Town Is by the Sea won the top TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award that comes with a $50,000 prize. The prize is given to the best book for children under the age of 12. Here are the other winners:

FAN CHOICE

Picture the Sky by Barbara Reid

 

AMY MATHERS TEEN BOOK AWARD

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

 

GEOFFREY BILSON AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

The Assassin’s Curse by Kevins Sands

 

JOHN SPRAY MYSTERY AWARD

The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook

 

MARILYN BAILLIE PICTURE BOOK AWARD

When the Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge, illustrated by Matt James

 

NORMA FLECK AWARD FOR CANADIAN CHILDREN’S NONFICTION

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale

The shortlist for the An Post Irish Book Awards has been announced. Here are the nominees in the youth categories:

NATIONAL BOOK TOKENS CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR (JUNIOR)

 

The First Christmas Jumper (And the Sheep Who Changed Everything) by Ryan Tubridy, illustrated by Chris Judge

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers

 

I Say Ooh, You Say Aah by John Kane

The Magic Moment by Niall Breslin, illustrated by Sheena Dempsey

 

The Pooka Party by Shona Shirley Macdonald

The President’s Cat by Peter Donnelly

 

NATIONAL BOOK TOKENS CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR (SENIOR)

 

Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World by Sarah Webb, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill

The Dog Who Lost His Bark by Eoin Colfer, illustrated by P. J. Lynch

 

Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes by Dara Ó Briain, illustrated by Dan Brammall

The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle

 

Tin by Pádraig Kenny

The Trouble with Perfect by Helena Duggan

 

DEPT51@EASON TEEN / YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR

 

Dark Wood Dark Water by Tina Callaghan

Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping by Dave Rudden

 

Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin

The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill

 

The Weight of a Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan

The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson

 

 

The finalists for the 2018 National Book Award have been announced. The five finalists for the award for Young People’s Literature are below. Winners will be announced on November 14th.

 

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

 

The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

The Harvey Awards were given out at New York Comic Con. There are specific categories for youth and then some crossover books won awards as well that I will list below:

BOOK OF THE YEAR 

Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

 

BEST CHILDREN OR YOUNG ADULT BOOK (Tie)

 

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill

 

BEST EUROPEAN BOOK

Calfornia Dreamin’: Cass Elliot before the Mamas & the Papas by Pénélope Bagieu

Parents Magazine has announced their picks for the Best Children’s Books of the year. This is their tenth annual list which contains fifteen titles. Their process takes nominations from literacy experts like teachers and librarians and then 75 children and their families test them out. Here are the winners:

BEST BOARD BOOK

Hi-Five Animals by Ross Burach

 

BEST ALPHABET BOOK

Mr. Bear’s ABC by Virginie Aracil

 

BEST BEDTIME STORY

Star in the Jar by Sam Hay, illustrated by Sarah Massini

 

BEST GIFT BOOK

Happy Birthday to You! by Nicola Slater

 

BEST FIRST PICTURE BOOK

Hungry Bunny by Claudia Rueda

 

BEST FIRST NONFICTION BOOK

Do Not Lick This Book by Idan Ben-Barak, illustrated by Julian Frost

 

BEST ANIMAL FACTS BOOK

The Big Book of Blue by Yuval Zommer

 

BEST PICTURE BOOK

My Pet Wants a Pet by Elise Broach, illustrated by Eric Barclay

 

BEST BOOK THAT CHAMPIONS KINDNESS

I Walk with Vanessa by Kerascoet

 

BEST BIOGRAPHY

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed, illustrated by Stasia Burrington

 

BEST EARLY READER

Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and David Serlin

 

BEST NEW SERIES

Polly Diamond by Alice Kuipers, illustrated by Diana Toledano

 

BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL

Be Prepared by Vera Bosgol

 

BEST CHAPTER BOOK TO READ ON THEIR OWN

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

 

BEST CHAPTER BOOK TO READ TOGETHER

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

The finalists for the 2018 Governor General Literary Awards have been announced. The Canada Council for the Arts is responsible for administering the awards which are given in seven categories in English and French. Here are the finalists in the Young People’s categories in English:

YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE – TEXT

 

Ebb and Flow by Heather Smith

The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis

 

Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather

Sweep by Jonathan Auxier

Winnie’s Great War by Lindsay Mattick and Josh Greenhut, illustrated by Sophie Blackall

 

YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE – ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

 

Africville by Shauntay Grant, illustrations by Eva Campbell

At the Pond by Werner Zimmermann

 

Go Show the World by Wab Kinew, illustrated by Joe Morse

Ocean Meets Sky by The Fan Brothers

They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki

 

 

 

Indies Introduce has selected the top ten adult and children’s titles debuting in winter/spring 2019. The titles were selected by a panel of American Booksellers Association members from across the U.S. Here are the children’s titles that include YA as well:

Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn

The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman

Izzy + Tristan by Shannon Dunlap

Kings, Queens and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju

Mostly the Honest Truth by Jody J. Little

Nikki on the Line by Barbara Roberts

Nocturna by Maya Motayne

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

White Rose by Kip Wilson

XL by Scott Brown