Awards: October 2005 Archives

Governor General Shortlists

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achuka
on October 17, 2005 9:37 PM | | Comments (0)

2005 Governor-General's Award Shortlists

Children's Literature-Text

Francis Chalifour After (Tundra Books)
Barbara Nickel Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach (Penguin Canada)
Gail Nyoka Mella and the N'anga An African Tale (Sumach Press)
Pamela Porter The Crazy Man (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)
Shyam Selvadurai Swimming in the Monsoon Sea (Tundra Books)


2005 Governor-General's Award: Children's Literature- Illustration

Kyrsten Brooker City Angel text by Eileen Spinelli (Dial Books for Young Readers/ Penguin Young Readers Group)
Wallace Edwards Mixed Beasts text by Kenyon Cox (Kids Can Press)
Rob Gonsalves Imagine a Day Text by Sarah L.Thompson (Ateneum Books/ Simon and Schuste
Murray Kimber The Highwayman text by Alfred Noyes (Kids Can Press)
Rajka Kupesic Maria Chapdelaine text by Louis Hemon (Tundra Books)


Book Award Nominees

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achuka
on October 13, 2005 7:07 AM | | Comments (0)

Entertainment News Article | Reuters.com

Walter Dean Myers, whose gritty children's books have been banned from some U.S. school libraries, was among the nominees in young people's literature, for "Autobiography of My Dead Brother," published by HarperTempest. The category's other nominees were Jeanne Birdsall for "The Penderwicks," published by Knopf; Adele Griffin for "Where I Want to Be," published by Putnam; Chris Lynch for "Inexcusable," published by Atheneum; and Deborah Wiles for "Each Little Bird That Sings," published by Harcourt.

Nestle Shortlist

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achuka
on October 3, 2005 7:16 AM | | Comments (0)

The shortlists for the Nestle Children's Book Prize (formerly know as the Smarites Awards) are announced today:

5 years and under:

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers, published by HarperCollins

Wolves by Emily Gravett, published by Macmillan

The Dancing Tiger by Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, published by Simon and Schuster

6-8 years:

The Whisperer by Nick Butterworth, published by HarperCollins

Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Quentin Blake, published by Walker Books

Corby Flood by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, published by Doubleday

9-11 years:

I, Coriander by Sally Gardner, published by Orion

The Scarecrow and the Servant by Philip Pullman, published by Doubleday

The Whispering Road by Livi Michael, published by Puffin

Eleanor Farjeon Award

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achuka
on October 3, 2005 7:12 AM | | Comments (0)

Malorie Blackman was presented with the 2005 Eleanor Farjeon award last week at at the Hall of India, The Royal Over-Seas League, Park Place, St James' Street, London
The other nominees were Sharon Berry, Dick Bruna and Kimberley Reynolds.

Blue Peter SHortlist

By
achuka
on October 3, 2005 7:05 AM | | Comments (0)

The Judges – Simon Bartram (writer and illustrator and winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2004 (Man on the Moon)), Eleanor Updale (writer and winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2004 (Montmorency)), Richard Marson (Editor of Blue Peter), Liz Barker and Gethin Jones (Blue Peter presenters) – have decided on the following shortlist from which the Blue Peter Young Judges will select the category winners and the overall Blue Peter Book of the Year.

The Book I Can’t Put Down

Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Macmillan Children’s Books)

Silverfin by Charlie Higson (Puffin)

Thora by Gillian Johnson (Hodder Children’s Books)

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (Collins Children’s Books)


The Best Book with Facts

Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole by Simon Chapman (Egmont Books)

What’s My Family Tree? by Mick Manning and Brita Granström (Watts Publishing)

Art Fraud Detective by Anna Nilsen and Andy Parker (Kingfisher Books)

Rome in Spectacular Cross-Section by Andrew Solway and Stephen Biesty (Oxford University Press)


The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud

Biscuit Bear by Mini Grey (Red Fox Children’s Books)

Aristotle by Dick King-Smith and Bob Graham (Walker Books)

Rapunzel: A Groovy Fairy Tale by Lynn Roberts and David Roberts (Chrysalis Children’s Books)

The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children’s Books)


The outcome of the Blue Peter Young Judges’ deliberations will be announced during Blue Peter on BBC1 on 18th November 2005.

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