2014 Canadian Library Association Book Awards: Short-lists announced

On March 1st, the Canadian Library Association announced via press release the shortlists for each of its annual book awards which are generously sponsored by Library Services Centre. Here are the lists of nominees for each of those awards: 

This award recognizes an illustrator of a noteworthy Canadian book, published in 2013, that appeals to children up to the age of 12 years.

Press release

A Long Way Away 

by Frank Viva

(HarperCollins)

Francis the Little Fox 

Illustrated by Katty Maurey

Text by Véronique Boisjoly

(Kids Can Press)

Jane, the Fox and Me

Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

Text by Fanny Britt

(Groundwood Books)

Little You 

Illustrated by Julie Flett

Text by Richard Van Camp

(Orca Book Publishers)

Loula is Leaving for Africa 

by Anne Villeneuve

(Kids Can Press)

Northwest Passage 

Illustrated by Matt James

Based on the song by Stan Rogers

(Groundwood Books)

Reviewed here

Once Upon a Northern Night 

Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

Text by Jean E. Pendziwol

(Groundwood Books)

Reviewed here

The Dark 

Illustrated by Jon Klassen

Text by Lemony Snicket

(HarperCollins)

The Legend of Lightning and Thunder 

Illustrated by Jo Rioux

Text by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt

(Inhabit Media )

The Man with the Violin 

Illustrated by illustrated by Dušan Petričić

Text by Kathy Stinson

(Annick Press)

Reviewed here

This notable award recognizes a Canadian author of an outstanding book published in Canada in 2013, which appeals to children up to and including age 12.
Press release

The Metro Dogs of Moscow

by Rachelle Delaney

Penguin 

The Legend of Lightning & Thunder

by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt

Inhabit Media 

The Spotted Dog Last Seen

by Jessica Scott Kerrin

Groundwood Books

Reviewed here

How to Curse in Hieroglyphics

by Lesley Livingston & Jonathan Llyr

Penguin

Reviewed here

 

Bones Never Lie
by Elizabeth Macleod
Annick Press

The Stowaways

by Meghan Marentette

Pajama Press

Reviewed here

Me & Mr. Bell

by Philip Roy

Cape Breton University Press

Driftwood

by Valerie Sherrard

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Reviewed here

Curse of the Dream Witch

by Allan Stratton

Scholastic Canada

Reviewed here

Prince Puggly of Spud and the Kingdom of Spiff

by Robert Paul Weston

Penguin

Reviewed here

This award recognizes an author of an outstanding English-language Canadian work of fiction (novel, collection of short stories or graphic novel), published in 2013, that appeals to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18.
Press release

The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley 
by Jan Andrews
(Great Plains Teen Fiction)
Reviewed here

Graffiti Knight 
by Karen Bass
(Pajama Press)
Reviewed here

The Gypsy King 
by Maureen Fergus
(Razorbill)
Reviewed here

Little Red Lies 
by Julie Johnston
(Tundra Books)

Nix Minus One 
by Jill MacLean
(Pajama Press)
Reviewed here

The Oathbreaker’s Shadow 
by Amy McCulloch
(Doubleday Canada)

Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl 
by Emily Pohl-Weary
(Razorbill)
Reviewed here

Audacious 
by Gabrielle Prendergast
(Orca Book Publishers)

The Color of Silence 
by Liane Shaw
(Second Story Press)
Reviewed here

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B 
by Teresa Toten
(Doubleday Canada)
Reviewed here









The winners will be announced on April 15, 2014, and the award presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Library Association in Victoria, BC on May 29, 2014.