The short list for the best writing and illustration in Canadian literature have been announced.
Picture Books
Just One Goal! by Robert Munsch.
M is for Moose: A Charles Pachter Alphabet by Charles Pachter.
A Pocket Can have a Treasure in It by Kathy Stinson.
Chester’s Back! By Melanie Watt.
Stanley at Sea by Linda Bailey
Young Adult/Middle Readers
Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
Libertad by Alma Fullerton
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen
The Shadow of Malabron by Thomas Wharton
Waking Brain Cells 
Oh, I’m afraid to try the Green Gables book. I love Green Gables and I don’t want any not-quite-as-good book to mar the experience.
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Me too! I just don’t want a bad story in my head along with Anne.
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