Children's publishing

Shortlist announced for the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award

IBBY Canada (International Board on Books for Young People, Canadian section) has named the nominees for the 2017 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award. The $1,000 prize, established in 1985 – following the death of Mrazik-Cleaver, ... Read More »

March 5, 2018 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

This week in CanKidLit: February 15, 2018

By Shanda Deziel

Montreal author and illustrator Elise Gravel is posting free printable posters for parents and teachers on her website, telling the CBC, "Everything I do for children is to make information easily accessible, understandable and funny — ... Read More »

February 15, 2018 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Book “nerds” rule the day at the Kids’ Lit Quiz

By Shanda Deziel

This year's national championships for the Kids' Lit Quiz will take place at St. Clements School, on Feb 8, at 7 p.m. For the uninitiated, this international competition brings together school teams of young readers ... Read More »

February 8, 2018 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

This week in CanKidLit: January 25, 2018

By Shanda Deziel

Canadian illustrator Jillian Tamaki (winner of both a Printz and a Caldecott Honor Award) took to Twitter to reveal her design of the 2018 Children's Book Week poster. The annual U.S. event is in its 99th year. ... Read More »

January 25, 2018 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Celebrating Canadian picture book art at the Toronto Reference Library gallery

By Shanda Deziel

Until Jan. 21, the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library is featuring illustrations from Canadian kidlit, in an exhibit entitled I am Canada: Celebrating Canadian Picture Book Art. The library gallery was approached by ... Read More »

December 5, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Jan Thornhill wins TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk

By Shanda Deziel

During her acceptance speech for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award on Nov. 21, Jan Thornhill thanked the jury members for choosing a work of non-fiction for the $30,000 prize, saying, "as much as we ... Read More »

November 22, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Children’s Book Links: Selena knocks Harry Potter off charts; Chelsea Clinton’s sequel; and why the Golden Compass movie failed?

By Shanda Deziel

A bilingual picture book about the late pop superstar Selena – scheduled to come out in March 2018 – is already No. 1 on Amazon's Spanish book charts, knocking off Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's ... Read More »

November 15, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing

Sheila Barry, publisher of Groundwood Books, dies of complications from cancer

By Shanda Deziel

Sheila Barry, publisher of Groundwood Books, died at Mt. Sinai Hospital of complications from cancer on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 15. In 2012, Barry left Kids Can Press to join Groundwood as co-publisher alongside ... Read More »

November 15, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Children’s Book Links: Stories for rebel girls; a bullied turtle; and the queer disabled YA revolution

By Shanda Deziel

Children's non-fiction about feminist role models is a sub-genre that is gaining steam. (The Guardian) Picture book tells the Mi'kmaq creation story of Prince Edward Island. (The Guardian - Prince Edward Island) Canadian author ... Read More »

November 7, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing

Canadian picture books make New York Times’s Best of 2017 list

By Becky Robertson

Toronto illustrator Sydney Smith makes an appearance on the New York Times’s list of best illustrated children's books of the year for the third year in a row. His 2017 picture book Town Is by the Sea (Groundwood Books), ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

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