Spring is Canadian Children's Book Awards' Season

If you ever have to wonder what you should read next (and I would probably say, "Really?"), consider looking at nominees and winners of the multitude of awards that are announced in the spring because this is definitely the season of youngCanLit book awards.  Of course, this is not too unusual as many programs are run on a school year basis, with reading, voting and awards scheduled to be started and completed within the year. 

Consider this list of nominees and winners which I have posted on CanLit for LittleCanadians: Awards blog since March 21, the beginning of the spring:

• Information Book Award
• Jean Throop Book Award 
• Saskatchewan Book Awards: nominees 
• Atlantic Book Awards nominees 
• Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards 
• Hackmatack 2013/2014 nominees  
• Canadian Library Association Book Award winners 
• Arthur Ellis Awards nominees  
• IBBY Canada Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver winner 
• Rocky Mountain Book Award winner  
• Saskatchewan Book Awards winners 
• Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award winners 
• Crystal Kite Award for the Americas 
• BC Book Prizes winners 
• Willow Awards (SYRCA) winners 
• Red Cedar Book Award winners  
• Hackmatack Award winners 
• CBA Libris Book Awards nominees 
• Forest of Reading winners 
• Atlantic Book Awards winners 
• Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards
• Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards 2013/2014 nominees

Overwhelming, isn't it?  And there is still another month of spring left! 

Last year, I started to put together a listing of book awards for which youngCanLit may be nominated.  I'm still working on it but there always seems to be another book award that I haven't noticed, or one that normally doesn't include children's or YA books and then includes one on its short lists, or new awards are announced like the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature, or some are dropped or renamed.  I will share it if I ever feel that it is complete.

In the mean while, check out these lists of nominees and winners and see how many titles reappear on multiple lists or which ones are unique to one list.  Read the comments made by the juries or readers who make selections.  And enjoy the wealth of outstanding literature, as always!