Yesterday, the Canadian Children's Book Centre, our nationally-renowned authority on all things related to youngCanLit, announced the finalists for the 2012 TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards.
The seven major children's book awards which will be awarded at invitation-only galas in Toronto and Montreal in November include:
- TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($25000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
- Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse ($25000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
- Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000) Sponsored by A. Charles Baillie;
- Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction ($10,000) Sponsored by the Fleck Family Foundation;
- Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($5,000) Sponsored by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Bilson Endowment Fund;
- John Spray Mystery Award ($5,000) Sponsored by John Spray; and
- Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy ($5,000) Sponsored by HarperCollins Canada.
Here are the short lists for each award category, as announced by the Canadian Children's Book Centre yesterday:
by Shane Peacock
Tundra Books
Ages 10+
No Ordinary Day
by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books
Ages 9-12
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
by Susan Hughes
Owlkids Books Inc.
Ages 9-13
Seal Song
by Andrea Spalding
Illustrated by Pascal Milelli
Orca Book Publishers
Ages 5-8
Stones for My Father
by Trilby Kent
Tundra Books
Ages 11-14
Adapté pour la jeunesse par Denis Côté Illustré par Anne Sol
Éditions Planète rebelled
Ages 10+
Lapin-Chagrin et les jours d'Elko
par Sylvie Nicolas
Illustré par Marion Arbona
Éditions du Phoenix (initialement éditions Trampoline)
Ages 6+
Le monde de Théo
par Louis Émond
Illustré par Philippe Béha
Éditions Hurtubise
Ages 5+
Mots doux pour endormir la nuit
par Jacques Pasquet
Illustré par Marion Arbona
Éditions Planète rebelle
Ages 3+
La saison des pluies
par Mario Brassard
Illustré par Suana Verelst
Soulières éditeur
Ages 7+
Cinnamon Baby
by Nicola Winstanley
Illustrated by Janice Nadeau
Kids Can Press
Ages 3-7
Picture a Tree
by Barbara Reid
North Wind Press / Scholastic Canada
Ages 3-8
Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been?
by Dan Bar-el
Illustrated by Rae Maté
Simply Read Books
Ages 3-6
Small Saul
by Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press
Ages 3-7
Without You
by Geneviève Côté
Kids Can Press
Ages 3-6
by Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter
Photos by Rafal Gerszak
Annick Press
Ages 12+
Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature
by Dora Lee
Illustrated by Margot Thompson
Kids Can Press
Ages 8-12
Loon
by Susan Vande Griek
by Karen Reczuch
Groundwood Books
Ages 4-7
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
by Susan Hughes
Owlkids Books Inc.
Ages 9-13
Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives
by Marthe Jocelyn
Tundra Books
Ages 12+
for Young People
by Kate Cayley
Annick Press
Ages 13+
I’ll Be Watching
by Pamela Porter
Groundwood Books
Ages 14+
Shot at Dawn: World War I (I Am Canada)
by John Wilson
Scholastic Canada
Ages 9-12
This Dark Endeavour: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins Publishers
Ages 12+
The Whole Truth
by Kit Pearson
HarperCollins Publishers
Ages 8-12
by Ellen Schwartz
Tundra Books
Ages 10+
by Rob Mills
Orca Book Publishers
Ages 11+
The Dragon Turn (The Boy Sherlock Holmes)
by Shane Peacock
Tundra Books
Ages 10+
Held
by Edeet Ravel
Annick Press
Ages 13+
True Blue
by Deborah Ellis
Pajama Press
Ages 12+
by Nicole Luiken
Great Plains Teen Fiction
Ages 14+
Hunted
by Cheryl Rainfield
WestSide Books
Ages 13+
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes
by Jonathan Auxier
Puffin Canada
Ages 9-12
Tempestuous
by Lesley Livingston
HarperCollins Canada
Ages 13+
What Happened to Serenity?
by P.J. Sarah Collins
Red Deer Press
Ages 12+
Hosted by the Canadian Children's Book Centre and TD Bank Group, the TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards will celebrate great Canadian children's books and present the winners of the awards on the evening of November 21, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto.
