2016 Canadian Library Association Book Awards: Shortlists announced

On March 1st and 7th, the Canadian Library Association announced via press releases the shortlists for each of its annual book awards which are generously sponsored by Library Services Centre. Here are the lists of nominees:

This award recognizes an illustrator of a noteworthy Canadian book, published in 2015, that appeals to children up to the age of 12 years.

Bug in a Vacuum 
Illustrated by Mélanie Watt
Tundra Books

The Bus Ride 
Illustrated by Marianne Dubuc
Kids Can Press

Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds 
Illustrated by Marianne Dubuc
Kids Can Press

Oscar Lives Next Door 
Illustrated by Marie Lafrance
Owlkids Books
Reviewed here

The Princess and the Pony 
Illustrated by Kate Beaton
Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
Reviewed here

Sidewalk Flowers 
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here

Some Things I’ve Lost 
Illustrated by Cybèle Young
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here

This Is Sadie 
Illustrated by Julie Morstad
Tundra Books

Way Back Then 
Illustrated by Germaine Arnaktauyok
Inhabit Media
Reviewed here

Wild Ideas
Illustrated by Soyeon Kim
Owlkids Books

This notable award recognizes a Canadian author of an outstanding book published in Canada in 2015, which appeals to children up to and including age 12.

The Blackthorn Key
by Kevin Sands
Simon & Schuster

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War
by Jessica Humphreys and Michael Chikwanine
Illustrated by Claudia Dávila
Kids Can Press
Reviewed here

The Choice
by Kathy Clarke
Second Story Press

The First Flute
by David Bouchard
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Minrs
by Kevin Sylvester
Simon & Schuster

The Nest
by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins

A Pocket Full of Murder
by R. J. Anderson
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Reviewed here

Seven Dead Pirates
by Linda Bailey
Tundra Books

Trash Talk
by Michelle Mulder
Orca Book Publishers

Young Man With Camera
by Emil Sher
Scholastic Canada

This award recognizes an author of an outstanding English-language Canadian work of fiction (novel, collection of short stories or graphic novel), published in 2015, that appeals to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18.

Boo
by Neil Smith
Knopf Canada

Calvin
by Martine Leavitt
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here

Delusion Road
by Don Aker
HarperCollins

An Inheritance of Ashes
by Leah Bobet
Scholastic Canada
Reviewed here

Mad Miss Mimic
by Sarah Henstra
Razorbill
Reviewed here

The Masked Truth
by Kelley Armstrong
Penguin Random House

The Outside Circle
by Patti LaBoucane-Benson
House of Anansi

Scorpion Rules
by Erin Bow
Simon & Schuster

The Truth Commission
by Susan Juby
Razorbill
Reviewed here

We Are All Made of Molecules
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books
Reviewed here









In April, the winners of these three awards will be announced, and later presented at the Canadian Library Association National Conference in Ottawa in June.