Winners of Governor General Literary Awards 2011 Announced

Canada Council announcement
Winners of the Governor General Literary Awards 2011 were announced today, including those in the two (English) Children's categories:

Children’s Text:

From Then to Now: A Short History of the World

Written by Christopher Moore

Illustrated by Andrej Krystoforski
Tundra Books 

distributed by Random House of Canada

978-0-88776-540-7

Children’s Illustration:

Ten Birds

Illustrated and written by Cybèle Young

Kids Can Press

distributed by University of Toronto Press

978-1-55453-568-2

Congratulations to all nominees and winners.

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2011

The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are presented by the Independent Publishers to honour North America's best children’s books, authors and illustrators. As their logo states, these selections celebrate "youthful curiosity, discovery and learning through books and reading." In 38 categories (with an additional 5 Spirit Awards), these children's books represent the publishing efforts of main-stream publishers as well as small presses, and even those of self-publishers.

Congratulations to our Canadian authors, illustrators and publishers who were awarded Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for 2011.  They include the following titles:

Activity Book 1 - Games, Arts & Crafts, etc.
Gold: My Beastly Book of Twisted Tales by Bérengère Delaporte (Owlkids Books)

Picture Book - Preschool
 Silver: The Vole Brothers written and illustrated by Roslyn Schwartz (Owlkids Books)

Pre-Teen Fiction - Fantasy
Bronze (tie): Kingdom of Trolls by Rae Bridgman (Sybertooth Inc.)

Pre-Teen Fiction - Historical/Cultural
Gold: Ghost Messages by Jacqueline Guest (Coteau Books for Kids)
Silver (tie): Hannah & the Spindle Whorl by Carol Anne Shaw (Ronsdale Press)

Young Adult Fiction - General
Silver: Signs of Martha by Sarah Raymond (Great Plains Teen Fiction)
Bronze (tie): Drummer Girl by Karen Bass (Coteau Books for Kids)

Young Adult Fiction - Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Gold: Black Bottle Man: A Fable by Craig Russell (Great Plains Teen Fiction)

Young Adult Fiction - Historical/Cultural
Gold: Broken Trail by Jean Rae Baxter (Ronsdale Press)

Young Adult Fiction - Mature Issues
Bronze: Chance to Dance for You by Gail Sidonie Sobat (Great Plains Teen Fiction)

Non-Fiction - Young Adult
Bronze: Learn to Speak Dance: A Guide to Creating, Performing & Promoting Your Moves by Ann-Marie Williams; illustrated by Jeff Kulak (Owlkids Books)

Comic/Graphic Novel 
Bronze: Fishing with Gubby by Kim LaFave & Gary Kent (Harbour Publishing)

Governor-General Literary Awards 2011 Announced

On October 6, 2011, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the finalists for the 75th Governor-General Literary Awards.  Below are the nominees for the two children's literature awards:

Children’s Literature: Text

• Jan L. Coates, A Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk (Red Deer Press)
• Deborah Ellis, No Ordinary Day (Groundwood Books)
• Christopher Moore, From Then to Now: A Short History of the World (Tundra Books)
• Kenneth Oppel, This Dark Endeavour (HarperCollins Canada)
• Tim Wynne-Jones, Blink & Caution (Candlewick Press)

Children’s Literature: Illustration

• Isabelle Arsenault, Migrant; text by Maxine Trottier (Groundwood Books)
• Kim La Fave, Fishing with Gubby; text by Gary Kent (Harbour Publishing)
• Renata Liwska, Red Wagon; text by Renata Liwska (Philomel Books/Penguin)
• Frank Viva, Along a Long Road; text by Frank Viva (HarperCollins Canada)
• Cybèle Young, Ten Birds; text by Cybèle Young (Kids Can Press)