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Adele Dueck’s book Racing Home is a 2011 OLA Best Bet!
Posted on February 12, 2012 | No CommentsCongratulations to Adele Dueck, whose novel Racing Home has been chosen by the Ontario Library Association as one of 2011′s Best Bets for Children and Young Adults! Books are chosen... -
Award-Winning Book inspires Award-Winning Quilt
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsMyrna Guymer’s book The Canadian Shield Alphabet, which won a Science Journalism award in 2008, has inspired the creation of an award-winning quilt! Here it is, with one panel for... -
Kaboom! wins Science Writing Award
Posted on May 21, 2011 | No CommentsCongratulations to Gillian Richardson, whose book Kaboom! has won the 2010 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award in the Children’s Category. Way to go, Gillian! Read more in the... -
Land of Living Skies nominated for High Plains Book Award
Posted on May 18, 2011 | No CommentsCongratulations to Linda Aksomitis, whose book L is for Land of Living Skies has been nominated for the High Plains Book Award in the art and photography category! The award... -
Kaboom shortlisted for 2011 Rocky Mountain Book Award
Posted on November 16, 2010 | 1 CommentCongratulations to Gillian Richardson, whose book Kaboom! Explosions of all Kinds has just been shortlisted for Alberta’s Rocky Mountain Book Award! This reader’s choice award is designed to stimulate the... -
Doppelganger and Pictures runners up in New Zealand award
Posted on November 11, 2010 | No CommentsNitty Gritty Novels, Series I was first runner up for a 2010 CLL Educational Publishing Award in New Zealand. The series, published by Pearson, includes the novels Doppelganger, by Alison... -
Dancing in My Bones wins 2010 Moonbeams Spirit Award!
Posted on October 27, 2010 | 2 CommentsCongratulations to Anne Patton and Wilfred Burton, whose book Dancing in My Bones has won a Moonbeams Spirit Award! The awards are administered by the Independent Publishers, who say: “The... -
Kaboom! shortlisted for 2011 Silver Birch Award
Posted on October 25, 2010 | No CommentsCongratulations to Gillian Richardson, whose book Kaboom! Explostions of All Kinds has been shortlisted for the 2011 Silver Birch Award! The Silver Birch Award is the Ontario Library Association‘s reader’s... -
Canadian Shield Alphabet wins Science Journalism Award
Posted on October 5, 2010 | No CommentsCongratulations to Myrna Guymer, whose book The Canadian Shield Alphabet won the prestigious 2008 Science In Society Journalism Awards in the Children’s Book category. The award is presented annually by... -
This Land We Call Home Wins Saskatchewan Book Award
Posted on October 5, 2010 | No CommentsCongratulations to Alison Lohans, whose book This Land We Call Home won the 2008 Saskatchewan Book Award in the Young Adult Category! This is how Alison describes her winning book:...