The finalists have been announced for the 2021 Governor General Awards, given by The Canada Council for the Arts. The awards recognize Canada’s best English-language and French-language books in seven categories. Two of those categories are specifically for young people’s literature. Below are the finalists in those categories.
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE – TEXT
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
The Fabulous Zed Watson by Basil Silvester and Kevin Silvester
Firefly by Philippa Dowding
Peter Lee’s Notes from the Field by Angela Ahn
Unravel by Sharon Jennings
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE – ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh: This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
On the Trapline by David A. Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett
Out into the Big Wide Lake by Paul Harbridge, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon
The Library Bus by Bahram Rahman and Gabrielle Grimard
The Wind and the Trees by Todd Stewart
Waking Brain Cells 