Editing Carnegie Medal for Writing (section)

=== 1950s ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1950-1959<ref name="CCSU" />
!Year
!Author
!Title
!Publisher
!Result
!Ref.
|- style="background:#cddeff"
![[1950 in literature|1950]]
|{{sortname|last=Vipont|first=Elfrida}}
|''{{sort|1=Lark on the Wing|2=[[The Lark on the Wing]]}}''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
![[1951 in literature|1951]]
|{{sortname|last=Harnett|first=Cynthia}}
|''{{sort|1=Wool-Pack|2=[[The Wool-Pack]]}}''
|[[Methuen Publishing]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
![[1952 in literature|1952]]
|{{sortname|last=Norton|first=Mary|dab=writer}}
|''{{sort|1=Borrowers|2=[[The Borrowers]]}}{{Efn|name=Top10}}''
|[[J. M. Dent]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|- style="background:#cddeff"
![[1953 in literature|1953]]
|{{sortname|last=Osmond|first=Edward}}
|''{{sort|1=Valley Grows Up|2=[[A Valley Grows Up]]}}''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="8" |[[1954 in literature|1954]]{{Efn|The special commendation to Harold Jones in 1955 for his 1954 illustration of Lavender's Blue was "a major reason" for the Library Association to establish the Kate Greenaway Medal that year; no 1955 work was judged worthy in 1956, so the Medal was actually inaugurated one year later.<ref name=70th/>}}
|{{sortname|last=Welch|first=Ronald}} 
|''[[Knight Crusader]]''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{Sortname|Harold|Jones|dab=artist}} and  [[Kathleen Lines]]
|''Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes''
|
|Special commendation
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Lucy M.|Boston}}
|''[[Children of Green Knowe]]''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Nicholas Stuart|Gray}}
|''Over the Hills to Fabylon''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|C. S.|Lewis}}
|{{Sort|Horse and his Boy|''[[The Horse and His Boy]]''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Barbara Leonie|Picard}}
|{{Sort|LADY OF THE LINDEN TREE|''The Lady of the Linden Tree''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|James|Reeves|dab=writer}}
|''English Fables and Fairy Stories''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Rosemary|Sutcliff}}
|{{Sort|Eagle of the Ninth|''[[The Eagle of the Ninth]]''}}
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |[[1955 in literature|1955]]
|{{sortname|last=Farjeon|first=Eleanor}}
|''{{sort|1=Little Bookroom|2=[[The Little Bookroom]]}}''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Winner
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Lancelot|Hogben}}
|''Man Must Measure: The Wonderful World of Mathematics''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Margaret|Jowett}}
|''Candidate for Fame''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Jo|Manton}}
|{{Sort|Story of Albert Schweitzer|''The Story of Albert Schweitzer''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|{{Sort|SWARM IN MAY|''A Swarm in May''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|A. Philippa|Pearce}}
|''[[Minnow on the Say (novel)|Minnow on the Say]]''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |[[1956 in literature|1956]]
|{{sortname|last=Lewis|first=C. S.}}
|''{{sort|1=Last Battle|2=[[The Last Battle]]}}''
|[[The Bodley Head]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{Sortname|Rumer|Godden}}
|{{Sort|FAIRY DOLL|''The Fairy Doll''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|''Choristers' Cake''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|''{{sort|1=MEMBER FOR THE MARSH|2=The Member for the Marsh}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Barbara Leonie|Picard}}
|''Ransom for a Knight''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Ian|Serraillier}}
|''{{sort|1=SILVER SWORD|2=[[The Silver Sword]]}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Rosemary|Sutcliff}}
|''{{sort|1=SHIELD RING|2=[[The Shield Ring]]}}''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |[[1957 in literature|1957]]
|{{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|''{{sort|1=Grass Rope|2=[[A Grass Rope]]}}''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Avery|first=Gillian}}
|''{{sort|1=WARDEN'S NIECE|2=The Warden's Niece}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Barrett|first=Anne}}
|''Sogberd's Grove''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Antonia|Forest}}
|''[[Falconer's Lure]]''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|''{{sort|1=BLUE BOAT|2=The Blue Boat}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Katharine|Savage}}
|''{{sort|1=STORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR|2=The Story of the Second World War}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Sutcliff|first=Rosemary}}
|''{{sort|1=SILVER BRANCH|2=The Silver Branch}}''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |[[1958 in literature|1958]]
|{{sortname|last=Pearce|first=Philippa}}
|''[[Tom's Midnight Garden|Tom's Midnight Garden{{Efn|name=Top10}}]]''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{Sortname|Lucy M.|Boston}}
|''{{sort|1=Chimneys of Green Knowe|2=[[The Chimneys of Green Knowe]]}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Sutcliff|first=Rosemary}}
|''[[Warrior Scarlet]]''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |[[1959 in literature|1959]]
|{{sortname|last=Sutcliff|first=Rosemary}}
|''{{sort|1=Lantern Bearers|2=[[The Lantern Bearers (Sutcliff novel)|The Lantern Bearers]]}}''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{sortname|last=Harnett|first=Cynthia}}
|''{{sort|1=LOAD OF UNICORN|2=[[The Load of Unicorn]]}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Norton|first=Mary|dab=writer}}
|''{{sort|1=BORROWERS AFLOAT |2=[[The Borrowers Afloat]]}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Margery|Sharp}}
|''{{sort|1=RESCUERS|2=[[The Rescuers (book)|The Rescuers]]}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Verney|first=John|dab=author}}
|''Friday's Tunnel''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Young|first=Andres}}
|''Quiet as Moss: 36 Poems''
|
|Commended
|
|}