Congratulations to the following Robins, whose books have been shortlisted for the 2012 Saskatchewan Book Awards!
The Award Gala takes place on April 28. Best of luck, Robins!
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.
Congratulations 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 for their literary merit and their appeal to their intended audience, in this case middle grade readers.
The OLA summarizes the book as follows:
Racing Home
Written by Adele Dueck | Coteau Books
Erik did not want to leave his grandfather’s farm in Norway. But he must adjust as his new stepfather moves the family to the Canadian west. This is a richly detailed and engrossing portrait of pioneer prairie life seen through a young boy’s eyes.
Myrna 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 each letter. Congratulations to both Myrna and the quilter.
Congratulations 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 is given out by the Parmly Billings Library Board in Billings, Montana. It recognizes authors and/or literary works which examine and reflect life in the North American plains. This includes Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas in the U.S. A., and Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in Canada.
For more information, see the Parmly Billings Library website.
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!
Nitty 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 Lohans, and Pictures, by Linda Aksomitis.
It was Highly Commended in the “Best Book or Series in Primary Publishing” category. Congratulations, Linda and Alison!
Congratulations 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 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary children’s books and their creators, and to support childhood literacy and life-long reading. The Awards recognize and reward the best of these books and bring them to the attention of parents, booksellers, librarians – and to children themselves.
The cause of promoting childhood literacy knows no boundaries, and the award winners illustrate that point well, coming not only from long-established publishers and university presses, but from small presses, foundations, museums, and self-published entrepreneurs.”
The Moonbeam Spirit Award is given “for dedication to children’s literacy and inspired writing, illustrating and publishing.”
Now Anne and Wilfred have another reason to dance!
Saskatchewan Children's Writers' Round Robin 