2014 Golden Oak winner announced: The Stamp Collector

Part of the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading® program, the Golden Oak™ Award voting and announcement are separate from the school-age programs. As such, the 2014 winner of the Golden Oak™ Award was voted on by adult readers in May and announced at The Learners' Conference in Toronto, ON on June 5, 2014.

Selected from both fiction and non-fiction titles, 

the winner of the 2014 Golden Oak™ Award is

The Stamp Collector

by Jennifer Lanthier

Illustrations by François Thisdale

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

978-1-55455-218-4

32 pp.

Ages 8+

2012 

Reviewed here

In the news release from the OLA, author Jennifer Lanthier is quoted about her feelings on winning this award. 

“My heart is so full right now I can hardly type these words,” writes Jennifer Lanthier, author of The Stamp Collector. “Never in a million years did I imagine this little book would win such a wonderful and important award.”

“The Stamp Collector is all about the power of sharing our stories, our voices with the world,” says Lanthier. “Please keep reading, keep writing and keep sharing your stories. You shine a light in the darkness that the darkness will never, ever be able to put out.”

to 

Jennifer Lanthier

&

François Thisdale

2013 Crystal Kite Award for the Americas division of SCBWI announced

The Crystal Kite Awards are given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) each year to recognize great books from 15 regional SCBWI divisions around the world. THE SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children’s book writers and illustrators, making them the only peer-awarded recognition in children's publishing world-wide.

Congratulations
to

 

this year's winner in the Americas category 

The Stamp Collector

a superb picture book of youngCanLit

The Stamp Collector

by Jennifer Lanthier

Illustrated by François Thisdale

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

978-1-55455-218-4

32 pp.

Ages 8+

2012

Read my review from December 16, 2012 here.