Friday 31 May 2013

2013 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Mystery/Crime Book awarded!

Last night, the Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing were awarded by the Crime Writers of Canada. Awarded annually since 1984, the Arthur Ellis Awards include the following categories:

For Published Works:
  • Best Crime Novel *
  • Best First Crime Novel *
  • Best Crime Book in French
  • Best Crime Nonfiction
  • Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book
  • Best Crime Short Story
For Unpublished Work:
  • The Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel *

Here is the award information relevant to youngCanLit:

2013 Arthur Ellis Award for  
Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book 

The nominees were . . .



And the Winner is . . .


Becoming Holmes
The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Final Case 
by Shane Peacock
Tundra Books
978-1-770-492325
245 pp.
Ages 10-14
2012
CanLit for LittleCanadians reviewed it here.


Saturday 25 May 2013

Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards 2013/2014 Nominees

The Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award (M.Y.R.C.A.) winners were recently announced from the 2012/2013 nominees, and just as quickly the nominees for the next year's awards were announced.  The following 18 titles have been short-listed to be read by Manitoba's young readers over the next year, with winners slated to be selected next April.

The nominees for the 2013/2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award are:

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny Detectives Extraordinaire
by Polly Horvath
Groundwood Books

Circle of Cranes
by Annette LeBox
Dial/Penguin


Crush. Candy. Corpse.
by Sylvia McNicoll 
Lorimer

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians
The Grave Robber's Apprentice
by Allan Stratton 
HarperCollins Canada

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

Guilty
by Norah McClintock 
Orca Book Publishers

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians
The Lynching of Louie Sam
by Elizabeth Stewart 
Annick Press

Making Bombs for Hitler
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic Canada

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians
Margaret and the Moth Tree
by Brit Trogen and Kari Trogen
Kids Can Press


Middle of Nowhere
by Caroline Adderson
Groundwood Books

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians
My Name is Parvana
by Deborah Ellis 
Groundwood Books

The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls
by John Lekich 
Orca Book Publishers

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians
Redcoats and Renegades
by Barry McDivitt
Thistledown Press
The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
by Susin Nielsen 
Tundra Books

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians
Seraphina
by Rachel Hartman
Doubleday Canada

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians


Small Medium at Large
by Joanne Levy
Bloomsbury Children's Books

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians
Such Wicked Intent
by Kenneth Oppel 
HarperCollins Canada


Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians




Ungifted
by Gordon Korman 
Scholastic Canada
Yesterday's Dead
by Pat Rourke
Second Story Press

Thursday 23 May 2013

2013 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards: Winners announced!

Today, the winners of the 2013 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced at North Kipling Junior Middle School in Etobicoke, Ontario.  The juries for the two awards, Children's Picture Book and Young Adult/Middle Reader, each comprised of five students from this school. 

Administered by the Ontario Arts Council, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards recognize artistic excellence in writing and illustration in English-language Canadian children’s literature. The award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in memory of her sister, Ruth Schwartz, a respected Toronto bookseller.  In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the awards to honour both sisters.

Each award is accompanied by a $6000 prize, generously funded by the Ruth Schwartz Foundation.



CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNERS!



In the CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY
the winner is:
A Hen for Izzy Pippik
by Aubrey Davis
Illustrated by Marie Lafrance
Kids Can Press






In the  YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE READER CATEGORY, 
the winner is

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra



CONGRATULATIONS 
to the juries on their selection,
to the nominees for their inclusion, 
and 
the winners for their awards!

Saturday 18 May 2013

2013 Atlantic Book Awards: Winners announced


On Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the winners of the 2013 Atlantic Book Awards were announced .  This culminating event concludes another year for the Atlantic Book Awards and Festival, organized by the Atlantic Book Awards Society.

To get more information about the Atlantic Canada Book Awards, go to http://www.atlanticbookawards.ca

Of the nine Atlantic Book Awards, only two are relevant to young readers this year:
  • Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature
  • Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration
The nominees for these two 2013 Atlantic Book Awards were posted on CanLit for LittleCanadians on April 7, 2013.  Here are this year's winners.

                                                                                                                 

The winner of the



ANN CONNOR BRIMER AWARD
 FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Live to Tell 
by Lisa Harrington
Dancing Cat Books 


                                                                                        

The winner of the



LILLIAN SHEPHERD AWARD 
FOR EXCELLENCE IN ILLUSTRATION

I is for Island,
A Prince Edward Island Alphabet 
Illustrated by Brenda Jones
Written by Hugh MacDonald
Sleeping Bear Press



Thursday 16 May 2013

2013 Forest of Reading winners announced at the Festival of Trees!

After two fantastic days of great weather, words and winning, it is clear that young readers in Ontario appreciate and applaud the great Canadian literature that the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading promotes.  At the Festival of Trees event at Toronto's Harbourfront yesterday and today, young readers celebrated the culmination of their reading programs with the announcement of the winning books.

