2010 Honour List Children's Books
by Margaret Saull - Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 at 4:37pm
IBBY 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.
IBBY Canada, the Canadian National Section of the International Board on Books for Young People,
is delighted to announce the selection of Canada?s IBBY Honour List for children's books for 2010:
ENGLISH TEXT: Before Green Gables, by (Penguin Canada, 2008)
FRENCH TEXT: Hush! Hush! by (Éditions Hurtubise, 2006)
ILLUSTRATION: La Petite Rapporteuse de Mots, illustrated by Geneviève
Côté and written by (Les Éditions Les 400 Coups, 2007)
TRANSLATION ENGLISH TO FRENCH: L'Ombre de Malabron (The Shadow of
Malabron), by ; translated by Dominique Fortier (Les
Éditions du Trécarré Groupe Librex, 2008)
TRANSLATION FRENCH TO ENGLISH: (La Liberté? Connais
pas?), by ; translated by Susan Ouriou (Kids Can
Press, 2009)
TRANSLATION ENGLISH TO DOGRIB: Yam?ózha Ey?ts? ? Wets?èkeè Tsà -
; translated by Mary Yamozha and His Beaver Wife, by Vital
Siemens; illustrated by Archie Beaulieu (Theytus Books, 2007)
The IBBY Honour List is a biennial selection of outstanding books for children, jury-selected to represent the best recently published children's literature in each country. IBBY Canada Honour List titles, along with the Honour List titles from many other countries, will be presented at the 32nd IBBY World Congress in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, September 8-12, 2010.
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