They have announced the finalists for the 2018 CCBC Book Awards! Here are the English-language finalists:
CANADIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AWARD
Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
Picture the Sky by Barbara Reid
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation by Monique Gray Smith
Town Is By the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Sydney Smith
When the Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge, illustrated by Matt James
MARILYN BAILLIE PICTURE BOOK AWARD
Little Blue Chair by Cary Fagan, illustrated by Madeline Kloepper
My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo
Sam & Eva by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Stolen Words by Melanie Florence, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
When the Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge, illustrated by Matt James
You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Danielle Daniel
NORMA FLECK AWARD FOR CANADIAN CHILDREN’S NONFICTION
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
Meatless? A Fresh Look at What You Eat by Sarah Elton, illustrated by Julie McLaughlin
The Sockeye Mother by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw, illustrated by Natasha Donovan
Rewilding: Giving Nature a Second Chance by Jane Drake and Ann Love
When Planet Earth Was New by James Gladstone, illustrated by Katherine Diemert
GEOFFREY BILSON AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
The Agony of Bun O’Keefe by Heather Smith
The Assassin’s Curse by Kevin Sands
A Blinding Light by Julie Lawson
Clutch by Heather Camlot
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
JOHN SPRAY MYSTERY AWARD
The Assassin’s Curse by Kevin Sands
Blood on the Beach by Sarah N. Harvey and Robin Stevenson
The Case of the Missing Mage by Liam O’Donnell, illustrated by Mike Deas
The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook
Recipe for Hate by Warren Kinsella
AMY MATHERS TEEN BOOK AWARD
The Agony of Bun O’Keefe by Heather Smith
Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined by Danielle Younge-Ullman
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Munro vs. the Coyote by Darren Groth
The Way Back Home by Allan Stratton
Waking Brain Cells 