Congratulations to:
• the readers on their amazing selections from exemplary lists of Canadian literature for young people;
• the countless volunteers and OLA staff who ensure that Ontario readers see the best titles and who help bring the Festival of Trees to fruition (pun intended);
• the authors and illustrators honoured with Forest of Reading nominations;
• the authors and illustrators who enjoyed the undeniable adoration of thousands of reading fans;
• the publishers who are recognizing the importance of publishing and promoting children's and YA literature in Canada; and
• the winners and honourees in each reading program. 






Here are the winners and honour books for each reading program:






Blue Spruce

WINNER
Kate and Pippin: An Unlikely Love Story
by Martin Springett
Illustrated by Isobel Springett
Puffin Canada/Pengiun Group



HONOUR BOOKS

Splinters
by Kevin Sylvester
Tundra Books
 




 
Don't Laugh at Giraffe
by Rebecca Bender
Pajama Press
  




Silver Birch EXPRESS

   WINNER
Margaret and the Moth Tree
by Brit Trogen & Kari Trogen
Kids Can Press


HONOUR BOOKS

Dalen & Gole: Scandal in Port Angus
by Mike Deas
Orca
  




Harry Houdini: The Legend of the World's Greatest Escape Artist
by Janice Weaver
Illustrated by Chris Lane
Abrams Books for Young Readers/ABRAMS











Silver Birch FICTION

 WINNER
Making Bombs For Hitler
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic Canada


HONOUR BOOKS

Missing
by Becky Citra
Orca Book Publisher







A Tinfoil Sky
by Cyndi Sand-Eveland
Tundra Books











Silver Birch NON-FICTION

WINNER



No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs
by Rob Laidlaw
Pajama Press

HONOUR BOOKS


50 Underwear Questions: A Bare-All History
by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird
Annick Press 







Case Files: 40 Murders and Mysteries Solved by Science
by Larry Verstraete
Scholastic Canada











 
Le prix Peuplier

            Lauréat               



Le zoo de Yayaho
par Geneviève Lemieux
Illustré par Bruno St-Aubin
Bayard Canada Livres inc.



                              HONOUR BOOKS                                        

Salto: L'ultime défi
par Pierre Labrie
Illustré par Tristan Demers
Boomerang éditeur jeunesse inc.


Prince Olivier et le dragon
par Caroline Merola
Les éditions Imagine












Le Prix Tamarac

                   Lauréat


Le mystère des jumelles Barnes
par Carole Tremblay
Bayard Canada Livres 


HONOUR BOOKS

Hackerboy
par Julie Champagne
Bayard Canada Livres 







Biodôme: Dans le sens du poil
par Frédéric Antoine
Illustré par Yohann Morin
Boomerang éditeur jeunesse











Le Prix Tamarac EXPRESS

                   Lauréat


Billy Stuart: 1. Les Zintrépides
par Alain M. Bergeron
Illustré par Sampar
Éditions Michel Quintin


HONOUR BOOKS

Du soccer extrême
par François Gravel
Illustré par Philippe Germain
Les éditions FouLire inc.





Ziiip Sur Terre!
par Johanne Mercier
Illustré par Gabrielle Grimard
Les éditions FouLire inc.













Red Maple Fiction

WINNER
 
The Vindico
by Wesley King
G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Group


HONOUR BOOKS

This Dark Endeavour
by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins
The Vampire Stalker
by Allison Van Diepen
Point/Scholastic










Red Maple Non-Fiction

WINNER

Real Justice: Fourteen And Sentenced To Death
by Bill Swan
James Lorimer & Company


HONOUR BOOKs

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Pajama Press






Running To Extremes: Ray Zahab's Amazing Ultramarathon Journey
by Steve Pitt with Ray Zahab
Puffin Canada/Penguin Group











White Pine FICTION

WINNER
Dark Inside
by Jeyn Roberts
Simon & Schuster BFYR/Simon & Schuster

HONOUR BOOKS

All Good Children
by Catherine Austen
Orca Book Publishers








Witchlanders
by Lena Coakley
Atheneum Books For Young Readers/Simon & Schuster









                                                                                             
Thrilling news for all authors, illustrators and publishers!

Enjoyed all the more for being selected 
by young Canadian readers!

Congratulations to everyone!