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Alex and the Ironic Gentleman
by Adrienne Kress
  • Shortlist, Red Cedar/B.C. Young Readers’ Choice Awards, 2009-2010
  • OLA Best Bets, 2007
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Dear Canada: If I Die Before I Wake
by Jean Little
  • Shortlist, Red Cedar/B.C. Young Readers’ Choice Awards, 2009-2010
  • Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2008
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Perfect Snow
by Barbara Reid
  • Quill and Quire selection "15 Books That Mattered, 2009"
  • Toronto Public Library "First & Best" booklist 2009
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Boo Hoo Bird
by Jeremy Tankard
  • Toronto Public Library "First & Best" booklist 2009
  • Shortlist, Blue Spruce, 2010
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You’re Mean, Lily Jean
by Frieda Wishinsky, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
  • Toronto Public Library "First & Best" booklist 2009
  • Shortlist, Blue Spruce, 2010
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Dog Lost
by Ingrid Lee
  • Shortlist, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children’s Choice) Book Award 2010
  • Shortlist, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards, 2009
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2009-2010
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Swindle
by Gordon Korman
  • Shortlist, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children’s Choice) Book Award 2010
  • Nominee, Diamond Willow Award, 2009
  • Nominee, Silver Birch, Fiction, 2009
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At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times
by Larry Verstraete
  • Shortlist, Silver Birch, Non-fiction, 2010
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Dieppe: Canada’s Darkest Day of World War II
by Hugh Brewster
  • Shortlist, Silver Birch, Non-fiction, 2010
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Elijah of Buxton
by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • Shortlist, Red Cedar/B.C. Young Readers’ Choice Awards, 2009
  • Winner, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2008
  • Winner, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2008
  • Nominee, Red Maple, Fiction, 2009
  • Shortlist, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award, 2009
  • Winner, CLA Book of the Year, 2008
  • Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2008
  • Shortlist, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, 2008
  • White Raven (International Youth Library, Germany), 2008
  • Notable Books for a Global Society, International Reading Association, 2008
  • Shortlist, National Chapter of Canada, IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 2008
  • Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2008
  • Winner, Coretta Scott King Award (author)
  • CBC Sounds Like Canada children’s book panel selection
  • Honor Book, Newbery Award 2008
  • 2008 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
  • Kirkus Best Books of 2007
  • Booklist Editors’ Choices 2007
  • Book Links Lasting Connections 2007
  • New York Public 100 Best Books for Reading and Sharing, 2007
  • Chicago Public Library “Children's Books for Year-Round Gift Giving" 2007
  • Nominee, Governor General’s Literary Award, Children’s Literature, Fiction, 2007
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Dear Canada: Where the River Takes Me
by Julie Lawson
  • Shortlist, Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize
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Everything but the Kitchen Sink
by Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod
  • Resource Links "Best of the Year" 2008
  • Shortlist, Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award 2009
  • Honour Book, Silver Birch, Non-Fiction, 2009


Days of Toil and Tears
by Sarah Ellis
  • Resource Links "Best of the Year" 2008
  • Nominee, The Chocolate Lily Award, 2009-2010
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2009-2010
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Very Serious Children
by Caroline Adderson
  • Shortlist, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Children's Choice), 2009
  • Winner, Diamond Willow Award, 2008
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Polar Worlds: Life at the Ends of the Earth
by Robert Bateman
  • Shortlist, Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award, 2009
  • Nominee, Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, 2009
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2009-2010
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The Unknown Soldier
by Linda Granfield
  • Resource Links "Best of the Year" 2008
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2009-2010
  • OLA Best Bets, 2008
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The Juvie Three
by Gordon Korman
  • Resource Links "Best of the Year" 2008
  • Nominee, Snow Willow Award, 2009
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At Vimy Ridge: Canada's Greatest World War I Victory
by Hugh Brewster
  • Shortlist, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Children's Choice) 2009
  • Winner, Norma Fleck Award, 2008
  • Nominee, Red Maple, Non-Fiction, 2009
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2008–2009
  • OLA Best Bets, 2007
  • Honour Book, The Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada, Information Book Award 2007
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Dead Silence
by Norah McClintock
  • Nominee, Arthur Ellis Award, Best Juvenile Mystery, 2009
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Birds of Prey
by Robert Bateman
  • Nominee, Silver Birch, Non-Fiction, 2009
  • Shortlist, Norma Fleck Award, 2008
  • Shortlist, Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award, 2008
  • Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2008–2009
  • Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2008
  • Shortlist, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2008
  • OLA Best Bets, 2007
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Out of the Cold
by Norah McClintock
  • Winner, Red Maple, Fiction, 2009
  • Shortlist, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award, 2009
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Just One Goal!
by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
  • Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2009
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Schooled
by Gordon Korman
  • Winner, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice) 2008
  • Shortlist, CLA Book of the Year
  • Resource Links Best of the Year 2007
  • Shortlist, National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2008
  • Shortlist, Red Cedar/BC Young Readers' Choice Award 2009-2010
  • Resource Links, “Best of the Year” 2007
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The Sweetest One of All
by Jean Little, illustrated by Marisol Sarrazin
  • Toronto Public Library First and Best Booklist selection 2008
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Mikissuk's Secret
by Isabelle Lafonta, illustrations by Barroux
  • OLA Best Bets, 2008
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Eliot Jones Midnight Superhero
by Anne Cottringer
  • Nominee, Blue Spruce, 2009
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Grumpy Bird
by Jeremy Tankard
  • Honour Book, Blue Spruce Award, 2008
  • Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2008
  • The White Ravens (International Youth Library, Germany), 2008
  • Shortlist, The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2008
  • Nominee, Shining Willow Award, 2008
  • OLA Best Bets, 2007
  • CBC Sounds Like Canada children’s book panel selection
  • Toronto Public Library “First & Best” booklist
  • Los Angeles Times Favorite Books of 2007
  • Nominee, Early Years Niagara Literary Award
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Dear Canada: No Safe Harbour
by Julie Lawson
  • Winner, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2008–2009
  • Nominee, Chocolate Lily, 2007–2008
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Dancing Through the Snow
by Jean Little
  • Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2008
  • Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2008
  • Nominee, Diamond Willow Award, 2008
  • Honourable Mention, OLA Best Bets, 2007
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Alex and the Ironic Gentleman (Starred selection)
At Vimy Ridge (Starred selection)
Birds of Prey (Starred selection)
Elijah of Buxton (Starred selection)

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The Blue Hippopotamus
Canada's Bugs
Canada's Coastal Animals
Canada's Prairie Animals
Canada's Rocks and Minerals
Canadian Heroes
Class Clown
Dancing Through the Snow
Dear Canada: If I Die Before I Wake
Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare
Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land
Grumpy Bird
Haley and Bix: Friends to the Rescue
Haley and Bix: Late for School!
Haunted Canada 3
Hockey Superstars 2007-2008
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
Much More Munsch
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Read Me a Book
Scholastic Canada Book of Hockey Lists
Schooled
Sing a Song of Mother Goose (Board)
Something From Nothing (Big Book)
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Waiting to Dive
We Share Everything (Big Book)