Canadian Prize Finalists

2009 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards

Finalists

Picture Book:
Robert Munsch, illustrated Michael Martchenko - Just One Goal! (Scholastic)
Charles Pachter - M is for Moose (Cormorant Books)
Melanie Watt - Chester's Back (Kids Can Press)
Kathie Stinson, illustrated Deirdre Betteridge - A Pocket can have a Treasure in it (Annick Press)
Linda Bailey, Illustrated Bill Slavin Stanley at Sea (Kids Can Press)

Young Adult/Middle Reader Category
Kenneth Opel - Starclimber (HarperCollins)
Alma Fullerton - Libertad (Fitzhenry and Whiteside)
Budge Wilson - Before Green Gables (Penguin)
Susin Nielsen - Word Nerd (Tundra Books)
Thomas Wharton - The Shadow of Malabron (Doubleday)


B.C. Book Prize Winners

Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
Polly Horvath - My One Hundred Adventures (Groundwood Books)

Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
Katarina Jovanovic, Illustrated Phillipe Beha The King Has Goat Ears (Tradewind Books)

with thanks to Andrea Deakin for the information