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Congratulations to PHILIPPE BÉHA, nominee for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award

And

Congratulations to SARAH ELLIS, recipient of the BC Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence



My Friend Henry
by Philippe Béha
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Dear Canada: That Fatal Night
by Sarah Ellis
  • Nominee, Chocolate Lily Award (BC), 2012-2013
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, 2012
  • Shortlist, IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 2012
  • OLA Best Bests, 2011
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The Encyclopedia of Me
by Karen Rivers
  • Bank Street College of Education "Best Children's Books of the Year 2013" Selection
  • ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2013
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Wishes
by Jean Little
  • Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2013
  • OLA Best Bets, 2012
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Goodnight Canada
by Andrea Beck
  • Shortlist, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award (CLA), 2013
  • Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2012
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Ungifted
by Gordon Korman
  • Shortlist, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, 2013
  • Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2012
  • OLA Best Bets, 2012
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From Anna
by Jean Little
  • Jean Little, Winner of the  2012 Matt Cohen Award
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I Am Canada: Blood and Iron
by Paul Yee
  • Paul Yee, Winner of the 2012 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
  • Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
  • Quill and Quire, Book of the Year, 2010
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Cat Found
by Ingrid Lee
  • Nominee, OLA Silver Birch Fiction Award, 2013
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Making Bombs for Hitler
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
  • Nominee, OLA Silver Birch Fiction Award, 2013
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Case Files: 40 Murders and Mysteries Solved by Science
by Larry Verstraete
  • Nominee, OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award, 2013
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • Nominee, McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award – Older category, 2012
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Awards, 2012
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Explorers Who Made It... or died trying
by Frieda Wishinsky
  • Nominee, OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award, 2013
  • Nominee, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children's Choice) Book Award, 2013
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • Nominee, Red Cedar Award, B.C. Young Readers' Choice, 2012-2013
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Awards, 2012
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The Vampire Stalker
by Allison van Diepen
  • Nominee, OLA Red Maple Fiction Award, 2013
  • Nominee, Stellar Award, B.C. Young Readers' Choice, 2012-2013
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First Day on Earth
by Cecil Castellucci
  • Nominee, OLA White Pine Award, 2013
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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I Am Canada: Behind Enemy Lines
by Carol Matas
  • Nominee, OLA Golden Oak Award, 2013
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Remembering the Titanic
by Frieda Wishinsky
  • Nominee, OLA Golden Oak Award, 2013
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Soccer Crazy (Nicolas fou de soccer)
by Gilles Tibo, illustrated by Bruno St-Aubin
  • Nominee, OLA Le Prix Peuplier, 2013
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Picture a Tree
by Barbara Reid
  • Finalist, Governor General's Award, 2012
  • Starred selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • Finalist, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2012
  • Winner, CBA Libris Awards— Picture Book of the Year, 2012
  • Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, 2012
  • Shortlist, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration, 2012
  • OLA Best Bests, 2011
  • Nominee, Shining Willow Award, 2012
  • Toronto Public Library "First & Best" Booklist 2011
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I Am Canada: Deadly Voyage
by Hugh Brewster
  • Nominee, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children's Choice) Book Award, 2013
  • Starred selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • Shortlist, CBA Libris Awards— Young Reader Book of the Year, 2012
  • Winner, Hackmatack Children's Choice Awards, 2012
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Undergrounders
by David Skuy
  • Nominee, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children's Choice) Book Award, 2013
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • Honour Book, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2013
  • OLA Best Bests, Honourable Mention, 2011
  • Nominee, Snow Willow Award, 2012
  • Winner, OLA Silver Birch Award, 2012
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I Am Canada: Shot at Dawn
by John Wilson
  • Starred selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • Finalist, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2012
  • Nominee, Snow Willow Award, 2012
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101 Math Jokes
by Erin O'Connor and Chrissy Bozik
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Canada's Trees
by Elizabeth MacLeod
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Canadian Money
by Elizabeth MacLeod
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • OLA Best Bests, 2011
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Hoping for Home
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Ghosts of the Titanic
by Julie Lawson
  • Nominee, Chocolate Lily Award (BC), 2012-2013
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • Nominee, Diamond Willow Award, 2012
  • Honour Book, OLA Silver Birch Award, 2012
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Give Me Back My Dad!
