2020 IODE Jean Throop Book Award: Shortlist and Winner

Since 1974, IODE, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire,  a women’s charitable organization that provides education support, community service and citizenship programs, has awarded the Jean Throop Book Award to encourage excellence in children’s literature. Originally awarded by the Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE, the IODE Jean Throop Book Award is now funded from the IODE Toronto Legacy Fund and administered by IODE Ontario.

In March, IODE announced its shortlist for the Jean Throop Book Award. Congratulations to these picture book nominees published in 2020.

What If Bunny's Not a Bully? 

Written by Lana Button
Illustrated by Christine Battuz
Kids Can Press

Reviewed here

What Grew in Larry's Garden

Written by Laura Alary
Illustrated by Kass Reich
Kids Can Press
Reviewed here

The Nut That Fell from the Tree

Written by Sangeeta Bhadra
Illustrated by France Cormier
Kids Can Press

Reviewed here

 

Scrub: How a Simple Soap Saved the Day

Written by Suzanne Belliveau

Illustrated by Jennifer Thornhill

Captus Creations

Fast Friends

Written by Heather M. O'Connor
Illustrated by Claudia Dávila
Scholastic Canada 

Reviewed here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The winner of the 2020 IODE Jean Throop Book Award is...

 

What Grew in Larry's Garden

Written by Laura Alary
Illustrated by Kass Reich
Kids Can Press
978-1-5253-0108-7
32 pp.
Ages 4-7

2020

 

 

Congratulations 

to all nominated authors and illustrators 

and to the winners!

2021 Chocolate Lily Award Winners announced

 

 

Recently the 2021 Chocolate Lily Award Winners were announced to celebrate the work of children's authors and illustrators who live in British Columbia. Here are this year's winners, in the three categories.

Novel Category: Winner

Stowaway 

Written by Pam Withers 

Dundurn Press

 

Chapter Book/Early Novel Category: Winner

Sophie Trophy

Written by Eileen Holland

Illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan 

Crwth Press

 

Picture Book Category: Winner

Princess Puffybottom...and Darryl 

Written by Susin Nielsen 

Illustrated by Olivia Chin Mueller 

Penguin Random House Canada Young Reader

 

 

Congratulations to all winners!

2021 Forest of Reading® Awards: Winners and Honour Books announced

 

 

It's the second year into the pandemic and again things at the Forest of Reading have had to be a little different. But kids have still been reading books nominated for the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading's readers' choice award programs and voting on their favourites. Again, rather than announcing the awards at the annual Festival of Trees, an enthusiastic but crowded event at Toronto's Harbourfront or at satellite celebrations around the province, this year's award ceremonies were held online, hosted by CBC Books on Curio.ca, an educational streaming platform (normally subscription based). Fortunately, these ceremonies, hosted by comic Ali Hassan, were posted for all to see. Judging by the faces of the authors and illustrators and young readers who spoke, the event was a resounding success, as always.

Here are this year's winners for each reading program. The ceremonies for all books were held on May 18, 19 and 20, and the screenshots of attending authors and illustrators were taken from these presentations. The presentations can be viewed at https://curio.ca/en/collection/forest-of-reading-2021-2822/ for the English-language awards and at https://curio.ca/fr/collection/la-foret-de-la-lecture-2021-2823/ for the French-language awards.

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Winner

Bad Dog
Written and illustrated by Mike Boldt
Doubleday Books for Young Readers

Honour Books:

Boxitects

Written and illustrated by Kim Smith
HarperCollins

Fast Friends
Written by Heather O'Connor
Illustrated by Claudia Dávila
Scholastic Canada

Winner

Peter & Ernesto: Sloths in the Night
Written and illustrated by Graham Annable

First Second

Honour Books:

Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game
Written by J. Torres

Illustrated by Tim Levins

Scholastic Canada

 

Terry Fox and Me
Written by Mary Beth Leatherdale

Illustrated by Milan Pavlović

Tundra

Winner

The Jigsaw Puzzle King
Written by Gina McMurchy-Barber
Dundurn

Honour Books:

Ember and the Ice Dragons
Written by Heather Fawcett
Published by HarperCollins

Music for Tigers
Written by Michelle Kadarusman

Pajama Press

Winner

Trending: How and Why Stuff Gets Popular

Written by Kira Vermond

Illustrated by Clayton Hanmer

Owlkids Books

Honour Books:

The Boreal Forest
Written by L. E. Carmichael
Illustrated by Josée Bisaillon
Kids Can Press

Science Comics: Crows, Genius Birds
Written and Illustrated by Kyla Vanderklugt

First Second

Winner

Bloom

Written by Kenneth Oppel

HarperCollins Canada

Honour Books:

 

Broken Strings

Written by Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer

Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers

 

Sara and the Search for Normal
Written by Wesley King
Paula Wiseman Books

Winner

Hunted By the Sky

Written by Tanaz Bhathena

Penguin Random House Canada

Honour Books:

Charming as a Verb
Written by Ben Philippe
HarperCollins

 

Like a Love Story
Written by Abdi Nazemian
HarperCollins

Winner/Lauréat

Pas moi
Écrit et Illustré par Elise Gravel
Éditions Scholastic 

Honour Books/Livres distingués:

Madame Grisemine et le petit chenapan
Écrit par Marie-Francine Hébert
Illustré par Mathieu Lampron
Éditions de la Bagnole 

Mon chien-banane
Écrit par Roxane Brouillard
Illustré par Giulia Sagramola
Éditions les 400 coups

Winner/Lauréat

Sergent Billy : La vraie histoire du chevreau devenu soldat
Écrit par Mireille Messier

Illustré par Kass Reich
Éditions de l’Isatis

Honour Books/Livres distingués:

La Case 144
Écrit par Nadine Poirier

Illustré par Geneviève Després

Éditions D’eux

Juré, craché! 03 : Nés pour la gloire
Écrit par Carine Paquin
Illustré par Jean Morin
Éditions Petit Homme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winner/Lauréat

Lac Adélard
Écrit par François Blais
Illustré par Iris
La courte échelle

Honour Books/Livres distingués:

Enterrer la lune
Écrit par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Sonali Zohra
La courte échelle

@Raphaël_Cascadeur: Les productions 100 dangers
Écrit et illustré par Éric Péladeau
Éditions Z’ailées 
 

The announcement of all winners is available at the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading® website.

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Congratulations to everyone!