2020 IODE Jean Throop Book Award: Short list announced

Each year, IODE, the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, a charitable women's organization, gives out the Jean Throop Book Award for books published the previous year by a Canadian author and/or illustrator living in Ontario. Recently, IODE Jean Throop Book Award Selection Committee announced its short list of nominated titles.

The winning book will be announced in Hamilton on April 23rd, 2020.

Congratulations to the following nominated titles:

Aunt Pearl
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here

 



My Puppy Patch
Written by Theo Heras
Illustrated by Alice Carter
Pajama Press
Reviewed here

Nibi’s Water Song
Written by Sunshine Tenasco
Illustrated by Chief Lady Bird
North Winds Press/Scholastic
Reviewed here

 



Skinnamarink
Written by Sharon Hampson, Lois Lilienstein, Bram Morrison and Randi Hampson
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Tundra Books

You Are Never Alone
Written by Elin Kelsey
Illustrated by Soyeon Kim
Owlkids Books

2013 Information Book Award 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)

Here are the five 2013 Information Book Award Finalists:

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

Kate and Pippin: An Unlikely Love Story
by Martin Springett
Photographs by Isobel Springett
Puffin Canada

How to Raise Monarch Butterflies: A Step-by-Step Guide for Kids
by Carol Pasternak
Firefly Books

Potatoes on Rooftops: Farming in the City
by Hadley Dyer
Annick Press

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








The winner will be announced on November 22, 2013 and presented on March 8, 2014.

Congratulations, Finalists!

2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Nominees

A new list of reading choices for Manitoba's young readers comes courtesy of the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards (MYRCA) program which presents 15 to 18 Canadian novels written in English for the targeted young readers.  Those young people who have read or heard a minimum of 3 nominated titles vote for their favourite title in April.  The winning title and honour books are announced in May and celebrated at an awards ceremony in October.

This is the shortlist of nominated titles for the 2014 MYRCA.  Congratulations to the authors and publishers of these seventeen nominees for their inclusion on this comprehensive list.

Circle of Cranes 
by Annette LeBox
Penguin Canada

Crush. Candy. Corpse. 
by Sylvia McNicoll
Lorimer

The Graverobber’s Apprentice 
by Allan Stratton
HarperCollins Canada

Guilty 
by Norah McClintock
Orca Book Publishers

The Lynching of Louie Sam 
by Elizabeth Stewart
Annick Press

Making Bombs for Hitler 
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic Canada

Margaret and the Moth Tree 
by Brit Trogen and Kari Trogen
Kids Can Press

Middle of Nowhere 
by Caroline Adderson
Groundwood Books

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny – Detectives Extraordinaire 
by Polly Hovarth
Random House

My Name is Parvana 
by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books

The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls 
by John Lekich
Orca Book Publishers

Redcoats and Renegades 
by Barry McDivitt
Orca Book Publishers

Seraphina 
by Rachel Hartman
Random House

Small Medium at Large 
by Joanne Levy
Penguin Canada

Such Wicked Intent 
by Kenneth Oppel
Simon and Schuster

Ungifted 
by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada

Yesterday’s Dead 
by Pat Bourke
Second Story Press

Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards 2013/2014 Nominees

The Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award (M.Y.R.C.A.) winners were recently announced from the 2012/2013 nominees, and just as quickly the nominees for the next year's awards were announced.  The following 18 titles have been short-listed to be read by Manitoba's young readers over the next year, with winners slated to be selected next April.

The nominees for the 2013/2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award are:

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny Detectives Extraordinaire
by Polly Horvath
Groundwood Books

Circle of Cranes
by Annette LeBox
Dial/Penguin

Crush. Candy. Corpse.
by Sylvia McNicoll 
Lorimer

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

The Grave Robber's Apprentice
by Allan Stratton 
HarperCollins Canada

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

Guilty
by Norah McClintock 
Orca Book Publishers

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

The Lynching of Louie Sam
by Elizabeth Stewart 
Annick Press

Making Bombs for Hitler
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic Canada

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

Margaret and the Moth Tree
by Brit Trogen and Kari Trogen
Kids Can Press

Middle of Nowhere
by Caroline Adderson
Groundwood Books

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

My Name is Parvana
by Deborah Ellis 
Groundwood Books

The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls
by John Lekich 
Orca Book Publishers

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

Redcoats and Renegades
by Barry McDivitt
Thistledown Press

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
by Susin Nielsen 
Tundra Books

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

Seraphina
by Rachel Hartman
Doubleday Canada

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

Small Medium at Large
by Joanne Levy
Bloomsbury Children's Books

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians

Such Wicked Intent
by Kenneth Oppel 
HarperCollins Canada


Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians




Ungifted
by Gordon Korman 
Scholastic Canada

Yesterday's Dead
by Pat Rourke
Second Story Press