Friday 30 October 2020

The 2020 CCBC Book Awards: Winners announced (English-language awards)


Tonight, the Canadian Children's Book Centre, in partnership with the Toronto International Festival of Authors, broadcast its awards ceremony live from the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. From impressive shortlists–see the website announcement here with pdf–the following books have been selected by juries as this year's winners.

Congratulations to all nominees and most especially tonight's winners!

Here are the six English-language awards given out tonight with details of the prize money and sponsors. (Winners of the two French-language awards will be announced on November 13.)

  • TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($50,000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
  • Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000) Sponsored by A. Charles Baillie;
  • Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction ($10,000) Sponsored by the Fleck Family Foundation;
  • Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($5,000) Sponsored by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Bilson Endowment Fund;
  • John Spray Mystery Award ($5,000) Sponsored by John Spray of Mantis Investigation Agency;
  • Amy Mathers Teen Book Award ($5,000) Sponsored by Amy Mathers' Marathon of Books.




TD Canadian Children's Literature Award: WINNER


Birdsong
Written and illustrated by Julie Flett 
Greystone Kids












Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award: WINNER 


Small in the City
Written by Sydney Smith 
Groundwood Books











Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction: WINNER





Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, & Murdered Through History
Written by Serah-Marie McMahon and Alison Matthews David 
Illustrated by Gillian Wilson 
Owlkids Books













Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People: WINNER 




Orange for the Sunsets
Written by Tina Athaide 
Katherine Tegen Books












John Spray Mystery Award: WINNER



The Starlight Claim
Written by Tim Wynne-Jones
Candlewick

Reviewed here








Amy Mathers Teen Book Award: WINNER

In the Key of Nira Ghani
Written by Natasha Deen 
Running Press Teens




Congratulations to all winners and nominees!

Thursday 15 October 2020

2021 Forest of Reading® nominees: Le prix Peuplier, Le prix Mélèze, Le prix Tamarac

This is the final listing of this year's nominated titles for the 2021 Forest of Reading which includes nine award reading programs:

  • Blue Spruce: JK-Grade 2, picture books
  • Silver Birch Express: Grades 3-4, fiction and non-fiction
  • Silver Birch Fiction: Grades 3-6, fiction
  • Yellow Cedar: Grades 4-8, non-fiction
  • Red Maple: Grades 7-8, fiction
  • White Pine: Grades 9-12, fiction
  • Le prix Peuplier: French-language picture books, less text, simpler subject matters, perfect for read-alouds
  • Le prix Mélèze: shorter French-language chapter books with maximum 100 pages or more mature picture books, larger text with pictures, simpler vocabulary and verb tenses
  • Le prix Tamarac: French-language chapter books from 100 to 250 pages, smaller text with little or no illustrations, more complicated verb tenses and vocabulary

Listed below are the nominees for the French-language reading programs Le prix Peuplier, Le prix Mélèze and Le prix Tamarac.  Links for the other six reading programs follow.




LE PRIX PEUPLIER

La dinde qui voulait voter
Écrit par Carine Paquin
Illustré par Laurence Dechassey
Éditions Michel Quintin
Donner
Écrit par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Yves Dumont
Éditions de la Bagnole

Un jardin pour Tipiti le colibri
Écrit par Lucie PapineauIllustré par Lucie Crovatto
Éditions de la Bagnole
 

Madame Grisemine et le petit chenapan
Écrit par Marie-Francine Hébert
Illustré par Mathieu Lampron
Éditions de la Bagnole 
 
Mon beau potager
Écrit par Anne-Marie Fortin, Illustré par Julien Castanié
Éditions de l’Isatis
 

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

Parce que je t’aime
Écrit par Angèle Delaunois
Illustré par Marion Arbona
Alice éditions 


Pas moi
Écrit et Illustré par Elise Gravel
Éditions Scholastic


Prises de becs
Écrit par Émilie Demers
Illustré par Élodie Duhameau
Éditions de l’Isatis


Sofia et le marchand ambulant
Écrit par Katia Canciani
Illustré par Antoine Déprez
Éditions les 400 coups








LE PRIX MÉLÈZE


La Case 144
Écrit par Nadine Poirier
Illustré par Geneviève Després
Éditions D’eux
 

Une courtepointe pour Chehab
Écrit par Caroline Auger
Illustré par Jean-Luc Trudel
Bayard Canada 


El Kapoutchi 01 : Les bonbons maléfiques
Écrit par Pascale Richard et Alexandre Courteau
Illustré par Baptiste Amsallem
Éditions de la Bagnole


Le fantôme de la maison Scott
Écrit par Alain M. Bergeron
Illustré par Sampar
Éditions Michel Quintin


Il faut de tout pour faire un monstre
Écrit par Johanne Mercier
Illustré par Yvan Deschamps
Éditions FouLire
 

Juré, craché! 03 : Nés pour la gloire
Écrit par Carine Paquin
Illustré par Jean Morin
Éditions Petit Homme
 
Mérika l’étoile filante
Écrit par Noha Roberts
Illustré par Sabrina Gendron
Bayard Canada


Pet et Répète : la véritable histoire
Écrit par Katia Canciani
Illustré par Guillaume Perreault
Fonfon


