Congratulations to Gillian Richardson, whose book 10 Plants that Shook the World has won a Eureka! Nonfiction Award from the California Reading Association.
“10 Plants” wins Eureka! award
Gillian Richardson
10 Plants that Shook the World
Author: Gillian Richardson
Illustrator: Kim Rosen
Publisher: Annick Press
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Plants are all around us, but if you dig a little deeper, they have some amazing stories to tell! Would you believe some plants have even played a dramatic role in world history?
Gillian Richardson’s new book will open your eyes to the world-changing effects of “ordinary” plants like chocolate, tea, sugarcane, cotton, potatoes and corn, and unusual ones like rubber, cinchona, and papyrus. Learn how plants have inspired research and new products, opened up paths to profits for businesses and smugglers alike, saved lives, led to trouble for people who grow them, started a war, and made it possible for you to read this book.
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Kaboom! wins Science Writing Award
Congratulations to Gillian Richardson, whose book Kaboom! has won the 2010 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award in the Children’s Category. Her prize was this lovely chair, seen here with the book.
The inscription is on a plaque on the back of the chair.
Way to go, Gillian!
Read more in the AIP official announcement.
Kaboom shortlisted for 2011 Rocky Mountain Book Award
Congratulations 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 reading interests of students in grades 4 – 7. It is an Alberta based program designed to connect young readers with exemplary Canadian literature.
Way to go, Gillian!
Kaboom! shortlisted for 2011 Silver Birch Award
Congratulations 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 choice award for readers aged 7-11, or in grades 3-6.
A Friend for Mr. Granville
Author: Gillian Richardson
Illustrator: Claire Louise Milne
Scholastic Moving up with Literary Place, 2008
Grade 4 Book club: Kids Can Do It! Social Responsibility Book Club
Available only to schools from Scholastic Canada. Click on “Education” on the left sidebar, then type the book title into the search bar.
This book is part of a classroom book club package and comes with a teacher’s guide.
The Migration of Robyn Birchwood
Author: Gillian Richardson
Publisher: Nimbus, 1991
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Mountain Extremes (Extreme Nature)
Author: Gillian Richardson
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company, 2009
One of Resouce Links’ Years’ Best 2009
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Saskatchewan Children's Writers' Round Robin 