Amelia Frances Howard Gibbon Award
The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator?s Award is presented by the Canadian Association of Children?s Librarians, a section of the Canadian Association of Public Libraries (CAPL). This award was established in 1971 and is presented annually to the illustrator of an outstanding children?s book published during the previous calendar year. The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has recently announced that Perfect Snow, illustrated by is this year's winner.
The two honourable mentions are:
- Timmerman Was Here, illustrated by
- You're mean, Lily Jean, illustrated by
The complete shortlist can be found on the CLA website.
IBBY Canada Cleaver Picture Book Award
The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award was established in 1985 following the death of Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver, one of Canada's pre-eminent book illustrators. The recipient is a Canadian illustrator of a picture book published in Canada in English or French during the previous calendar year. This year, the award was presented to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by . According to the press release:
This is a captivating book in every way... The windowed book cover, gold embossed pages, detailed end pages, and faded, old-photograph colouring of the illustrations, are all visual pieces that work together to make reading it a special adventure. Lipchenko's illustrations are more than images on a page, they are a homage to the surreal quality and humour of Lewis Carroll's text, as well as a meticulously and brilliantly constructed original vision of a longstanding tradition in children's literature.Categories: Awards
Congratulations to OSU Children's Library Fund for being one of two projects awarded the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award. This award, initiated by the International Board on Books for Young People and sponsored by the Japanese newspaper company the Asahi Shimbun, is presented to projects run by groups or institutions that are judged to be making a lasting contribution to reading promotion for children and young people.
The Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers have announced the Manitoba Book Awards shortlists. Winners will be announced at the Manitoba Book Awards Gala on Sunday, April 25, 2010, at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 boulevard Provencher. A pre-awards reception will begin at 7:00 p.m. and the ceremony will run from 8:00-10:00 p.m. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. This year's ceremony will be hosted by Neil Besner, Vice President and former Dean of Arts of the University of Winnipeg. Since the event's inception in 1989, during which a single award (the McNally Robinson Book of the Year) was presented, The Manitoba Book Awards has grown to feature 13 categories. Nominees and winners are selected by jurors drawn from across Manitoba and Canada.
Categories: AwardsIBBY Canada has announced its 2010 Honour List for children's books. Canadian children's book authors, illustrators and translators are being recognized internationally for the quality work being done in Canada.
IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People, was started in 1953 in postwar Germany to promote understanding around the world through children's books. IBBY is an international network with a mandate to ensure that children in every part of the world can become readers, to bridge cultures and promote peace and understanding between peoples. IBBY has over 70 national sections in countries as diverse as Mongolia, Uganda, Venezuela, India, Japan, France, Finland, China, Mexico, the US and Canada. Categories: Awards
First of all, I am terribly excited to announce that the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy has a release date! Mark your calendars for August 24, when you'll finally be able to find out exactly what happens after Catching Fire's cliffhanger ending.
Now for some more exciting news:
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