Young Readers' Choice Book Awards of British Columbia (YRCABC)
Red Cedar Award nominee Kathleen Cherry visited Mile 108 Elementary and presented to their enthusiastic and long-standing Red Cedar club. Kathleen sent us this awesome photos of her and group leader Lynn McArthur with the Mile 108 Elementary Red Cedar club! Thanks so much for sharing this!
Students from Mile 108 got more than they bargained for when they sent interview questions to Linda Bailey, author of the pirate tale Seven Dead Pirates. Linda was joined by a…. ummm…. special guest in answering their thoughtful questions. Ahoy, Lynn McArthur and her pirate crew! I hear ye be a scurvy band of scoundrels, …
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In 1996, when the YRCABC came into existence, it had 3 goals: Encourage students in grades 4-7 to read more Create an awareness of Canadian books and authors Develop children’s ability to judge published works The YRCABC strategic plan has evolved to include currently both the Society and the Award but we still …
Board of Directors President Marilyn MacPherson Marilyn is a librarian with a passion for developing children’s literacy and promoting Canadian Kidlit. As a former school trustee in Jasper, Alberta, Marilyn founded a writer-in residence program which introduced kids and the community to local authors like Jan Truss, W. O. Mitchell, and Rudy Wiebe. In her …
Author Illustrator Publisher Angela Misri DCB/Cormorant One racoon takes on zombies, finds friends, and discovers his superpowers. Can one tiny racoon take on rampaging zombies, unkind humans, and a forest full of surprises? Trip, the streetwise racoon from Angela’s first book, Pickles vs the Zombies, has to, or else! In this funny, …
Author Illustrator Publisher Caroline Adderson Anansi/Groundwood Courage, learn, and adapt become the pandemic survival vocabulary for the kids and families of one apartment block during lock-down. How do you survive a lock-down? The kids and families in apartments 4A to 3D learn that pandemic living is a mental as well as physical challenge as …
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Author Illustrator Publisher Karleen Pendleton Jiménez Gabriela Godoy Arsenal Pulp Press When Muscatel Street gets new sidewalks, more than just holes are unearthed. In the summer of 1984, Muscatel Street is dug up in preparation for new sidewalks. Not everyone is happy with this, but Alex and Wolf see this as an opportunity to …
Author Illustrator Publisher J. Torres David Namisato Kids Can Press What do you do when your home and everything you love is taken away from you? In the 1940’s, when Canada was at war, Japanese citizens were by government decree considered as enemy aliens and stripped of their civil rights. People lost their homes, possessions, …
Author Illustrator Publisher Joanne Levy Orca How do you learn to live when death is so much part of your life? Having parents who own a funeral business makes dying an almost everyday experience for Evie, except when it becomes personal. Then Evie meets Oren, a boy who has just lost both parents …
Author Illustrator Publisher Shane Arbuthnott Orca Growing up can be hard, but when your family has a dark secret, it can be deadly. Malcom realizes that he is part of a huge powerful family that is doing great things for his city. Or are they? In the book written for older kids, Malcom …