The shortlists have been announced for the 2009 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards.
The two awards, worth $6,000 each, honour the best in writing and illustration in Canadian children's literature.
In the young adult/middle reader category are:
- Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
- Libertad by Alma Fullerton
- Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
- Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen
- The Shadow of Malabron by Thomas Wharton.
In the children's picture book category are:
- Just One Goal! by Robert Munsch.
- M is for Moose: A Charles Pachter Alphabet by Charles Pachter.
- A Pocket Can have a Treasure in It by Kathy Stinson.
- Chester's Back! By Melanie Watt.
- Stanley at Sea by Linda Bailey.
The winners, to be announced May 20 in Toronto, will be selected by two juries of young readers chosen from students attending Toronto's Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School.
The Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Awards were first established by Sylvia Schwartz to honour the memory of her sister, Ruth, a prominent bookseller in Toronto. In 2004, their family renamed the awards to honour both sisters.
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