2023 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award: Finalists announced

On January 31, 2024, IBBY Canada (the Canadian section of IBBY, International Board on Books for Young People) announced the finalists for the 2023 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. The award, established in a bequest from illustrator Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver in 1985, honours a Canadian illustrator of a picture book published in Canada in English or French during the previous calendar year.

Congratulations to the finalists for the 2023 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award:

 

Do You Remember?
Illustrations and text by Sydney Smith 

Groundwood Books

Reviewed here

Mnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin 

Illustrations by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley

Text by Brittany Luby

Anishinaabemowin translation by Mary Ann Corbiere 

Groundwood Books

Once, a Bird 
Illustrations by Nathalie Dion

Storyline by Rina Singh 

Orca Book Publishers

Reviewed here

The Only Way to Make Bread 
Illustrations by Sarah Gonzales

Text by Cristina Quintero 

Tundra

Skating Wild on an Inland Sea
Illustrations by Todd Stewart

Text by Jean E. Pendziwol 

Groundwood Books

The Song That Called Them Home
Illustrated by Maya McKibbin

Text by David A. Robertson 

Tundra

Reviewed here

A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis
Illustrations by Lauren Soloy

Text by Kathy Stinson 

Greystone Kids

Le village dans la mer
Illustrations and text by Félix Girard 

Éditions de l’Isatis

Waking Ben Doldrums
Illustrations by Byron Eggenschwiler

Text by Heather Smith 

Orca Book Publishers

We Love You as Much as the Fox Loves Its Tail 
Illustrations by Tamara Campeau

Text by Masiana Kelly 

Inhabit Media

Reviewed here

 

 

 

The winner will be announced at the IBBY Canada annual meeting on March 30, 2024.

 

2023 Le Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse: Winner announced

On October 18, 2023, the Canadian Children's Book Centre and Communication-Jeunesse announced the five finalists for the $50,000 prize for le Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l'enfance et la jeunesse.  This past Monday, November 6, the winner of this French-language book award was announced.

Congratulations & Félicitations!

 

 

WINNER / LAURÉAT

 Le Prix TD de littérature pour l'enfance et la jeunesse canadienne

 Seuls

Écrit par Paul Tom

Illustré par Mélanie Baillairgé

Éditions la courte échelle

 

 

 

2023 Governor General's Literary Awards: Winners announced

Earlier this month, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the finalists for its highly prestigious Governor General's Literary Awards. Of the seven categories of books, which are presented for both French and English titles, two categories are specific for books for young people, one for text and one for illustration. Yesterday, the winners of these awards were announced.

Hearty congratulations to all winners 

of this year's Governor General's Literary Awards.

WINNER
English-language: Young People's Literature (Text)

The Probability of Everything

Written by Sarah Everett

Clarion Books

 

 

 

 

 WINNER

English-language: Young People's Literature (Illustration) 

When You Can Swim
Written and illustrated by Jack Wong
Orchard Books (Scholastic)

Reviewed here

 

 

WINNER

French-language: Young People's Literature (Text)

Linoubliable
Écrit par Lou Beauchesne
la courte échelle

 WINNER

French-language: Young People's Literature (Illustration)

Le plus petit sauveur du monde
Écrit par Samuel Larochelle

Illustré par Eve Patenaude
Éditions XYZ

 

2023 Governor General's Literary Awards: Finalists announced

Yesterday, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the finalists for the highly prestigious Governor General's Literary Awards.

The seven categories of books, both in French and English, for which awards are given are:

• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Poetry
• Young People's Literature (Text)
• Young People's Literature (Illustration)
• Drama
• Translation

Congratulations to the finalists 

of all the awards.
 

I present here those finalists of

works for young people.

English-language: Young People's Literature (Text)
 

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Written by Zoulfa Katouh
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Berani

Written by Michelle Kadarusman

Pajama Press 

Reviewed here

Fire on Headless Mountain

Written by Iain Lawrence

Margaret Ferguson Books, Penguin Random House Canada

The Probability of Everything

Written by Sarah Everett

Clarion Books

Weird Rules to Follow

Written by Kim Spencer

Orca Book Publishers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English-language: Young People's Literature (Illustration) 

 

Boobies

Written and illustrated by Nancy Vo
Groundwood Books

Reviewed here

 

Mr. S

Written and illustrated by Monica Arnaldo
Katherine Tegen Books (An Imprint of HarperCollins)

Reviewed here

Still This Love Goes On
Written by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Illustrated by Julie Flett
Greystone Books

The Skull

Written and illustrated by Jon Klassen
Candlewick Press

Reviewed here

 

When You Can Swim
Written and illustrated by Jack Wong
Orchard Books (Scholastic)

Reviewed here

 

 

 

French-language: Young People's Literature (Text)

Escarpolette

Écrit par Sylvie Drapeau

Dominique et compagnie / Les éditions Héritage

Le plancher de la lune
Écrit par Jean-Christophe Réhel
la courte échelle

Linoubliable
Écrit par Lou Beauchesne
la courte échelle

Mélie quelque part au milieu
Écrit par Mylène Goupil
Éditions Québec Amérique

Zipolaris Tome 3 : La malédiction de Zangra
Écrit par J.L. Blanchard
Éditions Fides

 

French-language: Young People's Literature (Illustration)

Gervais et Conrad
Écrit et illustré par Iris Boudreau
Éditions Les 400 coups

Je tʼécris de mon lit
Écrit par Maude Nepveu-Villeneuve

Illustré par Agathe Bray-Bourret
Éditions Les 400 coups

 

Le Bourlingueur de Matungoua
Écrit par Boucar Diouf

Illustré par François Thisdale
Éditions La Presse

Le plus petit sauveur du monde
Écrit par Samuel Larochelle

Illustré par Eve Patenaude
Éditions XYZ

Parfois les lacs brûlent
Écrit et illustré par Geneviève Bigué
Front Froid

 

 

 

 

Winning titles will be announced
on November 8, 2023.

The 2023 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards: English-language winners announced

On Monday evening, a gala event was held to announce the winners of this year's English-language Canadian Children's Book Awards. From a fine list of nominees , the following winners were selected by juries of their peers from the kidCanLit world. (The French-language award will be announced on November 6, 2023.)

This year, the children's book awards include the following English-language awards:

• TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($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;
• Amy Mathers Teen Book Award ($5,000), Sponsored by Amy Mathers' Marathon of Books;
• Jean Little First-Novel Award ($5,000);
• Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy ($5,000), Sponsored by Elly Barlin-Daniels;

• • • • • • •

 

Congratulations to all winners!

• • • • • • •

TD Canadian Children's 

Literature Award

 WINNER

Weird Rules to Follow
Written by Kim Spencer
Orca Book Publishers

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

WINNER 

Mina
Written and illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
Simon & Schuster Canada

Norma Fleck Award For 

Canadian Children's Non-Fiction

WINNER

The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation
Written by Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson
Orca Book Publishers

Geoffrey Bilson Award for 

Historical Fiction for Young People

WINNER

Weird Rules to Follow
Written by Kim Spencer
Orca Book Publishers

Amy Mathers Teen Book Award 

WINNER

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Written by Zoulfa Katouh
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Jean Little First-Novel Award

WINNER 

Weird Rules to Follow
Written by Kim Spencer
Orca Book Publishers

Arlene Barlin Award 

for Science Fiction and Fantasy

WINNER 

Blood Scion
Written by Deborah Falaye
HarperTeen

 

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