The Canadian Association of Children's Librarians, a section of the Canadian Association of Public Libraries, a division of the Canadian Library Association, is pleased to announce the following shortlists for its 2005 Book Awards. The winners will be announced in mid-May and will be presented with their awards at a banquet to be held June 16 as part of the Canadian Library Association conference in Calgary, Alberta.

CLA acknowledges the generous support for these awards of National Book Service, and encourages libraries to order copies of the shortlisted books from NBS by visiting www.nbs.com.

Todd Kyle
President, CACL

SHORTLIST FOR THE 2005 AMELIA FRANCES HOWARD-GIBBON AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION

Dawn Watch -- Illustrated by Nicolas Debon; written by Jean E. Pendziwol

Drumheller Dinosaur Dance -- Illustrated by Bill Slavin and Esperança Melo; written by Robert Heidbreder

Goodbye to Griffith Street -- Illustrated by Renne Benoit; written by Marilynn Reynolds

Monkey Business -- Illustrated and written by Wallace Edwards

Our Canadian Flag -- Illustrated by Brian Deines; written by Maxine Trottier

Peg and the Yeti -- Illustrated by Barbara Reid; written by Kenneth Oppel

Picasso Soul on Fire -- Illustrated by Rick Jacobsen and Laura Fernandez; written by Rick Jacobson

Rainy Days with Bear -- Illustrated by Leane Franson; written by Maureen Hull

Stella Princess of the Sky -- Illustrated and written by Marie-Louise Gay

The Sidewalk Rescue -- Illustrated by Ruth Ohi; Written by Hazel Hutchins

For more information on the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration (including past winners), click here.

SHORTLIST FOR THE 2005 CLA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR CHILDREN

Last Chance Bay, Anne Laurel Carter (Penguin)

Gillian Chan, An Ocean Apart: the Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-ling [Dear Canada series] (Scholastic)

Alan Cumyn, After Sylvia (Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre)

Vicki Grant, The Puppet Wrangler (Orca)

Haworth-Attard, Barbara. A Trail of Broken Dreams: the Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer (Dear Canada series). Scholastic, 2004.

Marthe Jocelyn, Mable Riley: a Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril and Romance (Tundra)

Clem Martini, The Mob: Feather and Bone. (The Crow Chronicles) (Kids Can Press)

Kenneth Oppel, Airborn (HarperCollins)

Joanne Taylor, There You Are (Tundra)

Ange Zhang, Red Land Yellow River: a Story from the Cultural Revolution (Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre).

For more information on the Book of the Year for Children Award (including past winners), click here.

SHORTLIST FOR THE 2005 YOUNG ADULT CANADIAN BOOK AWARD

Lesley Choyce, Smoke and Mirrors (Dundurn Press)

Katherine Holubitsky, The Hippie House (Orca Book Publishers)

Julie Johnston, Susanna's Quill (Tundra)

Ibi Kaslik, Skinny (HarperCollins)

Carrie Mac, The Beckoners (Orca Book Publishers)

Sharon E. McKay, Esther (Penguin)

Kenneth Oppel, Airborn (HarperCollins)

Allan Stratton, Chanda's Secrets (Annick Press)

Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness (Alfred A. Knopf Canada)

Tim Wynne-Jones, A Thief in the House of Memory (Groundwood Books)

For more information on the Young Adult Canadian Book Award (including past winners), click here.