2016 USBBY Outstanding International Books List

Each year, the United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) compiles its Outstanding International Books List of books that, while published or distributed in the U.S., originated or were first published outside of the USA. These books are "deemed most outstanding of those published" in the previous year and, not surprisingly, a number of Canadian books have earned this honour.

Congratulations 

to the following Canadian books for young people 

for inclusion on the 

2016 USBBY Outstanding International Books List!

Grades Pre-K to Grade 2

The Bus Ride

by Marianne Dubuc

Translated by Yvette Ghione

Kids Can Press

Sidewalk Flowers

by JonArno Lawson

Illustrated by Sydney Smith

Groundwood Books

Grades 3-5

The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle

by Jude Isabella

Illustrated by Simone Shin

Kids Can Press

Grades 6-8

We Are All Made of Molecules

by Susin Nielsen

Tundra Books

Grades 9-12

My Name is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok
by Germaine Arnaktauyok and Gyu Oh

Illustrated by Germaine Arnaktauyok

Inhabit Media

Prison Boy

by Sharon E. Mackay

Annick Press

Dance of the Banished

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Pajama Press

2016 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals nominees announced

The Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal are children's book awards presented by the CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the United Kingdom.  Shortlists and winners are selected by librarians who serve young readers.

To be eligible for the 2016 Awards titles must have been first published in the UK between 1 September 1, 2014 and August 31,  2015.  Books first published in another country must have been co-published in the UK within three months of the original publication date.

The winning titles will be announced at an awards ceremony in June.

This year, there are two Canadian authors' books nominated for the 2016 CILIP Carnegie Medal for the writer of an outstanding book for children.  Congratulations to authors Susin Nielsen and Allan Stratton on their nominations!

We Are All Made of Molecules
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books (Canada)
Andersen Press (U.K.)

The Dogs
by Allan Stratton
Scholastic Canada (Canada)
Andersen Press (U.K.)









Among the nominated illustrators for the 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, there are two Canadian illustrators, Jon Klassen and Sydney Smith. Congratulations!

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Written by Mac Barnett
Walker Books (U.K.)

Footpath Flowers (Sidewalk Flowers in Canada)
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Written by Jon Arno Lawson
Groundwood Books (Canada)
Walker Books (U.K.)

2015 Governor General's Literary Awards: Winners

(I know I spent much time online congratulating the winners of the 2015 Governor General Literary Awards when they were announced October 28, 2015, but I just noticed that I failed to post those winners here.  Can't believe I was so remiss.  So here they are, two months late.)

The Governor General's Literary Awards are Canada's national book awards, honouring the best of our literature in seven categories, in both official languages.  On October 28, 2015, the winners of the 2015 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on the Canada Council website.

Congratulations to the winners of the Children's Literature: Text and Children's Literature: Illustration awards, for both English and French:

English Children’s Literature: Text

Caroline Pignat 

for

The Gospel Truth

Red Deer Press

Reviewed here

Q & A with author Caroline Pignat

English Children’s Literature: Illustration 

JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith

for

Sidewalk Flowers

Groundwood Books

Reviewed here

French Children's Literature: Text 

Louis-Philippe Hébert

par

Maria Réparatrice

Les Éditions de La Grenouillère

French Children's Literature: Illustration

Patrick Doyon et André Marois

par

Le voleur de sandwichs

Les Éditions de la Pastèque