The finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards have been announced and the winners will be revealed on October 25th. Two of the categories are specifically for younger readers. Here are the finalists for those categories:

YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE – TEXT

 

Calvin by Marine Leavitt

The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones

 

Once in a Town Called Moth by Trilby Kent

A Thousand Nights by EK Johnston

The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett

 

YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE – ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

 

The Branch by Mireille Messier and Pierre Pratt

A Hungry Lion or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins

 

Ooko by Esme Shapiro

Tokyo Digs a Garden by Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka

The White Cat and the Monk by Jo Ellen Bogart and Sydney Smith

The shortlists for the Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for 2016 have been announced. The awards cover Australian literature in a variety of categories with two of them focused on younger readers. Here are the shortlists for those categories:

CHILDREN’S FICTION

 

Adelaide’s Secret World by Elise Hurst

The Greatest Gatsby: A Visual Book of Grammar by Tohby Riddle

 

Mr. Huff by Anna Walker

Perfect by Danny Parker and Freya Blackwood

Sister Heart by Sally Morgan

 

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

 

Becoming Kirrali Lewis by Jane Harrison

Green Valentine by Lili Wilkinson

 

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

In Between Days by Vikki Wakefield

A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay