2015 CLA Book Award Winners announced!

Finally! The announcements of winners of the Canadian Library Association's annual book awards have been released.  From extraordinary shortlists to outstanding winners, the selection committees have once again done their association proud.

The full list of press releases from CLA is available here.

This award recognizes an illustrator of a noteworthy Canadian book, published in 2014, that appeals to children up to the age of 12 years.

Congratulations to the Winner:

* Any Questions? *

by Marie-Louise Gay
Groundwood Books

Congratulations also to Honour Book selected:

Dolphin SOS

Illustrated by Julie Flett

Wrtitten by Roy Miki and Slavia Miki

Tradewind Books

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This notable award recognizes a Canadian author of an outstanding book published in Canada in 2014, which appeals to children up to and including age 12.

Congratulations to the Winner:

* The Night Gardener *

by Jonathan Auxier

Penguin Canada

Congratulations also to the two Honour Books selected:

The Boundless
by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins Canada

The Swallow: A Ghost Story
by Charis Cotter
Tundra Books

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This award recognizes an author of an outstanding English-language Canadian work of fiction (novel, collection of short stories or graphic novel), published in 2014, that appeals to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18.

Congratulations to the Winner:

* This One Summer *

by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
Groundwood Books

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