by Robert Munsch
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Hockey Superstars 2011-2012
by Paul Romanuk
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Hockey Trailblazers
by Nicole Mortillaro
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • Nominee, Red Cedar Award, B.C. Young Readers' Choice, 2012-2013
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How to Be a Friend
by Nancy Wilcox-Richards
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Keeping Secrets
by Jean Booker
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Line Change
by W.C. Mack
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Losing Joe's Place
by Gordon Korman
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Love Is a Four-Letter Word
by Vikki VanSickle
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Maps and Mapping for Canadian Kids
by Laura Peetoom and Paul Heersink
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Snowy Science
by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
  • OLA Best Bests, Honourable Mention, 2011
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This House is Haunted
by Maureen Bayless
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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Titanic: Unsinkable
by Gordon Korman
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012
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After All, You're Callie Boone
by Winnie Mack
  • Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year list, 2011
  • Oregon Spirit Book Award Middle Reader Honor Book, 2011
  • Nominee, Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award, 2011
  • Nominee, New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award, 2011
  • Shortlist, Diamond Willow Award, 2011
  • OLA Best Bets, 2010
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Ashes, Ashes
by Jo Treggiari
  • Nominee, Snow Willow Award, 2012
  • Nominee, OLA White Pine Fiction Award, 2012
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Canada's Wars: An Illustrated History
by Jonathan Webb
  • Nominee, OLA White Pine Non-fiction Award, 2012
  • Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
  • Starred Selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
  • Finalist, The Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award, 2011
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award, 2011-2012
  • OLA Best Bet, 2010
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Crossing to Freedom
by Virginia Frances Schwartz
  • Nominee, Surrey Schools' Book of the Year, 2011-2012
  • Nominee, OLA Silver Birch Award, 2012
  • Starred Selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
  • Winner, IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 2011
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I Am Canada: Prisoner of Dieppe
by Hugh Brewster
  • Winner, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2012
  • Nominee, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children's Choice) Book Award, 2012
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
  • Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Young adult / middle reader category, 2011
  • OLA Best Bets, 2010
  • Resource Links, Year's Best 2010
  • Quill and Quire, Book of the Year, 2010
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Dear Canada: Exiles from the War
by Jean Little
  • Jean Little, Winner of the  2012 Matt Cohen Award
  • Nominee, Red Cedar Award, B.C. Young Readers' Choice, 2012-2013
  • Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
  • Finalist, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2011
  • OLA Best Bets, 2010
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Dear Canada: To Stand on my Own
by Barbara Haworth-Attard
  • Nominee, Red Cedar Award, B.C. Young Readers' Choice, 2012-2013
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2011
  • Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
  • IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities, 2011
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The Magnificent Mario
by Mike Leonetti
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Awards, 2012
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One Hockey Night
by David Ward, illustrated by Brian Deines
  • Honour Book, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2012
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
  • Shortlist, Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Illustration, 2011
  • OLA Best Bets, 2010
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Plain Kate
by Erin Bow
  • Winner, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2011
  • Shortlist, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2011
  • Nominee, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children's Choice) Book Award, 2012
  • Shortlist, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, 2011
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Stolen Child
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
  • Honour Book, Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award, 2012
  • Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
  • Starred Selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
  • Winner, SCBWI Crystal Kite Member Choice Award – Americas, 2011
  • Shortlist, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, 2011
  • Shortlist, Diamond Willow Award, 2011
  • OLA Best Bets, 2010
  • Resource Links, Year's Best 2010
  • Shortlist, OLA Golden Oak Award, 2011
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The Time Time Stopped
by Don Gillmor
  • Honour Book, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2012
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Words That Start With B
by Vikki VanSickle
  • Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
  • Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
  • Shortlist, CBA Libris Awards - Young Reader Book of the Year, 2011
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The Canadian Children's Book Centre's "Best Books for Kids and Teens" Fall 2012

Above
I Am Canada: Behind Enemy Lines
Facing the Mountain  
It's My Room!
Making Bombs for Hitler  
Moose! (Tell Me a Story)
Remembering the Titanic (Scholastic Reader Level 3)
Showoff
Zoe's Year