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Congratulations to Sandy Bogart Johnston, nominee for the 2011 CBA Libris Award for Editor of the Year!
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Picture a Tree
by Barbara Reid
- Toronto Public Library "First & Best" Booklist 2011
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The Time Time Stopped
by Don Gillmor
- Nominee, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2012
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Undergrounders
by David Skuy
- Nominee, OLA Silver Birch Award, 2012
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Ghosts of the Titanic
by Julie Lawson
- Nominee, OLA Silver Birch Award, 2012
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Ashes, Ashes
by Jo Treggiari
- Nominee, OLA White Pine Fiction Award, 2012
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One Hockey Night
by David Ward, illustrated by Brian Deines
- Nominee, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2012
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Shortlist, Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Illustration, 2011
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
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Crossing to Freedom
by Virginia Frances Schwartz
- Nominee, OLA Silver Birch Award, 2012
- Starred Selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Winner, IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 2011
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Canada's Wars: An Illustrated History
by Jonathan Webb
- Nominee, OLA White Pine Non-fiction Award, 2012
- Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
- Starred Selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Finalist, The Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award, 2011
- Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award, 2011-2012
- OLA Best Bet, 2010
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Plain Kate
by Erin Bow
- Winner, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, 2011
- Shortlist, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2011
- Nominee, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children's Choice) Book Award, 2012
- Shortlist, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, 2011
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Dear Canada: Exiles from the War
by Jean Little
- Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
- Finalist, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2011
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
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Blood and Iron: Building the Railway
by Paul Yee
- Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
- Quill and Quire, Book of the Year, 2010
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Stolen Child
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
- Nominee, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2012
- Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
- Starred Selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Winner, SCBWI Crystal Kite Member Choice Award – Americas, 2011
- Shortlist, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, 2011
- Shortlist, Diamond Willow Award, 2011
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
- Resource Links, Year’s Best 2010
- Shortlist, OLA Golden Oak Award, 2011
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Dear Canada: To Stand on my Own
by Barbara Haworth-Attard
- Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2011
- Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
- IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities, 2011
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Words That Start With B
by Vikki VanSickle
- Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Shortlist, CBA Libris Awards - Young Reader Book of the Year, 2011
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After All, You’re Callie Boone
by Winnie Mack
- Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year list, 2011
- Oregon Spirit Book Award Middle Reader Honor Book, 2011
- Nominee, Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award, 2011
- Nominee, New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award, 2011
- Shortlist, Diamond Willow Award, 2011
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
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At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times
by Larry Verstraete
- Nominee, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children's Choice) Book Award, 2012
- Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2010
- Winner, Silver Birch, Non-fiction, 2010
- Shortlist, McNally Robinson Book of the Year for Young People Award, 2010
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I Am Canada: Prisoner of Dieppe
by Hugh Brewster
- Nominee, Rocky Mountain (Alberta Children's Choice) Book Award, 2012
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Young adult / middle reader category, 2011
- Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2011-2012
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
- Resource Links, Year's Best 2010
- Quill and Quire, Book of the Year, 2010
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Porcupine in a Pine Tree, A
by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Werner Zimmermann
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Winner, CBA Libris Awards – Picture Book of the Year, 2011
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
- Resource Links, Year’s Best 2010
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Everything but the Kitchen Sink
by Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Winner, Red Cedar Information Award/B.C. Young Readers' Choice, 2011
- 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
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Dear Canada: A Desperate Road to Freedom
by Karleen Bradford
- Shortlist, Red Cedar/B.C. Young Readers’ Choice Awards, 2012
- Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2010
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Timothy and the Dragon's Gate
by Adrienne Kress
- Shortlist, Red Cedar/B.C. Young Readers’ Choice Awards, 2012
- Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2010
- Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2009
- Shortlist, Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, 2011
- OLA Best Bets, 2009
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Zoobreak
by Gordon Korman
- Shortlist, Red Cedar/B.C. Young Readers’ Choice Awards, 2012
- Shortlist, OLA Silver Birch Award – Fiction, 2011
- Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2010
- Nominee, Diamond Willow, 2010
- Shortlist, Canadian Library Association’s Book of the Year for Children Award, 2010
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Emperor's Code, The (The 39 Clues, Book 8)
by Gordon Korman
- Nominee, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2012
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Canada From Above: A Photo Journey
by Heather Patterson
- Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2011-2012
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
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Hilarious History of Hockey, The
by Helaine Becker, illustrationed by Bill Dickson
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2011-2012
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Mighty Tim Horton, The
by Mike Leonetti, illustrated by Greg Banning
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
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Put Me in a Book!
by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
- Resource Links, Year’s Best 2010
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Queen’s Secret, The
by Frieda Wishinsky, illustrated by Loufane
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- OLA Best Bets, 2010
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The Wrong Book
by Nick Bland
- Resource Links, Year’s Best 2010
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New Baby Calf, The
by Edith Newlin Chase, illustrated by Barbara Reid
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Resource Links, Year’s Best 2010
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Mad About Munsch: A Robert Munsch Collection
by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Resource Links, Year’s Best 2010
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Read Me a Story: Canadian Favourites
by various authors and illustrators
- Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
- Resource Links, Year’s Best 2010
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Perfect Snow
by Barbara Reid
- Booklist Starred Review
- Shortlist, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2011
- Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2010
- Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2009
- Shortlist, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, Picture Book category, 2010
- Winner, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2010
- Shortlist, CBA Libris Awards – Children’s Picture Book of the Year, 2010
- Quill and Quire selection "15 Books That Mattered, 2009"
- Toronto Public Library "First & Best" booklist 2009
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You’re Mean, Lily Jean
by Frieda Wishinsky, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
- Finalist, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2010
- Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2009
- Honour Book, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2010
- Nominee, Shining Willow Award, 2010
- Toronto Public Library "First & Best" booklist 2009
- Shortlist, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2010
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Remembering John McCrae:
Soldier • Doctor • Poet
by Linda Granfield
- Shortlist, OLA Silver Birch Award – Non-Fiction, 2011
- Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2010
- Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2009
- Winner, IODE Toronto Jean Throop Award 2010
- Nominee, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, 2010-2011
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Dog Lost
by Ingrid Lee
- Starred Selection, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011
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