Awards: April 2007 Archives

Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Shotlist

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achuka
on April 26, 2007 7:28 AM | | Comments (0)

Shortlist for 2007 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards

Shortlist for the 2007 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards


* Ancient Thunder
Written and illustrated by Leo Yerxa
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

* The Farm Team
Written by Linda Bailey and illustrated by Bill Slavin
Kids Can Press

* Fox Walked Alone
Written and illustrated by Barbara Reid
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada Ltd.

* Scaredy Squirrel
Written and illustrated by M?lanie Watt
Kids Can Press

* Snow
Written by Joan Clark and illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Young Adult/Middle Reader Books

* I Am a Taxi
by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

* Megiddo's Shadow
by Arthur Slade
HarperCollins Canada Ltd.

* Odd Man Out
by Sarah Ellis
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi

* Rex Zero and the End of the World
by Tim Wynne-Jones
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

* Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen
by Glen Huser
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Carnegie / Greenaway Shortlists

By
achuka
on April 20, 2007 7:31 AM | | Comments (0)

Poll to pick best children's book prize winner | News | Guardian Unlimited Books

The shortlists for this year's awards are:

Carnegie
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
The Road of Bones by Anne Fine
Beast by Ally Kennen
Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgewick

Kate Greenaway
The Elephantom by Ross Collins
Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey
Scoop! An Exclusive by Monty Molenski, John Kelly and Cathy Tincknell
Augustus and His Smile by Catherine Rayner
The Emperor of Absurdia by Chris Riddell

To help publiicise the award and encourage the public to vote online a panel chaired by Nicolette Jones selected the following Top Tens [follow the Guardian link for more details]

Top 10s Judges' choice of past winners

Carnegie medal winners

Skellig David Almond (1998)
Junk Melvin Burgess (1996)
Storm Kevin Crossley-Holland (1985)
A Gathering Light Jennifer Donnelly (2003)
The Owl Service Alan Garner (1967)
The Family From One End Street Eve Garnett (1937)
The Borrowers Mary Norton (1952)
Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce (1958)
Northern Lights Philip Pullman (1995)
The Machine-Gunners Robert Westall (1981)


Kate Greenaway medal winners

Each Peach Pear Plum Janet Ahlberg (1978)
Tim All Alone Edward Ardizzone (1956)
Mr Magnolia Quentin Blake (1980)
Father Christmas Raymond Briggs (1973)
Gorilla Anthony Browne (1983)
Borka John Burningham (1963)
I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato Lauren Child (2000)
Dogger Shirley Hughes (1977)
The Highwayman Charles Keeping (1981)
Alice in Wonderland Helen Oxenbury (1999)

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