charlene
06-14-2011, 06:43 PM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/06/14/childrens-book-awards-nominees.html
A wartime diary-style novel by Jean Little and a picture book version of Gordon Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy are among the titles nominated for the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards.
Organizers unveiled on Tuesday the contenders for the 2011 edition of the prize, which honours Canadian authors and illustrators of children's and young adult fiction and non-fiction.
Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy, set to illustrations by Ian Wallace, is nominated for the $25,000 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, presented to the most distinguished Canadian book of the year (in any genre) for children aged one to 12.
A wartime diary-style novel by Jean Little and a picture book version of Gordon Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy are among the titles nominated for the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards.
Organizers unveiled on Tuesday the contenders for the 2011 edition of the prize, which honours Canadian authors and illustrators of children's and young adult fiction and non-fiction.
Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy, set to illustrations by Ian Wallace, is nominated for the $25,000 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, presented to the most distinguished Canadian book of the year (in any genre) for children aged one to 12.