In the ‘Public and School Libraries’ module a group of Librarianship and Library & Information Services Management (LISM) Masters students have started to read from a range of different titles for children and young people. Each of the books we have selected has won either the CILIP Carnegie prize for fiction, or the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration, and many are also included in the World Book Day ‘ 100 stories to share ’ list. The students are asked to record their thoughts on the books they have been reading, to consider any emerging patterns/themes, and to think about the extent to which the winning titles reflect the judging criteria for the Carnegie prize . We will continue reading throughout the semester, but as this is World Book Day here are a few examples of our thoughts after the first couple of weeks of the module. -Dr Briony Birdi, Module Coordinator The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo (Carnegie Medal winner, 2019) Wow! This is one of those sorts of books t...
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