Saturday, 15 February 2014

2014 CBC Bookie Awards winners announced

In 2011, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) introduced the CBC Bookie Awards as an opportunity for readers to choose their favourite Canadian reads published the previous year.  Based on the selections of the well-read CBC personnel from CBC Books, Canada Reads, Writers & Company, The Next Chapter, as well as recommendations from the public, five titles in each of ten categories are nominated.  Readers then have several weeks to cast their votes online (only once per category per day).  Winners are identified some time in February.
Here's this year's big news:

in the Young Adult category, 
whose nominees were announced in January 

the winner 
(as selected by readers online) 
with 43.55% of the votes

is

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
by Teresa Toten
Doubleday Canada/Random House of Canada
978-0-385678346
255 pp.
Ages 14+
2013
 
to 
 
Teresa Toten 
and her book
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B

Monday, 10 February 2014

Resource Links' Best Books of 2013

Touting itself as "a journal devoted to Canadian English and French resources" (http://www.resourcelinksmagazine.ca/), Resource Links annually announces the best books of the previous year. 

Congratulations 
to all authors and illustrators 
for your inclusion on  
Resource Links' Best Books of 2013 list:



Picture Books

Little Jack Horner Live From the Corner
by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Mike Boldt

It’s Not About the Ball!
by Veronika Martenova Charles
Illustrated by David Parkins

It’s  Not About the Beanstalk!
by Veronika Martenova Charles
Illustrated by David Parkins
 
It’s Not About the Diamonds!
by Veronika Martenova Charles
Illustrated by David Parkins

It’s Not About the Straw!
by Veronika Martenova Charles
Illustrated by David Parkins

It’s Not About the Tiny Girl!
by Veronika Martenova Charles
Illustrated by David Parkins

Uncle Wally’s Old Brown Shoe
by Wallace Edwards

The Adventures of Franklin and His Friends: A Collection of 8 Stories
by Henry Endrulat
Illustrated by Brenda Clarke

Oy, Feh, So?
by Cary Fagan 
Illustrated by Gary Clement

Franklin’s Big Book of Stories: A Collection of 6 First Readers
by Sharon Jennings

Where Do You Look?
by Marthe Jocelyn
Illustrated by Nell Jocelyn

On A Snowy Night
by Jean Little
Illustrated by Brian Deines

Mr. Flux
by Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by Matt Stephens

Never Let You Go
by Patricia Storms





Fiction Gr. 3-6

Justine Mckeen and the Bird Nerd
by Sigmund Brouwer
Illustrated by Dave Whamond

From Anna
by Jean Little  

The Hidden Agenda of Sigrid Sugden
by Jill Maclean

Curse of the Dream Witch
by Allan Stratton

Into The Woods (Bigfoot Boy Series)
by J Torres
Illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks




Non-fiction Gr. 3 – 6

Electrical Engineering And The Science Of Circuits (Engineering In Action Series)
by James Bow

Sneaky Art: Crafty Surprises To Hide In Plain Sight
by Marthe Jocelyn

Our Rights: How Kids Are Changing The World
by Janet Wilson

Buzz About Bees
by Kari-Lynn Winters





Fiction Gr. 7-12

Graffiti Knight
by Karen Bass

Triggered (Orca Soundings Series)
by Vicki Grant

Hockey Girl
by Natalie Hyde

Break Point (Orca Sports)
by Kate Jaimet

Dying To Go Viral
by Sylvia McNicoll

Nothing Man And The Purple Zero
by Richard Scarsbrook

Not With A Bang
by Gail Sidonie Sobat

Power Play
by Eric Walters

Stolen (Orca Currents)
by John Wilson




Non-Fiction Gr. 7-12

Aston Martin (Superstar Cars Series)
by James Bow

Stanley Cup: 120 Years of Hockey Supremacy
by Eric Zweig




French Resources

Perdue dans la Neige
by Jean Little
Illustrated By Brian Deines

Les Maux d’Ambroise Bukowski
by Susin Nielsen
Translated By Rachel Martinez

Toujours Avec Moi
by Patricia Storms

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Saturday, 1 February 2014

2014 ALA Youth Media Award Winners announced

Each year, the American Library Association (ALA)  honours books for young people with several long-established awards:  the Newbery Medal, the Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Awards.  But these distinctions are only three of the Youth Media Awards presented annually at the ALA's midwinter meeting.  Although the American Library Association is based in the U.S., it occasionally selects titles by Canadian authors and illustrators, hence its inclusion here.

Earlier this week, the ALA announced its book awards at its meeting in Philadelphia.  This year only one youngCanLit title was recognized.

to


One of three  Honor Books for the 

   
Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans 
Children's & Young Adult Literature Award
for English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience


 Branded by the Pink Triangle
by Ken Setterington
Second Story Press


 

Complete details and the press release for the ALA Youth Media Awards is available at their website here.

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FYI:
The full roster of ALA awards include:
  • John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children
  • Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults
  • Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author of outstanding books for children and young adults
  • Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award recognizing an African American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults
  • Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience
  • Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video
  • Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
  • May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States
  • Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States
  • Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
  • Pura Belpré (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children
  • Stonewall Book Award -Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book
  • William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens
  • YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults, ages 12 – 18