Friday 15 January 2016

2016 USBBY Outstanding International Books List


Each year, the United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) compiles its Outstanding International Books List of books that, while published or distributed in the U.S., originated or were first published outside of the USA. These books are "deemed most outstanding of those published" in the previous year and, not surprisingly, a number of Canadian books have earned this honour.

Congratulations 
to the following Canadian books for young people 
for inclusion on the 


Grades Pre-K to Grade 2

The Bus Ride
by Marianne Dubuc
Translated by Yvette Ghione
Kids Can Press


Sidewalk Flowers
by JonArno Lawson
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Groundwood Books







Grades 3-5

The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle
by Jude Isabella
Illustrated by Simone Shin
Kids Can Press








Grades 6-8

We Are All Made of Molecules
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books








Grades 9-12

My Name is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok

by Germaine Arnaktauyok and Gyu Oh
Illustrated by Germaine Arnaktauyok
Inhabit Media


Prison Boy
by Sharon E. Mackay
Annick Press


Dance of the Banished
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Pajama Press

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