And the Winners Are...
And now for the moment you've all been waiting for! The winners of the 2009/2010 Red Cedar Book Awards are (drumroll, please):
Information Book Award Winner: Sweet: the delicious story of candy by Ann Love and Jane Drake, illustrated by Claudia Davila
Fiction Award Winner: Dear Jo: The story of losing Leah...and searching for hope by Christina Kilbourne
Congratulations to the winners, and a big round of applause to all the group leaders and Red Cedar participants that helped make this another wonderful Red Cedar season! See you back here again in November!
Here are the lists of nominated titles for next year, so that you can get a jump on your reading or book ordering over the summer!
2010-2011 Red Cedar Fiction Nominees
Pete's Gold by Luanne Armstrong
Feather Brain by Maureen Bush
Zach and Zoe and the Bank Robber by Kristin Butcher
The Girl in the Backseat by Norma Charles
Graveyard of the Sea by Penny Draper
Dear Canada : Days of Toil and Tears by Sarah Ellis
Libertad by Alma Fullerton
Diary of Laura's Twin by Kathy Kacer
The Nine Lives of Travis Keating by Jill MacLean
Star Climber by Kenneth Oppel
Dear Toni by Cyndi Sand-Eveland
The Shadow of Malabron by Thomas Wharton
2010-2011 Red Cedar Information Book Nominees
One Peace: True stories of young activists by Janet Wilson
Super Crocs & Monster Wings: Modern animals’ ancient past by Claire Eamer
Who Discovered America? by Valerie Wyatt
Science on the Loose: Amazing activities and science facts you’ll never believe by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Claudia Davila
The Curse of
Dirt on Dirt by Paulette Bourgeois, illustrated by Martha Newbigging
Polar Worlds: Life at the ends of the Earth by Robert Bateman
Everything But the Kitchen Sink by Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod, illustrated by Travis King
Alien Invaders: Species that threaten our world by Jane Drake and Ann Love, illustrated by Mark Thurman
A Native American Thought of It: Amazing inventions and innovations by Rocky Landon with David MacDonald
Ballplayers and Bonesetters: One hundered ancient Aztec and Maya jobs you might have adored or abhorred by Laurie Coulter, illustrated by Martha Newbigging
Inside Hockey!: The legends, facts and feats that made the game by Keltie Thomas, illustrated by John Kicksee
Our thanks to the Red Cedar Information Book Selections Committee:
Kelly Woods - Public Librarian; Erinna Gilkison - Publisher's Assistant / Editor; Leslie Buffam - Historian, Bookseller, and Author; Norma Charles - Author, Retired Teacher-Librarian; Rachelle Delaney - Author
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