The children's Carnegie Medal was established in 1936.  This June at the American Library Association's annual conference the first  winners of the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction will be announced.

The three finalists for Fiction are The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright, Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks, and Swamplandia! by Karen Russell. Find the nonfiction finalists here. The selection committee includes chair Nancy Pearl of Book Lust fame. How exciting to have Carnegie Medals for both adult and children's literature!