On September 6th, the Canadian Children's Book Centre, our nationally-renowned authority on all things related to youngCanLit, announced the finalists for the 2018 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. (See their website announcement here.)
The eight major children's book awards, which will be awarded at two invitation-only galas in October and November, include:
- TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($50,000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
- Le Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse ($50,000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
- Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000) Sponsored by A. Charles Baillie;
- Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction ($10,000) Sponsored by the Fleck Family Foundation;
- Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($5,000) Sponsored by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Bilson Endowment Fund;
- John Spray Mystery Award ($5,000) Sponsored by John Spray of Mantis Investigation Agency;
- Amy Mathers Teen Book Award ($5,000) Sponsored by Amy Mathers' Marathon of Books; and
- Le Prix Harry Black de l’album jeunesse ($5,000) Sponsored by Mary Macchiusi
Here are the short lists for each award category, as announced by the Canadian Children's Book Centre:
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
Written by Wendy Orr
Pajama Press
Written and illustrated by Barbara Reid
North Winds Press (Scholastic Canada)
Written by Monique Gray Smith
Orca Book Publishers
Written by Joanne Schwartz
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Written by Paul Harbridge
Illustrated by Matt James
Tundra Books
Reviewed here
Le Prix TD de littérature pour l'enfance et la jeunesse canadienne
Written by Jeanne Painchaud
Photographs by Bruno Ricca
Éditions Les 400 coups
Written and illustrated by Philippe Béha
Éditions de l’Isatis
Written and illustrated by Marianne Dubuc
Comme des géants
Written and illustrated by Mathieu Lavoie
Comme des géants
Written by Marie-Francine Hébert
Illustrated by Jean-Luc Trudel
Éditions Les 400 coups
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
Little Blue Chair Illustrated by Madeline Kloepper
Tundra Books
Written and illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo
Pajama Press
Reviewed here
Written and illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Reviewed here
Written by Melanie Florence
Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Second Story Press
Reviewed here
Written by Paul Harbridge
Illustrated by Matt James
Tundra Books
Reviewed here
Written by Monique Gray Smith
Illustrated by Danielle Daniel
Orca Book Publishers
Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
Edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
Annick Press
Written by Sarah Elton
Illustrated by Julie McLaughlin
Owlkids Books
Written by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson)
Illustrated by Natasha Donovan
HighWater Press
Written by Jane Drake and Ann Love
Annick Press
Written by James Gladstone
Illustrated by Katherine Diemert
Owlkids Books
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People
Written by Heather Smith
Penguin Teen Canada
Written by Kevin Sands
Aladdin
Written by Julie Lawson
Nimbus Publishing
Written by Heather Camlot
Red Deer Press
Written by Uma Krishnaswami
Tu Books/Lee & Low
John Spray Mystery Award
The Assassin’s Curse (The Blackthorn Key, Book 3) Written by Kevin Sands
Aladdin
Written by Sarah N. Harvey and Robin Stevenson
Orca Book Publishers
Reviewed here
Written by Eileen Cook
Houghlin Mifflin Harcourt
Reviewed here
Recipe for Hate
Written by Warren Kinsella
Dundurn
Written by Liam O’Donnell
Illustrated by Mike Deas
Orca Book Publishers
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
Written by Heather Smith
Penguin Teen Canada
Written by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Razorbill Canada
Reviewed here
Written by Cherie Dimaline
DCB
Written by Darren Groth
Orca Book Publishers
Written by Allan Stratton
Scholastic Canada
Prix Harry Black de l'album jeunesse
Written by Jeanne Painchaud
Photographs by Bruno Ricca
Éditions Les 400 coups
Written and illustrated by Marianne Dubuc
Comme des géants
Written and illustrated by Paul Martin
Éditions Les 400 coups
Written by Eveline Payette
Illustrated by Guillaume Perreault
Groupe d’édition la courte échelle
Written by Marie Barguirdjian
Éditions Edito
Hosted by the Canadian Children's Book Centre and TD Bank Group, the Canadian Children's Literature Awards will celebrate great Canadian children's books and present the winners of the awards on the evenings of October 29, 2018 and November 19, 2018 in Toronto and Montreal, respectively.
Congratulations to all these amazing writers!
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