Neither Richard Adams's Watership Down, nor any of the books C S Lewis's Narnia series are amongst the ten top books that have won the Carnegie gold medal for children's writing in an online vote to select the Carnegie of Carnegies to celebrate the 70th anniversary
If you are looking for good children's books and don't know where to start, here is the top 10 list of past winners of the Carnegie medal:
Skellig David Almond (1998)
Junk Melvin Burgess (1996)
Storm Kevin Crossley-Holland (1985)
A Gathering Light Jennifer Donnelly (2003)
The Owl Service Alan Garner (1967)
The Family From One End Street Eve Garnett (1937)
The Borrowers Mary Norton (1952)
Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce (1958)
Northern Lights Philip Pullman (1995)
The Machine-Gunners Robert Westall (1981)
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