Administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards recognize artistic excellence
in writing and illustration in English-language Canadian children’s
literature. The award was established
in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in memory of her sister, Ruth Schwartz, a
respected Toronto bookseller. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the awards to honour both sisters.
While
funded generously by the Ruth Schwartz Foundation ($6000 for each
award) and administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation, the awards are
selected by two juries of young readers, this year from North Kipling Junior Middle School in Etobicoke, Ontario.
Five students from Grades 2 and 3 select the award-winning book for the
Children's Picture Book Award, and five students from Grade 8 select
the Young Adult/Middle Reader Book Award recipient. The prizes will be given out May 23 at the school.
Here are the two short-lists of nominees announced today:
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In the CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY, the nominees are:
A Few Bites
by Cybèle Young
Groundwood Books
A Hen for Izzy Pippik
by Aubrey Davis
Illustrated by Marie Lafrance
Kids Can Press
Larf
by Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press
Virginia Wolf
by Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Kids Can Press
Wishes
by Jean Little
Illustrated by Geneviève Côté
Scholastic Canada
• • •
In the YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE READER CATEGORY, the nominees are:
A Tinfoil Sky
by Cyndi Sand-Eveland
Tundra Books
Hunted
by Cheryl Rainfield
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Seraphinaby Rachel Hartman
Doubleday Canada
The Grave Robber’s Apprenticeby Allan Stratton
HarperCollins Canada
The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra
Congratulations to all nominees
