Two picture books by Robins have been nominated for the 2014 Saskatchewan Book Awards in the SaskEnergy Children’s Book Category.
These are Dear Flyary, by Dianne Young, and Leaving Mr. Humphries, by Alison Lohans.
Winners will be announced on April 26, 2014.
Congratulations, Alison and Dianne!
Author: Alison Lohans
Illustrator: Gretchen Ehrsam
Publisher: Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-927756-07-2
Josh takes his teddy bear and companion, Mr. Humphries, to visit Grandpa at the lake, even though his mom thinks he’s too old for a teddy bear. Mr. Humphries does all sorts of things with Josh. But what will Josh do when Mr. Humphries is ready for an adventure of his own?
Read a CM Review.
Buy from Chapters or Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing.
Download Alison’s Leaving Mr Humphries – curriculum tie-in .
Shorlisted for the 2014 Saskatchewan Book Awards in the SaskEnergy Children’s Literature category.
Congratulations to Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet and her husband Ken, who both received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in a ceremony at Government House in Regina.
They were among 33 Saskatchewan recipients who were chosen because they made a significant contribution to their fellow man, their community, or their country.
Jo is best known for writing A Prairie Alphabet, a best-selling picture book illustrated by Yvette Moore. The book showcases Saskatchewan farm life and has received many honours and awards since it was first published in 1993.
See a photo of Jo and Ken and three other Weyburn area recipients at discoverweyburn.com .
A Prairie Alphabet, the bestselling and much-loved book written by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet and illustrated by Yvette Moore, will be read again a hundred years from now!
The book was recently chosen to be placed inside the new time capsule at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. The Legislature is one hundred years old, and a time capsule buried when it was built was unearthed in October 2012. The new time capsule will be buried sometime later this fall, once all the articles have been collected and properly prepared to last a century.
Jo and Yvette were on hand for a ceremony at the Legislature on October 11, 2012.
You can read more in an article in Weyburn This Week.
Author: Alison Lohans
Illustrator: Dominique Ford
Publisher: Pearson New Zealand
ISBN: 9781442555020
Order from Wheeler’s Books, Pearson New Zealand, or Alison.
Author: Alison Lohans
Illustrator: Raymond McGrath
Publisher: Pearson New Zealand
ISBN: 9781442555013
Order from Pearson New Zealand
Authors: Anne Patton and Wilfred Burton
Illustrator: Sherry Farrell Racette
Publisher: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2011
Book 3 in the trilogy: Fiddle Dancer, Dancing In My Bones, Call of the Fiddle.
Call of the Fiddle is the third and final book in the trilogy of a young boy as he learns to embrace his Métis heritage through storytelling, family love, and jigging. It follows Fiddle Dancer and Dancing in My Bones.
Order from McNalley-Robinson or The Gabriel Dumont Institute.
Saskatchewan Children's Writers' Round Robin 