March 02, 2012

The Willow Awards: 2012 Nominated Titles

The 2012 nominees for the Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice (SYRCA) awards, the Willow Awards, have been announced.

After reading a minimum number of titles, young readers will be invited to vote for their favourite on February 28, 2013.  Award winning titles will be announced in April, 2013 at a gala hosted at a Saskatchewan school. 

The three Willow Awards i.e., Shining Willow, Diamond Willow and Snow Willow are detailed below, along with this year's nominated titles.
 
The Shining Willow Award winner is selected from those books written for youngest readers, those in Kindergarten to Grade 3.

The 2012 Shining Willow nominees are:

Ella May and the Wishing Stone
by Cary Fagan, Illustrated by Geneviève Côté
Tundra Books
2011

I Know Here
by Laurel Croza, Illustrated by Matt James
Groundwood Books
2010

In the Bag!: Margaret Knight Wraps It Up
By Monica Kulling, Illustrated by David Parkins
Tundra Books
2011

Little Chief and Mighty Gopher: The Pemmican Frenzy
By Victor Lethbridge, Illustrated by Ben Crane
Tatanka Productions
2010

Loon
By Susan Vande Griek, Illustrated by Karen Reczuch
Groundwood Books
2011

Picture a Tree!
By Barbara Reid
Scholastic Canada
2011

Small Saul
By Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press
2011

The Busy Beaver
By Nicholas Oldland
Kids Can Press
2011

The Flute
By Rachna Gilmore, Illustrated by Pulak Biswas
Tradewind Books
2011

Tooter's Stinky Wish
By Brian Cretney, Illustrated by Peggy Collins
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
2011

The Diamond Willow Award winner is selected from those books written for readers of Grades 4 to 6.

The 2012 Diamond Willow nominees are:

Better Than Weird
By Anna Kerz
Orca Book Publishers
2011

Full Steam to Canada
By Anne Patton
Coteau Books
2011

Ghosts of Government House
By Judith Silverthorne
Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing
2011

Ghosts of the Titanic
By Julie Lawson
Scholastic Canada
2011

Missing
By Becky Citra
Orca Book Publishers
2011

No Small Victory
By Connie Brummel Crook
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
2010

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
By Susan Hughes
Owlkids
2011

Power Play
By Liam O’Donnell, Illustrated by Mike Deas
Orca Book Publishers
2011

Somebody's Girl
By Maggie de Vries
Ocra Book Publishers
2011

Spy, Spy Again: True Tales of Failed Espionage
By Tina Holdcroft
Annick Press
2011

The Snow Willow Award winner is selected from those books written for readers in Grades 7 to 9.

The 2012 Snow Willow nominees are:

Accomplice
By Valerie Sherrard
Dundurn Press
2011

Ashes, Ashes
By Jo Treggiari
Scholastic Press
2011

Betsy Wickwire's Dirty Secret
By Vicki Grant
HarperTrophy Canada
2011

Dust City
By Robert Paul Weston
Puffin Canada
2010

The Gathering
By Kelley Armstrong
Doubleday Canada
2011

Held
By Edeet Ravel
Annick Press
2011

Shot at Dawn: World War I, Alan McBride, France 1917
By John Wilson
Scholastic Canada
2011

This Dark Endeavour: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
By Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins
2011

Tori By Design
By Colleen Nelson
Great Plains Fiction
2011

Undergrounders
By David Skuy
Scholastic Canada
2011
Congratulations to all nominated authors, illustrators and publishers!

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