70-year Carnegie of Carnegies (2007)
For the 70th anniversary, CILIP posted online information about all of the winning books and conducted a poll to identify the nation's favourite Carnegie Medalist. The winner was announced 21 June 2007 at the British Library. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials, volume one, 1995).
The nation considered a ballot or all-time shortlist comprising ten of the 67 Medal-winning works, selected by six "children's book experts". The panel provided annotations including reader ages that range from 6+ to 14+ (age 10+ for the winner, Northern Lights).
70th Anniversary Top Ten (dates are years of publication)
- David Almond, Skellig, (1998)
- Melvin Burgess, Junk, (1996)
- Kevin Crossley-Holland, Storm, (1985)
- Jennifer Donnelly, A Gathering Light, (2003)
- Alan Garner, The Owl Service, (1967)
- Eve Garnett, The Family from One End Street, (1937)
- Mary Norton, The Borrowers, (1952)
- Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden, (1958)
- Philip Pullman, Northern Lights, (1995)
- Robert Westall, The Machine Gunners, (1975)
Northern Lights garnered 40% of the votes, almost identically in the U.K. and overseas, followed by 16% for Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce and 8% for Skellig by David Almond. As those three books won the Medal in its year 60, year 23, and year 63, some commentary observed that Tom's Midnight Garden had passed a test of time that the others had not yet faced.(#The Guardian news coverage)
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