The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has announced their finalists for their children’s book awards. Here are the finalists for each English-language award:

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

After Life: Ways We Think about Death by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Ebb & Flow by Heather Smith

Mustafa by Marie-Louise Gay

Sweep by Jonathan Auxier

They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki

 

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

Africville by Shauntay Grant, illustrated by Eva Campbell

The Funeral by Matt James

Mustafa by Marie-Louise Gay

Seb and the Sun by Jami Gigot

They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki

 

Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction

After Life: Ways We Think about Death by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Bat Citizens: Defending the Ninjas of the Night by Rob Laidlaw

Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew, illustrated by Joe Morse

Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle by Erica Fyvie, illustrated by Bill Slavin

Turtle Pond by James Gladstone, illustrated by Karen Reczuch

 

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People

Don’t Tell the Enemy by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis

Miles to Go by Beryl Young

Piper by Jacqueline Halsey

The Sound of Freedom by Kathy Kacer

 

John Spray Mystery Award

Aftermath by Kelley Armstrong

Call of the Wraith by Kevin Sands

The Case of the Firebane Folly by Liam O’Donnell, illustrated by Mike Deas

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Wolfe in Shepherd’s Clothing by Angie Counios and David Gane

 

Amy Mathers Teen Book Award

Aftermath by Kelley Armstrong

Easy Prey by Catherine Lo

A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena

The House of One Thousand Eyes by Michelle Barker

Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather