Wednesday 20 June 2012

2012 TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards' finalists announced



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:

  1. TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($25000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
  2. Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse ($25000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
  3. Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000) Sponsored by A. Charles Baillie;
  4. Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction ($10,000) Sponsored by the Fleck Family Foundation;
  5. Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($5,000) Sponsored by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Bilson Endowment Fund;
  6. John Spray Mystery Award ($5,000) Sponsored by John Spray; and
  7. 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:

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

The Dragon Turn (The Boy Sherlock Holmes)
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






  Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse 

L'amélanchier: Conte de Jacques Ferron
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+



Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award


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






Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction

Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan
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+






Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction 
for Young People

The Hangman in the Mirror
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






John Spray Mystery Award

The Case of the Missing Deed (Teaspoon Detectives)
by Ellen Schwartz
Tundra Books
Ages 10+





Charlie’s Key
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+





Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy

Dreamline
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.

Monday 18 June 2012

The Stellar Book Award 2011/2012 nominees and winner


British Columbia's Teen Readers' Choice Award, the Stellar Book Award, provides readers of ages 13 to 19 the opportunity to read, review, discuss and vote on their favourite CanLit reads from a list of selected nominated titles.

Teens throughout B.C. have from November to the following April/May to read a minimum of five titles from the nominated list.  On-line voting takes place in April and the winner of the Stellar Book Award is to be announced in May.  If the voting is very close, an Honour book is announced as well.

The nominees for the 2011/2012 Stellar Book Award include:

Shadow Boxing
by Sherie Posesorski
Coteau Books
262 pp.
Ages 12-15
2009
thinandbeautiful.com 
by Liane Shaw
Second Story Press
267 pp.
Ages 12+
2009

Dreamfire 
by Nicole Luiken
Great Plains
190 pp.
Ages 10-14
2009

Living Outside the Lines 
by Lesley Choyce
Red Deer Press
211 pp.
Ages13-17
2009

My Parents are Sex Maniacs 
by Robyn Harding
Annick Press
235 pp.
Ages 14-16
2009

Not Suitable for Family Viewing
by Vicki Grant
HarperTrophy Canada
289 pp.
Ages 12-15
2009


Wondrous Strange 
by Lesley Livingston
HarperCollins Canada
326 pp.
Ages 12-16
2008






Pop 
by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
262 pp.
Ages 12-15
2010
The Gryphon Project 
by Carrie Mac
Penguin Canada
296 pp.
Ages 13-17
2009

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
Anchor Canada/Random House
373 pp.
Ages 11+
2010
Swim the Fly 
by Don Calame
Candlewick Press/Random House
345 pp.
Ages 13-15
2009
The Uninvited 
by Tim Wynne-Jones
Candlewick Press/Random House Canada
351 pp.
Ages 15-18
2009






All sensational YA reads for our Canadian teens (and teens elsewhere with discerning tastes.)

This year, the winning title was apparently announced on May 30, although it was virtually impossible to locate any announcement of the winner.  As of June 18, the Stellar Book Award site had not been updated since May 2, still informing readers that it was time to vote!  A notice in the Summer 2012 issue of YAACING, the newsletter of the Young Adult & Children's Services Section of British Columbia Library Association, announced the winner of the 2012 Stellar Book Award as . . .

The Gryphon Project
by Carrie Mac
Penguin Canada
296 pp.
Ages 13-17
2009 
 In a futuristic society where the elite are permitted to return from the dead three times (and others twice or never), teenaged athlete Gryphon seems to be taking full advantage of his status, or so his younger sister, Phoenix, believes.  But, when the inevitable happens, Phoenix needs to determine what really happened to Gryphon and why.

Congratulations, Carrie Mac, 
on this readers' choice award from B.C.