Red Cedar Award 2012 winners announced

 

British Columbian children in Grades 4 through 7 have read and voted for their favourite titles among the Fiction nominees and Information Book nominees for 2011/2012. We are pleased to announce the winners in each category.

For the Red Cedar Book Award for Fiction, the winner is . . .

After the Fire

by Becky Citra

 Orca Books 

186 pp.

Ages 8-11

2010 

While her mom and boyfriend are passed out drunk, a fire breaks out and Melissa is left scarred.  Two years later, Melissa, her brother and mom are spending the summer at a friend's cottage. There Melissa meets Alice and, although she is embarrassed about her less-than-perfect family, Melissa learns that Alice is not what she seems, her family also less than perfect and dealing with grief in a variety of unhealthy ways.


For the Red Cedar Information Book Award, the winner is . . .

How to Build Your Own Country 

by Valerie Wyatt

Illustrated by Fred Rix

Kids Can Press

40 pp.

Ages 9-11

2009 

This "how-to" book will help readers establish their own countries, learn how to set up their governments and how to set up international relations with other countries.  All the organization needed and the knowledge of government, economics, trade and other key national endeavours are illustrated in this worthwhile book. 

Red Cedar Book Award

Also known as B. C.'s Young Readers' Choice Awards, the Red Cedar Book Award Program is a readers' choice program for British Columbia students in Gr. 4 - 7.

Each fall, two short-lists of nominated titles are announced: one for fiction, and one for information books. To be included in the program, a book must have been:

• written by and illustrated by a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has lived in Canada for at least two years;
• published two calendar years before the nomination date;
• published by a recognized publisher and available in print;
• recognized by other reviewers of Canadian children’s literature; and 
• recognized as being of general interest to students in Gr. 4 - 7.

Children vote in the month of April and the winners are announced annually in May. With voting coming up shortly, I thought I would list here the nominated titles for this year's awards.

Information (or Non-Fiction) Category

 
 

Out of This World: The Amazing Search for An Alien Earth  
by Jacob Berkowitz
Kids Can Press
2009

100% Pure Fake  
by Lyn Thomas
Kids Can Press
2009 

How to Build Your Own Country  
by Valerie Wyatt
Kids Can Press
2009 

Hoaxed! Fakes & Mistakes in the World of Science  
Editors of Yes Magazine
Kids Can Press
2009

Whispers from the Ghettos  
by Kathy Kacer
Puffin Canada
2009






 

Big Train: The Legendary Ironman of Sport, Lionel Conacher 
by Richard Brignall
Lorimer
2009 

It's A Snap! George Eastman's First Photograph  
by Monica Kulling
Tundra Books
2009

Animal Aha! Thrilling Discoveries in Wildlife Science 
by Diane Swanson
Annick Press
2009

Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers: One Hundred Ancient Egyptian Jobs You Might Have Desired or Dreaded
by Kristin Butcher
Annick Press
2009

Fighting for Gold: The Story of Canada's Sledge Hockey Paralympic Gold

by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Lorimer
2009

The Insecto-files: Amazing Insect Science and Bug Facts You'll Never Believe
by Helaine Becker
Maple Tree Press
2009

 

Learn to Speak Music  

by John Crossingham

Owlkids Books
2009

Charlie: A Home Child's Life in Canada  

by Beryl Young

Key Porter
2009

You Are Weird! Your Body's Peculiar Parts and Funny Functions 
by Diane Swanson
Kids Can Press
2009

Kaboom! Explosions of All Kinds
by Gillian Richardson
Annick Press
2009

Fiction Category

 

Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter  

by R. J. Anderson
HarperCollins
2009
 

Walking Backward  

by Catherine Austen
Orca Books
2009
 

A Desperate Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Diary of Julia May Jackson  
by Karleen Bradford
Scholastic Canada
2009
 

After the Fire  

by Becky Citra
Orca Books
2010
 

The Prince of Neither Here Nor There  

by Seán Cullen
Penguin
2009
 

The Ship of Lost Souls  

by Rachelle Delaney
HarperCollins
2009
 

The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods  

by Kate Inglis
Nimbus
2009
 

Wanting Mor  

by Rukhsana Khan
Groundwood Books
2009
 

Zoobreak  

by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
2009

Timothy and the Dragon's Gate 

by Adrienne Kress
Scholastic Canada
2009

The Giant-Slayer  

by Iain Lawrence
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
2009
 

Rex Zero the Great Pretender 

by Tim Wynne-Jones
Groundwood Books
2009