2013 Chocolate Lily Book Awards winners finally announced!

Unlike the British Columbia book awards of Red Cedar and the Stellar Award programs, the Chocolate Lily Book Awards promote children's fiction by B. C. authors and B. C. illustrators. The two award categories for 2012/2013 were:

1. Novels - for Grades 5-8
2. Picture Books - for K to Grade 5

On June 13, Heath Traditional Elementary school in North Delta British Columbia held the Chocolate Lily Award gala at which the winners of these awards were announced.  Thanks to Tanya Lloyd Kyi for announcing the award winners today at http://cwillbc.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/on-the-red-carpet-4/

In the Picture Book Category (Kindergarten to Grade 3)

the winner is. . .

I Want to Go to the Moon
by Tom Saunders
Illustrated by Cynthia Nugent
Simply Read Books
978-1-897476-56-7

32 pp. + CD

Ages 4-8

2011

In the Novels Category (Grades 5-8)

the winner is . . .

Ghosts of the Titanic

by Julie Lawson

Scholastic Canada
978-1443100410

193 pp.

Ages 9-12
2011

Second Place wins in the Novels category were awarded to:

Run, Marco, Run

by Norma Charles

Ronsdale Press

978-1-55380-131-3

183 pp.

Ages12-17

2011

 

The Runaway

by Glen Huser

Tradewind Books

978-1-896580-21-0

147 pp.

Ages 11-14

2011

 Congratulations 

authors, illustrators and publishers 

on your nominations and wins

2013 BC Stellar Award winner announced!

With very little fanfare, the winner of the British Columbia's Teen Readers' Choice Award, the Stellar Book Award, was announced (and I only caught wind of it through a BC librarian's tweet on June 13).  BC teen readers of ages 13 to 19 had the opportunity to read, review, and discuss their reading of eleven nominated titles before on-line voting opened in April. 

The winner of  the 2012/2013 Stellar Book Award is

Blood Red Road 

by Moira Young

Doubleday Canada

978-0-385-67183-5

459 pp.

Ages 14+

2011

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians on December 27, 2011.

2013 Hackmatack Award winners announced!

Readers 9 to 12 years of age and living in Atlantic Canada who participated in the annual Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award literary program have made their selections.  Tonight, Friday, May 10, 2013, the winners of the 2013 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award were announced at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  

Hearty congratulations to the winners in the four categories:

ENGLISH  FICTION 

Catherine Austen

26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6

James Lorimer and Company
2011

  

 ENGLISH  NON-FICTION

Tanya Lloyd Kyi

50 Poisonous Questions

Annick Press

2011

ROMAN  FRANÇAIS

  
Arianne Gagnon Roy

Le Mystère de Blandy-les-tours

Francophonie

2011

DOCUMENTAIRE  FRANÇAIS

Maxim Cyr et Karine Gottot

Les Dragouilles: Les Bleues de New York

Éditions Michel Quintin
2011

 Congratulations and Félicitations 

2013 Red Cedar Book Award Winners Announced

British Columbia children in Grades 4 through 7 have read and voted for their favourite titles among the Fiction nominees and Information Book nominees for 2012/2013. Yesterday the Red Cedar Awards announced the winners.  Here on CanLit for LittleCanadians I am pleased to announce the winners in each category.



For the Red Cedar Information Book Award, the winner is . . 

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue From War

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Pajama Press

Last AIrlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue From War

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Pajama Press

978-0-9869495-1-7

99 pages

Ages 10-15

2011

Marsha Skrypuch tells the story of  eight-year-old Tuyet's harrowing escape from Saigon in 1975 and adoption by her new family in Brantford, Ontario.



For the Red Cedar Book Award for Fiction, the winner is . . .

Count Me In

by Sara Leach

 Orca Book Publishers

Count Me In
by Sara Leach
Orca Book Publishers
978-1-55469-404-4
176 pp.
Ages 9-12
2011

City-girl Tabitha must endure a weekend in the great outdoors with her extended family.  What begins as just an annoying, uncomfortable outing becomes a suspenseful adventure in survival.

Congratulations to both winning authors and their publishers!

The Willow Awards (SYRCA) 2012/2013 Winners Announced!

 

The winners of the Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice (SYRCA) awards, the Willow Awards, have been announced.  From the nominees announced last March, young readers have voted for their favourites and the results announced at the 2013 SaskEnergy Willow Awards Gala at Davidson School on April 27 2013.

Congratulations to the winners of 2012/2013 Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards!

