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
Waking Brain Cells 