For Immediate Release
April 2, 2004
Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Announces 2004 Book Award
Shortlists
Ottawa, Ontario ~ The Canadian Association of
Children's Librarians of the Canadian Library Association is pleased to
announce the nominees for the 2004 Book of the Year for Children Award
and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award.
Literary and graphic excellence in books for children and young
adults is encouraged and promoted through the Book Awards program of the
Canadian Library Association (CLA). These prestigious awards are
presented annually. Titles nominated for the 2004 awards are selected
from the 2003 publishing year in Canada.
The Young Adult Special Interest Group of CLA will release the
short-listed titles for the Young Adult Canadian Book Award in
mid-April.
Winners and Honour Books for all three awards will be announced in
May. The awards presentation will take place at the joint Annual
Conference of the Canadian Library Association/British Columbia Library
Association on June 17th, 2004 in Victoria, B.C.
Generously sponsored by National Book Service
Michael Lonechild (illustrator)
Hidden Buffalo by Rudy Wiebe
Red Deer Press
Janet Wilson (illustrator)
Lighthouse by Robert Munsch
Scholastic
Geoff Butler (illustrator)
Ode to Newfoundland
Tundra
Stella East (illustrator)
The Paint Box by Maxine Trottier
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Werner Zimmermann (illustrator)
Pippin the Christmas Pig by Jean Little
Scholastic
Leslie Elizabeth Watts (illustrator)
You Can't Rush a Cat by Karleen Bradford
Orca
Bill Slavin (illustrator)
Stanley's Party by Linda Bailey
Kids Can
Barbara Reid (illustrator)
The Subway Mouse
Scholastic
Stéphane Jorisch (illustrator)
Suki's Kimono by Chieri Uegaki
Kids Can
Chrissie Wysotski (illustrator)
This is the Dog by Sheryl
McFarlane Fitzhenry & Whiteside
This year's committee chairs are:
Book of the Year for Children Award
Michelle Preston ~ Canmore Public Library
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
Marilyn Lohnes ~ Fredericton Public Library
Young Adult Canadian Book Award
Betsy Fraser ~ Calgary Public Library
Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Maureen
Sawa ~ President
CLA is the national English language association representing the
interests of all types of libraries and library workers. It was founded
in 1946 and is made up of 2,800 members across five constituent
divisions. Comprehensive information about the Canadian Library
Association and its programs and services, is available on the CLA web
site: www.cla.ca.
Media Contact:
Brenda Shields
Member Services (ext. 318) • bshields@cla.ca
