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CLA Book of the Year for Children Award 2012 – Notables!

CLA Book of the Year for Children Award 2012 – Notables!. Myra Junyk – Chair Selection Jury. Eligibility.

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CLA Book of the Year for Children Award 2012 – Notables!

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  1. CLA Book of the Year for Children Award 2012 – Notables! Myra Junyk – Chair Selection Jury

  2. Eligibility “To merit consideration for the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, a book must have been published in Canada, in 2011 and its author must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. Any work that is an act of creative writing (i.e., fiction, poetry, narrative, non-fiction, retelling of traditional literature) shall be deemed eligible regardless of published format, including anthologies and collections.” http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Book_of_the_Year_for_Children_Award&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=28&ContentID=3726

  3. The Selection Jury The members of this year’s jury were: • Myra Junyk (Literacy Advocate and Author, Toronto – Chair) • Megan Clare (Librarian, Waterloo) • Jaclyn McLean (Librarian, Prince Albert) • Kay Weisman (Children’s Literature Consultant, Vancouver) • Alexandra Yarrow (Librarian, Ottawa).

  4. The Selection Process • accept submissions from publishers of books which would appeal to children up to and including age 12 (218 books in total) • read, review and discuss online • create a long-list of 32 titles for thorough reading and review • read, review, discuss online and via teleconference • select a list of ten finalists • consider and discuss the merits of the top ten via teleconference • select winner and two honour books

  5. Finalists • When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew by Jan Andrews (Groundwood) • No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood) • That Boy Red by Rachna Gilmore (Harper Collins Canada) • Howl by Karen Hood‐Caddy (Dundurn) • Dragon Seer’s Gift by Janet McNaughton (Harper Collins Canada) • From Then to Now: A Short History of the World by Christopher Moore (Tundra Books) • The Tiffin by Mahtab Narsimhan (Dancing Cat Books) • Dragon Turn by Shane Peacock (Tundra Books) • The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson (Harper Collins Canada) • Empire of Ruins by Arthur Slade (Harper Collins Canada)

  6. When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew by Jan Andrews (Groundwood)

  7. No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood)

  8. Howl by Karen Hood‐Caddy (Dundurn)

  9. From Then to Now: A Short History of the World by Christopher Moore (Tundra Books)

  10. The Tiffin by Mahtab Narsimhan (Dancing Cat Books)

  11. Dragon Turn by Shane Peacock (Tundra Books)

  12. Empire of Ruins by Arthur Slade (Harper Collins Canada)

  13. 2012 CLA Book of the Year for Children Honour Books are…

  14. That Boy Red by Rachna Gilmore (Harper Collins Canada)

  15. Dragon Seer’s Gift by Janet McNaughton (Harper Collins Canada)

  16. Winner of 2012 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award is…

  17. The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson (Harper Collins Canada)

  18. The CLA Book of the Year Award for Children Jury salutes the efforts and accomplishments of all Canadianwriters of children’s literature and their publishers for providing our children with an exceptionalcollection of quality books that easily meets the interests and reading abilities of all children.

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