Sergent Billy : La vraie histoire du chevreau devenu soldat
Écrit par Mireille Messier
Illustré par Kass Reich
Éditions de l’Isatis


Le tigre de porcelaine
Écrit par Danielle Marcotte
Illustré par Jean-Luc Trudel
Soulières éditeur








LE PRIX TAMARAC
 


Artémise, musicienne
Écrit par Diane Lavoie
Illustré par Jessie Chrétien
Soulières éditeur


Ciel 02: Dans toutes les directions
Écrit par Sophie Labelle
Éditions Hurtubise


Dix gars passionnés! 10 parcours inspirants
Écrit par Laïla Héloua et Corinne De Vailly
Illustré par Mika
Bayard Canada


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

Les héros de la canicule
Écrit par André Marois
Illustré par Cyril Doisneau
La courte échelle 


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


Mélie sous sa bonne étoile
Écrit par Mylène Goupil
Illustré par Chloloula
Éditions Québec Amérique


Un parfum de fausses nouvelles
Écrit par Pierre-Alexandre Bonin
Bayard Canada


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


La ville aux dos d’éléphants : une fable écologique
Écrit par Christine Nadeau
Illustré par Camille Pomerlo 
Éditions de l’Isatis




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Nominees for the other programs can be linked to from below:


2021 Forest of Reading® nominees: Blue Spruce™, Silver Birch®

Today the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading, Canada's largest readers' choice award program, announced the nominees for this year. The lists of all nominated books are available on the OLA website here. Young readers from JK through high school have the opportunity to read and vote on their favourite books in nine different categories:

  • Blue Spruce: JK-Grade 2, picture books
  • Silver Birch Express: Grades 3-4, fiction and non-fiction
  • Silver Birch Fiction: Grades 3-6, fiction
  • Yellow Cedar: Grades 4-8, non-fiction
  • Red Maple: Grades 7-8, fiction
  • White Pine: Grades 9-12, fiction
  • Le prix Peuplier: French-language picture books, less text, simpler subject matters, perfect for read-alouds
  • Le prix Mélèze: shorter French-language chapter books with maximum 100 pages or more mature picture books, larger text with pictures, simpler vocabulary and verb tenses
  • Le prix Tamarac: French-language chapter books from 100 to 250 pages, smaller text with little or no illustrations, more complicated verb tenses and vocabulary

Because there are ninety nominated titles, I will break up the posts listing them in three groupings. Here are the lists of this year's nominated titles for the 2021 Blue Spruce™, Silver Birch Express® and Silver Birch Fiction® Awards of the Forest of Reading. Links to the other lists follow.




BLUE SPRUCE™


Bad Dog
Written and illustrated by Mike Boldt
Doubleday Books For Young Readers
Be You!
Written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Scholastic
Reviewed here
 

Boxitects
Written and illustrated by Kim Smith
HarperCollins
 

Fast Friends
Written by Heather M. O’Connor
Illustrated by Claudia Dávila
Scholastic Canada
 

Going Up!
Written by Sherry J. Lee
Illustrated by Charlene Chua
Kids Can Press 


Grandmother School
Written by Rina Singh
Illustrated by Ellen Rooney
Orca


My Day with Gong Gong
Written by Sennah Yee
Illustrated by Elaine Chen
Annick Press
 

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
Written by Ibtihaj Muhammad with S.K. Ali
Illustrated by Hatem Aly
Little, Brown and Company 


Salma the Syrian Chef
Written by Danny Ramadan
Illustrated by Anna Bron
Annick Press


The Truth About Wind
Written by Hazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert
Illustrated by Dušan Petričić
Annick Press









SILVER BIRCH EXPRESS

Cells: An Owner’s Handbook
Written by and illustrated by Carolyn Fisher
Beach Lane Books

 

 

 

 

Genius Jolene
Written by Sara Cassidy
Illustrated by Charlene Chua
Orca Book Publishers

Ghost’s Journey: A Refugee Story
Written by Robin Stevenson
Illustrated by Rainer Oktovianus
Rebel Mountain Press
 

The Grizzly Mother
Written by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw
Illustrated by Natasha Donovan
HighWater Press


A Last Goodbye
Written by Elin Kelsey
Illustrated by Soyeon Kim
Owlkids Books


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


The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden
Written by Heather Smith
Illustrated by Rachel Wada
Orca Book Publishers


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


The Train
Written by Jodie Callaghan
Illustrated by Georgia Lesley
Second Story Press











SILVER BIRCH FICTION


All The Ways Home
Written by Elsie Chapman
Feiwel & Friends


The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga Book 1
Written by David A. Richardson
Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers


A Boy is Not a Bird
Written by Edeet Ravel
Groundwood Books


Dog Driven
Written by Terry Lynn Johnson
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt


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


The Ghost Collector
Written by Allison Mills
Annick Press


Harvey Comes Home
Written by Colleen Nelson
Illustrated by Tara Anderson
Pajama Press


The Jigsaw Puzzle King
Written by Gina McMurchy-Barber
Dundurn


Music for Tigers
Written by Michelle Kadarusman
Pajama Press


Shirley & Jamila Save Their Summer
Written and illustrated by Gillian Goerz
Dial Books
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Nominees for the other programs can be linked from below: