May 15, 2023

2023 Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award: Winners announced


This weekend, the Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable announced the winners of its biannual Joan Betty Stuchner award for funniest children's books. Here are the shortlists for the two categories, picture or board book and chapter book, as well as the winners, all of which are a ready book list of titles to tickle your funny bones and make life a little better. 
 
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Picture or Board Book category:
 

This Is a Dog Book!
Written by Judith Henderson
Illustrated by Julien Chung
Kids Can Press
Reviewed here


How to Party Like a Snail
Written by Naseem Hrab
Illustrated by Kelly Collier
Owlkids Books


Quiet, Please! 
Written and illustrated by Russ Willms
Orca Book Publishers


Crocodile Hungry 
Written by Eija Sumner
Illustrated by John Martz
Tundra Books

How to Teach Your Cat a Trick in Five Easy Steps
Written by Nicola Winstanley
Illustrated by Zoe Si
Tundra Books 

 
 
 
 
 
 
And the WINNER is...
 
Quiet, Please! 
Written and illustrated by Russ Willms
Orca Book Publishers
32 pp.
Ages 3-5
2022
 
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Chapter Book category:


Izzy’s Tail of Trouble 
Written by Caroline Adderson
Illustrated by Kelly Collier
Kids Can Press


Babble! And How Punctuation Saved It 
Written by Caroline Adderson
Illustrated by Roman Muradov
Tundra Books


Simon and Chester: Super Sleepover
Written and illustrated by Cale Atkinson
Tundra Books


Weenie featuring Frank & Beans: Mad About Meatloaf
Written by Maureen Fergus
Illustrated by Alexandra Bye
Tundra Books


The Weird Sisters: A Note, a Goat, and a Casserole
Written by Mark David Smith
Illustrated by Kari Rust
Owlkids Books
 
 
 
 
 
 
And the WINNER is... 
 
Weenie featuring Frank & Beans: Mad About Meatloaf
Written by Maureen Fergus
Illustrated by Alexandra Bye
Tundra Books
56 pp.
Ages 6-9
2021 

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