spick and the Span Spick and the Span

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  • Wolf Siren Wolf Siren

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  • Songs for Ghosts Songs for Ghosts

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  • When It's Your Turn For Midnight When It's Your Turn For Midnight

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  • On The Wall On The Wall

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  • Traumaland Traumaland

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  • Fia and the Last Snow Deer Fia and the Last Snow Deer

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  • Shrapnel Boys Shrapnel Boys

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  • Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

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Illustration Longlist


The 2026 Carnegie Medal for Illustration longlist is:

  • Be Back Soon Be Back Soon

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  • Don't Trust Fish! Don't Trust Fish!

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  • Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies

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  • Paper Bridge Paper Bridge

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  • Cafe at the Edge of the Woods Cafe at the Edge of the Woods

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  • Freedom Braids Freedom Braids

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  • Playdate Playdate

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  • Wiggling Words Wiggling Words

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  • Higher Ground Higher Ground

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  • Fia and the Last Snow Deer Fia and the Last Snow Deer

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  • Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob

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  • Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough

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  • Wildful Wildful

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  • Good Golden Sun Good Golden Sun

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  • Beanie the Bansheenie Beanie the Bansheenie

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  • Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story

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  • Endless Sea Endless Sea

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  • Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland's Forgotten Folklore Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland's Forgotten Folklore

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  • Sleeper Train Sleeper Train

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Primary Schools


See below for books from the Longlist for Writing, suitable for primary schools.

Key Stage 2

  • Birdie Birdie

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  • Fia and the Last Snow Deer Fia and the Last Snow Deer

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  • Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

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  • Ghostlines Ghostlines

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  • On The Wall On The Wall

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  • Popcorn: A hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety Popcorn: A hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety

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  • Shrapnel Boys Shrapnel Boys

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  • Spick and the Span Spick and the Span

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See below for books from the Longlist for Illustration, suitable for primary schools.

Key Stage 1

  • Be Back Soon Be Back Soon

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  • Cafe at the Edge of the Woods Cafe at the Edge of the Woods

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  • Higher Ground Higher Ground

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  • Beanie the Bansheenie Beanie the Bansheenie

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  • Endless Sea Endless Sea

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  • Don't Trust Fish! Don't Trust Fish!

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  • Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob

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  • Good Golden Sun Good Golden Sun

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  • Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story

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  • Paper Bridge Paper Bridge

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  • Playdate Playdate

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  • Wiggling Words Wiggling Words

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  • Sleeper Train Sleeper Train

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  • Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough

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Key Stage 2

  • Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland's Forgotten Folklore Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland's Forgotten Folklore

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  • Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough

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  • Wildful Wildful

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  • Fia and the Last Snow Deer Fia and the Last Snow Deer

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Secondary Schools


See below for books from the Longlist for Writing, suitable for secondary schools.

Key Stage 3

  • Birdie Birdie

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  • Fia and the Last Snow Deer Fia and the Last Snow Deer

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  • Birdy Arbuthnot's Year of Yes! Birdy Arbuthnot's Year of Yes!

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  • Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

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  • Ghostlines Ghostlines

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  • On The Wall On The Wall

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  • Songs for Ghosts Songs for Ghosts

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  • Stealing Happy Stealing Happy

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  • Boy I Love Boy I Love

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  • Spick and the Span Spick and the Span

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  • Traumaland Traumaland

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  • When It's Your Turn For Midnight When It's Your Turn For Midnight

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  • Wolf Siren Wolf Siren

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Key Stage 4

  • Birdy Arbuthnot's Year of Yes! Birdy Arbuthnot's Year of Yes!

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  • Black Star Black Star

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  • Handle With Care Handle With Care

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  • Not Going To Plan Not Going To Plan

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  • Songs for Ghosts Songs for Ghosts

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  • Stealing Happy Stealing Happy

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  • Boy I Love Boy I Love

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  • Traumaland Traumaland

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  • Twenty-Four Seconds From Now Twenty-Four Seconds From Now

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  • When It's Your Turn For Midnight When It's Your Turn For Midnight

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See below for books from the Longlist for Illustration, suitable for secondary schools.

Key Stage 3 & 4

  • Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies

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