Our Latest Award News!

June 14, 2022

We’re happy to announce some exciting award news from the past couple weeks!

Cover of I Sang You Down from the Stars featuring a mother and her baby with a starry background

I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner and illustrated by Michaela Goade is a Manitoba Book Awards winner in the McNally Robinson Book for Young People category.

cover of Frogness featuring a child's face with glasses and blond hair and some floating frogs and lilypads

cover of The Sorry Life of Timothy Shmoe

We have two finalists for the Florida Literacy Association Children’s Book Awards. Frogness by Sarah Nelson and illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes is nominated in the K-2 category, and The Sorry Life of Timothy Shmoe by Stephanie Simpson McLellan and illustrated by Zoe Si is nominated in the 3-5 category.

Fred & Marjorie Cover

Amazing Athletes Cover

Fred & Marjorie by Deborah Kerbel and illustrated by Angela Poon and Amazing Athletes by Marie-Claude Ouellet have both been shortlisted for the Red Cedar Book Award and the Rocky Mountain Book Award.

cover of Pierre & Paul: Dragon!

Pierre & Paul: Dragon! by Caroline Adderson and illustrated by Alice Carter is shortlisted for the BC Chocolate Lily Awards in the picture book category.

Meranda and the Legend of the Lake Cover

Meranda and the Legend of the Lake by Meagan Mahoney is shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award.

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