___________________________________________

The winner of this year's

for those books written for youngest readers (K to Grade 3)

is

Small Saul

by Ashley Spires

Kids Can Press

2011

___________________________________________

The winner of this year's

for those books written for readers of Grades 4 to 6

is

Missing

by Becky Citra

Orca Book Publishers

2011

___________________________________________

The winner of this year's

for those books written for readers in Grades 7 to 9

is

 Held

by Edeet Ravel
Annick Press

2011

___________________________________________

Well done, young readers of Saskatchewan, on your wonderful selections!  

Rocky Mountain Book Award 2012/2013 nominees

Recently, the twenty books for readers in Grades 4 through 7 were announced for the Rocky Mountain Book Award, Alberta's readers' choice program for young people. The twenty nominees, which must have been published in the last two years in Canada, include both fiction and non-fiction titles which "portray a broad range of family, social, and cultural backgrounds." (Retrieved from http://rmba.lethsd.ab.ca/FAQ.html on March 27, 2012)

The time-line for this book award is as follows:

• Shortlist of twenty titles: announced in November;
• Reading: takes place from November to April;
• Voting by young readers: takes place from mid-March to mid-April;
• Winner: announced at the end of April.

The 2012-2013  nominees are listed here (fiction on the right, nonfiction on the left):

The Case of the Missing Deed
by Ellen Schwartz
Tundra Books

Deadly Voyage: R.M.S. Titanic, Jamie Laidlaw, April 14, 1912
by Hugh Brewster
Scholastic Canada

Dragon Seer's Gift
by Janet McNaughton
HarperCollins Canada

Explorers Who Made It...Or Died Trying

by Frieda Wishinsky and Bill Dickson

Scholastic Canada

Harry Houdini: The Legend of the World's Greatest Escape Artist
by Janice Weaver and Chris Lane
Abrams Books for Young Readers/ABRAMS

Kings and Carpenters: One Hundred Bible Land Jobs You Might Have Praised or Panned

by Laurie Coulter and Mary NewBigging
Annick Press

Lizards in the Sky: Animals Where You Least Expect Them
by Claire Eamer
Annick Press

Mathemagic! Number Tricks

by Lynda Colgan and Jane Kirusu

Kids Can Press

No Ordinary Day
by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books

Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest

by Caitlyn Vernon

Orca Book Publishers

Out of the Box
by Michelle Mulder
Orca Book Publishers

Saving Arm Pit
by Natalie Hyde
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Shannen and the Dream for a School

by Janet Wilson

Second Story Press

Ten Birds
by Cybèle Young
Kids Can Press

Timber Wolf
by Caroline Pignat
Red Deer Press

Totally Human: Why We Look and Act the Way We Do

by Cynthia Pratt-Nicholson and Dianne Eastman

Kids Can Press

Undergrounders
by David Skuy
Scholastic Canada

Viola Desmond Won't be Budged

by Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki

Groundwood Books

When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean 

by Jan Andrews and Dušan Petričić

Groundwood Books

The Whole Truth
by Kit Pearson
HarperCollins Canada

Information Book Award 2012 Finalists announced

The Children's Literature Roundtable is a group of authors, editors, publishers, parents, teachers, librarians, booksellers and readers who come together to talk, promote, and enjoy children's literature.  First started in 1977 in Edmonton, the Canadian Children's Literature Roundtables have chapters in Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Fredericton, Saint John, Winnipeg, Lethbridge, Grand Prairie and Kamloops.  

First presented in 1987, the Information Book Award is a children's non-fiction award, presented by the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada and administered by its Vancouver chapter, for an English non-fiction book that, 

"arouses interest, stimulates curiosity, captures the imagination, and fosters concern for the world around us"

 (from http://eclr.ca/awards.html)

The award winner will be announced in February, with the author and the illustrator receiving commemorative award certificates and sharing a cash prize of $1000.

Congratulations to this year's nominees for this year's Information Book Award:

Beyond Bullets:  A Photo Journal of Afghanistan

By Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter
Annick Press

Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature
By Dora Lee, Illustrated by Margot Thompson
Kids Can Press

Kamakwie: Finding Peace, Love, and Injustice in Sierra Leone
By Kathleen Martin
Red Deer Press

Loon
By Susan Vande Griek, Illustrated by Karen Reczuch
Groundwood Books

 

A Walk on the Tundra
By Rebecca Hainnu and Anna Ziegler, Illustrated by Qin Leng
Inhabit Media

 Best wishes to all nominees!