2014 IODE Canada Violet Downey Book Award nominees announced

The National Chapter of Canada IODE (Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire), a women's charitable organization, has been offering Violet Downey Book Award since 1985.  This award of $3000 is offered annually for the best English language book for children up to age 13 containing at least 500 words of text published in Canada in the previous year and selected from submitted books. 

The shortlisted books for the National Chapter of Canada 2014 Violet Downey Book Award were announced on May 7, 2014.  The five finalists are:

Death of a King
by Andrew H. Vanderwal
Tundra Books

An Infidel in Paradise
by S. J. Laidlaw
Tundra Books
Reviewed here

Namesake
by Sue Macleod
Pajama Press
Reviewed here

The Power of Harmony
by Jan L. Coates
Red Deer Press
Reviewed here

September 17
by Amanda West Lewis
Red Deer Press

Congratulations to all nominees!

The winner will be announced at IODE Canada’s National Annual Meeting in London, Ontario on May 30, 2014.

The 2013 Willow Award winners announced today

 

The winners of the Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice (SYRCA) awards, the Willow Awards, were announced today at the Lyric Theatre in Swift Current.  From the nominees announced last March, young readers have voted for their favourites and the results tallied.

Congratulations 

to the 

winners 

of 2013 SaskEnergy Young Readers' Choice Awards!

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The winner of this year's

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

is

Kate and Pippin: An Unlikely Love Story 

by Martin Springett

Illustrated by Isobel Springett 

Puffin Canada

2012

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The winner of this year's

for those books written for readers of Grades 4 to 6

is

Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes
by Jonathan Auxier
Puffin
2011

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The winner of this year's

for those books written for readers in Grades 7 to 9

is

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen

by Susin Nielsen

Tundra

2012
  

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

2014 Saskatchewan Book Award winners announced

Of the nine Saskatchewan Book Awards (SBA) for Writing, only the SaskEnergy award is specific to children's literature.  As such, I'd like to announce that award winner here.
 

The winner of 

 the 2014 SaskEnergy Children’s Literature Award 

is  

Dear Flyary 

by Dianne Young 
Illustrated by John Martz
 Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 4-8
2012