Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards 2021 longlists announced

Two sisters, who have only just learned of each other's existence, become friends when their father dies

A story told in poems about a young girl deeply affected by her father's death, who finds herself in a strange library and a dark forest as she grapples with her loss.

A fourteen-year-old girl decides to leave her dysfunctional mother and live independently by herself.

A fifteen year old girl reacts to her stepfather's controlling behaviour by getting herself into trouble.

A young transgender girl brings to life a creature from one of her mother's paintings who is intent on tracking down a paedophile whose actions have yet to be uncovered

Based on an Irish legend, two teens fall in love against a backdrop of a blazing hot summer.

Set in Manchester, 15-year-old Nathan and his friend Megan start investigating the reasons for his older brother Al's suicide, only to uncover an intense campaign of bullying.

A girl makes a friend at her new school when she joins the computer science club and learns to combine coding with her love of music.

A girl tries to escape the opressively strict and abusive family life she experiences dominated by her alcoholic father.

"On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron Gas Station for the dragon he'd hired to help on the farm."

A young boy who survived the Nazi concentration camps arrives in the Lake District, where hopes of a new life await.

Follows the home journey of four middle school friends as they walk back home after a day at school.

A rich young American and a Spanish hotel maid meet and fall in love against the backdrop of Franco-dictated Spain in the 1950s.

A collection of poems by performance poet, Sophia Thakur.

An unusual young girl has to flee her home and finds her true family along the way.

A reimagining of the Dracula legend from the point of view of the women taken to be his brides.

When a young boy recovers an artefact from the sea, he discovers the old gods they worshipped were not what they seemed and attempts to stop them returning

14 year old Mai tells her story of survival after the Romans leave Britain.

A young girl living in a remote mountain area must go on a journey to try and find a treatment for her father's accident.

A young boy struggles to help his autistic brother when their mother becomes ill

A father gives imaginative responses to his curious child's questions about the world around them.

A gardener learns to be careful what he wishes for when he is granted a wish by his true love.

Using letters written on paper aeroplanes, a young girl tries to encourage a boy to leave his cossetted mansion room to play with her in the forest

A family goes through the cycle of life, just as their nana's garden does.

With persistence, a little boy helps his grandpa get over the death of his wife.

An explanation of how sometimes happiness can seem far away and how to find it.

A fable about greed and wanting more than you need.

A little girl wants to know where she came from and why she doesn't have a father. When her mother cannot tell her, the girl decides to find out for herself.

The Starbird despairs when he is imprisoned by the King as a gift for his daughter.

A little girl dreams of being taken away in a spaceship

Inspired by the early life of Swedish artist Berta Hansson, a story of a girl who refuses to conform to the requirements of family and society.

Relayed through a child's eyes, a story illustrates how a mother struggles to manage to buy day-to-day necessities, and has to rely on a foodbank to feed them both.

A story told in poems about a young girl deeply affected by her father's death, who finds herself in a strange library and a dark forest as she grapples with her loss.

A creation story of how the stars were created.

Take to the trails for a celebration of nature - and a day spent with Dad.

A girl considers how out of place she feels in the world around her, and the value of her quiet nature.

A weary lion gets advice from a wise owl when he finds he cannot get to sleep.

Natural-history illustrator Ben Rothery curates an assortment of the world's birds and animals, each with its own hidden secret.

I know what it's like to be small in the city...

A wordless story in which a dandelion flower has a city adventure when it becomes a real lion, before returning to it's field where it's seeds disperse in the wind.