2014 Canadian Science Writers' Association Book Awards nominees

Annually, the Canadian Science Writers’ Association presents two book awards to honour outstanding contributions to science writing.  One of the two awards is for science writing, in either French or English, for young readers of ages 8-12 years and published in the previous year.

The nominees for this year's outstanding science books for young people are:

A History of Just About Everything
by Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky
Kids Can Press

Au labo, les Débrouillards!
by Yannick Bergeron
Bayard Canada Livres

Before the World Was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in Science
by Claire Eamer and Sa Boothroyd
Annick Press

Buzz About Bees
by Kari-Lynn Winters
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Dirty Science: 25 Experiments with Soil
by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone
Scholastic Canada

Pandemic Survival: It's Why You're Alive
by Ann Love and Jane Drake
Tundra Books







The winners of this year’s award will be announced in late April  and the award will be presented during the CSWA awards banquet in Toronto on June 7th, 2014.  For more details, go to the CSWA website here.

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.

2013/2014 Red Cedar, B.C.'s Young Readers' Choice, Award: Nominees announced

The Red Cedar Book Award (a.k.a. B.C.'s Young Readers' Choice Award) announced its award winners for 2012/2013 and have already announced the two short-lists of nominated titles for the upcoming year, though not officially launched until November.  Readers in Grades 4 through 7 will have until next spring to read the books to prepare themselves for voting in April.  The winners are announced annually in May.

Here are the 2013/2014 short-lists for the Red Cedar Fiction and Information Book Awards:

My Name is Paravana
by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood








Mr. and Mrs. Bunny – Detectives Extraordinaire!
by Polly Horvath
Groundwood







Summer in the City
by Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel
Groundwood








Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi (Dear Canada)
by Susan M. Aihoshi
Scholastic Canada







Ungifted
by Gordon Korman
Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins








The Encyclopedia of Me
by Karen Rivers
Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Canada

The Grave Robber’s Apprentice
by Allan Stratton
HarperCollins Canada








The Mighty Miss Malone
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Wendy Lamb Books/Random House

Cat’s Cradle Book 1: The Golden Twine
by Jo Rioux
Kids Can Press








Redwing
by Holly Bennett
Orca

The Gargoyle at the Gates
by Philippa Dowding
Dundurn

Mimi Power and the I-Don’t-Know-What
by Victoria Miles
Tradewind Books

Bodyguards! From Gladiators to the Secret Service
by Ed Butts
Illustrated by Scott Plumbe
Annick Press

The World in Your Lunchbox: The Wacky History and Weird Science Of Everyday Foods
by Claire Eamer
Illustrated by Sa Boothroyd
Annick Press

Earth-friendly Buildings, Bridges and More: The Eco-Journal Of Corry Lapont
by Etta Kaner
Illustrated by Stephen MacEachern
Kids Can Press

The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea
by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Willow Dawson
Kids Can Press

Mimi’s Village and How Basic Health Care Transformed It
by Katie Smith Milway
Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
Kids Can Press

Cryptic Canada: Unsolved Mysteries From Coast To Coast
by Natalie Hyde
Illustrated by Matt Hammill
Owlkids

The Secret Life Of Money: A Kid’s Guide To Cash
by Kira Vermond
Illustrated by Clayton Hanmer
Owlkids

City Critters: Wildlife in the Urban Jungle
by Nicholas Read
Orca

Rescuing The Children: The Story of the Kindertransport
by Deborah Hodge
Tundra Books

Willie O’Ree: The Story of the First Black Player in the NHL
by Nicole Mortillaro
James Lorimer