Today, the Canadian Children's Book Centre, our nationally-renowned authority on all things related to youngCanLit, announced the finalists for the 2017 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 November, include:
- TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($30,000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
- Le Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse ($30,000) 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
There is also the
Fan Choice Award/Choix du public littérature jeunesse which invites young readers to to choose their favourite book from the titles shortlisted for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and Le Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse. CBC in partnership with the CCBC will start launch the voting process in early October.
The 2017 awards differ from previous years in that Le Prix Harry Black is being presented for the first time and the Monica Hughes Award for Fantasy and Science Fiction is not being presented this year.
Here are the short lists for each award category, as announced by the Canadian Children's Book Centre:
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
A Day of Signs and Wonders
Written by Kit Pearson
HarperTrophy Canada
The Skeleton Tree
Written by Iain Lawrence
Tundra Books
Tokyo Digs a Garden
Written by Jon-Erik Lappano
Illustrated byKellen Hatanaka
Groundwood books
Reviewed here
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
Written and illustrated by Jan Thornhill
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
When We Were Alone
Written by David Alexander Robertson
Illustrated by Julie Flett
HighWater Books
Le Prix TD de littérature pour l'enfance et la jeunesse canadienne
Aaah!bécédaire
Écrit par Elaine Turgeon
Illustré par Martin Laliberté
Éditions Druide
En voiture! L'Amérique en chemin de fer
Écrit et illustré par Pascal Blanchet
Éditions de la Pastèque
Même pas vrai
Écrit par Larry Tremblay
Illustré par Guillaume Perreault
Éditionas de la Bagnole
Niska
Écrit par Étienne Poirier
Éditions du soileil de minuit
Y'a pas de place chez nous
Écrit par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Enzo Lora Mariano
Éditions Québec Amérique
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
The Artist and Me
Written by Shane Peacock
Illustrated by Sophie Casson
Owlkids Books
The Darkest Dark
Written by Chris Hadfield and Kate Fillion
Illustrated by Eric Fan and Terry Fan
Tundra Books
I Am Not a Number
Written by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer
Illustrated by Gillian Newland
Second Story Press
Reviewed here
The Snow Knows
Written by Jennifer McGrath
Illustrated by Josée Bisaillon
Nimbus Publishing
Reviewed here
We Found a Hat
Written and illustrated by Jon Klassen
Candlewick Press
Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
Canada Year by Year
Written by Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Kids Can Press
Fight to Learn: The Struggle to go to School
Written by Laura Scandiffio
Annick Press
Level the Playing Field: The Past, Present and Future of Women's Pro Sports
Written by Kristina Rutherford
Owlkids Books
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
Written and illustrated by Jan Thornhill
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Water Wow! An Infographic Exploration
Written by Antonia Banyard and Paula Ayer
Illustrated by Belle Wuthrich
Annick Press
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People
Every Hidden Thing
Written by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins Publishers
Freedom's Just Another Word
Written by Caroline Stellings
Second Story Press
Reviewed here
Heart of a Champion
Written by Ellen Schwartz
Tundra Books
Mark of the Plague (Blackthorn Key, Book 2)
Written by Kevin Sands
Aladdin
When Morning Comes
Written by Arushi Raina
Tradewind Books
John Spray Mystery Award
The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim
Written by Shane Peacock
Tundra Books
Howard Wallace, P.I.
Written by Casey Lyall
Sterling Children's Books
The Road to Ever After
Written by Moira Young
Doubleday Canada
Shooter
Written by Caroline Pignat
Razorbill Canada
Reviewed here
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard (The Continuing Adventures of Peter Nimble, Book 2)
Written by Jonathan Auxier
Puffin Canada
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Written by E. K. Johnston
Dutton Books
Reviewed here
Girl Mans Up
Written by M-E Girard
HarperCollins
Julia Vanishes
Written by Catherine Egan
Doubleday Canada
Reviewed here
Shooter
Written by Carline Pignat
Razorbill Canada
Reviewed here
With Malice
Written by Eileen Cook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Reviewed here
Prix Harry Black de l'album jeunesse
Au-delà de la forêt
Écrit par Nadine Robert
Illustré par Gérard DuBois
Comme des géants
Azadah
Écrit et illustré par Jacques Goldstyn
Éditions de la Pastèque
Je ne suis pas ta maman
Écrit et illustré par Marianne Dubuc
Comme des géants
N'importe quoi!
Écrit et illustré par Élise Gravel
Éditions Les 400 coups
Y'a pas de place chez nous
Écrit par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Enzo Lora Mariano
Éditions Québec Amérique
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 November 8, 2017 and November 21, 2017 in Montreal and Toronto, respectively.
