The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) has announced the finalists for their seven major children’s book awards. I will list below the ones that are for English-language titles. There is an additional prize, Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse.
TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
The Dragon Turn by Shane Peacock
No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools around the World by Susan Hughes
Seal Song by Andrea Spalding
Stones for My Father by Trilby Kent
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
Cinnamon Baby by Nicola Winstanley, illustrated by Janice Nadeau
Picture a Tree by Barbara Reid
Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been? by Dan Bar-el, illustrated by Rae Mate
Small Saul by Ashley Spires
Without You by Genevieve Cote
Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction
Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan by Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter
Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature by Dora Lee, illustrated by Margot Thompson
Loon by Susan Vande Griek, illustrated by Karen Reczuch
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools around the World by Susan Hughes
Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives by Marthe Jocelyn
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for young People
The Hangman in the Mirror by Kate Cayley
I’ll Be Watching by Pamela Porter
Shot at Dawn: World War I by John Wilson
This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel
The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson
John Spray Mystery Award
The Case of the Missing Deed by Ellen Schwartz
Charlie’s Key by Rob Mills
The Dragon Turn by Shane Peacock
Held by Edeet Ravel
True Blue by Deborah Ellis
Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy
Dreamline by Nicole Luiken
Hunted by Cheryl Rainfield
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston
What Happened to Serenity by P.J. Sarah Collins