Press Release
For Immediate Release
Canadian Library Association Announces 2011 Book of the Year
For Children Award Shortlist
(Ottawa, March 1, 2011) The Canadian Library Association is
delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2011 Book of the Year for
Children Award. The Book of the Year for Children Award is
generously sponsored by Library Services Centre.
This notable award recognizes a Canadian author of an outstanding
book published in Canada in 2010, which appeals to children up to and
including age 12.
The winner of the award, and the Honour Books, will be announced prior
to the National Canadian Library Association Conference and Trade
Show. The award will be presented at the conference in Halifax,
Nova Scotia on May 26 at the annual awards reception.
This year, the committee was presented with 156 books, of which 39
were ultimately long-listed for a thorough reading and review. The
wealth of extraordinary children’s writers in Canada made this a
phenomenal task. On behalf of the children of Canada, we salute
the efforts and accomplishments of these writers, and we thank them and
their publishers for providing our children with an inspired collection
of new titles.
The finalists
for the 2011 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award,
in alphabetical order by author, are:
- Plain Kate, by Erin Bow (Scholastic)
- Winter Shadows, by Margaret Buffie (Tundra)
- Burn, by Alma Fullerton (Dancing Cat Books)
- The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy, by Jill MacLean
(Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
- Dear George Clooney Please Marry My Mom, by Susin Nielsen
(Tundra)
- Half Brother, by Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins)
- The Secret Fiend, by Shane Peacock (Tundra)
- The Glory Wind, by Valerie Sherrard (Fitzhenry &
Whiteside)
- Stolen Child, by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Scholastic)
- The Dark Deeps, by Arthur Slade (HarperCollins)
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the 2010-2011 CLA Book of the
Year for Children Award Committee:
Kay Weisman, Teacher-librarian (retired), Vancouver – Chair
Megan Clare, Librarian, Waterloo
Myra Junyk, Literacy Advocate and Author, Toronto
Helen Kubiw, Teacher-Librarian, Guelph
Alexandra Yarrow, Librarian, Ottawa
The Canadian Library Association /Association canadienne des
bibliotheques is Canada’s largest national and broad-based library
association, representing the interests of public, academic, school and
special libraries, professional librarians and library workers, and all
those concerned about enhancing the quality of life of Canadians through
information and literacy.
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For more information contact: Kay Weisman at (604) 222-4123
