Scholastic made official supplier for Yoto Carnegies 

Scholastic has been selected as the official book supplier for the Yoto Carnegies, the UK’s longest running children’s book awards.

The children’s publisher will provide discounts on the shortlisted books and will work with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) to jointly promote the role of children’s literature and reading for pleasure. The prize, which has been running for five years, celebrates outstanding achievement in children’s writing and illustration, and is unique in being judged by librarians.

Catherine Bell, co-group m.d. at Scholastic, commented: “We are absolutely delighted to have been selected as the official book supplier for the Yoto Carnegies. Building and supporting readers in discovering wonderful new books is core to all we do and we feel great affinity with the scope and ambition of what the team at CILIP want to achieve with the awards going forward. We have some exciting new plans to help engage even more children in reading and discussing brilliant books through the shadowing scheme and can’t wait to work with the awards team to see these come to fruition.”

CILIP chief executive Nick Poole said: “We’re excited to be joining forces with Scholastic as official book supplier for the Yoto Carnegies from 2023. With more than 100 years’ experience inspiring children and young people in reading for pleasure, Scholastic is well-placed to help us achieve our ambitious plans to grow the awards, with a particular focus on engaging thousands of schools and shadowing groups.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Peters for the great care and service they have given to shadowing groups over the past six years. I am hugely proud of the work we have done together and grateful to Peters for the support they showed to the awards.”

The awards’ longlist will be announced on 15th February 2023, followed by the shortlist on 15th March. The winners will be revealed in June.