GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD/CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
(THE CANADA COUNCIL)
FOR BEST ILLUSTRATIONS.
When ten chicks are hatched one day in a brand-new chicken coop, the farmer's
wife feeds them, watches them with care, and wonders if the rooster has
"the gift". Young Rooster doesn't know what "the gift" is, but proud in
the knowledge that he is different from his sisters, feels he's got it.
When the urge to crow comes upon him early one morning and he causes the
sun to rise, he understands his gift and develops into a very cocky rooster
indeed. Until the day he oversleeps.... The splendid illustrations capture
the detail of the barnyard, the emotions of the rooster and the chicks,
and the radiance of the dawn.
INFORMATION BOOK AWARD
(THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ROUNDTABLES OF CANADA)
FOR BEST NON-FICTION BOOK.
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IN FLANDERS FIELDS: THE STORY OF THE POEM BY JOHN McCRAE
LINDA GRANFIELD
ILLUSTRATIONS: JANET WILSON
TORONTO: STODDART, 1996, ©1995,
32 P.
ISBN 0773729917
AGES 8 AND UP
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One of the best-loved poems of World War I, "In Flanders Fields", was written
by Dr. John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer who treated the wounded
and buried the dead along the front lines. In the midst of mind-numbing
horror and devastation, he wrote the simple, guileless words which, even
today, inspire images not only of loss and destruction, but also of hope
and renewal. In celebrating the poem (not war) and the man who wrote it,
the author and illustrator have created a thoughtful, informative and exquisite
work of art which introduces children to the subject of war with restraint
and sensitivity.
MANITOBA YOUNG READER'S CHOICE AWARD
MANITOBA SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION)
FOR THE FAVOURITE CANADIAN BOOK OF
MANITOBA'S YOUNG READERS.
1996 WINNER:
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DANIEL'S STORY
CAROL MATAS
NEW YORK; TORONTO: SCHOLASTIC, 1993, 136 P.
ISBN 0590465880
AGES
12 TO 14
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As Daniel and his family are transported by train from their comfortable
home in Frankfurt, Germany to the filthy and overcrowded ghetto in Lodz,
Poland, Daniel looks at old family photos and wonders what went wrong.
It is 1941 and Daniel is a Jewish teenager. This account of the Holocaust,
as seen through his eyes, takes the reader from pre-war harassment and
hardship in Frankfurt to the abhorrent living conditions of the Lodz ghetto,
to the atrocities of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and finally to liberation
at war's end. Throughout it all Daniel is downtrodden but not defeated
and he survives to tell his story, Daniel's Story, that it may not be forgotten,
that it may never happen again.
1997 WINNER:
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BRINGING UP BEAUTY
SYLVIA McNICOLL
DON MILLS, ONT.: MAXWELL MACMILLAN CANADA, 1994, 204 P.
ISBN
0029542561 (BOUND)
002954257X (PAPERBACK)
AGES 11 TO 14
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When Elizabeth Kerr's mother persuades the family to foster Beauty, a puppy
going into guide-dog training, it begins as just another one of her family
projects. But after Beauty's arrival in early September, most of the responsibility
for her becomes Elizabeth's. Beauty causes lots of problems but she is
always there for Elizabeth: when her father is downsized, when her sister
Debra moves out, and when Elizabeth finds her first boyfriend and loses
her best friend. The constant support helps Elizabeth through her 13th
year, but eventually Beauty must leave.... This is a funny, fast-paced
account of contemporary family life.
MR. CHRISTIE'S BOOK AWARD
(CHRISTIE BROWN & CO.)
FOR THE BEST ENGLISH BOOK AGE 7 AND UNDER.
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THE FABULOUS SONG
DON GILLMOR
ILLUSTRATIONS: MARIE-LOUISE GAY
TORONTO: STODDART, 1996, 32 P.
ISBN
0773728600
AGES 4 TO 8
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Born into a musical family little Frederic is named after that musical
virtuoso Frederic Chopin. His doting mother, Mrs. Pipkin, thinks he is
beautiful and, more importantly, musical. But no matter what instrument
he tries, he seems to come up flat until the moment he attends a concert
and falls under the spell of the conductor. The wooden spoon which he has
carried with him since infancy becomes his baton and... a star is born.
Music pours out of every illustration, discordantly at first, melodically
in the final pages, as Frederic finds his niche and conducts the Pipkin
Family Orchestra in his wonderfully fabulous song.
MR. CHRISTIE'S BOOK AWARD
(CHRISTIE BROWN & CO.)
FOR THE BEST ENGLISH BOOK AGE 8 TO 11.
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DISCOVERING THE ICEMAN: WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO FIND A 5,300-YEAR- OLD MUMMY?
SHELLEY TANAKA
ILLUSTRATIONS: LAURIE McGAW
RICHMOND HILL, ONT.: SCHOLASTIC CANADA, 1996, 48 P.
(I WAS THERE)
ISBN 0590249509 (BOUND)
0590249517 (PAPERBACK)
AGES
8 TO 12
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In September 1991 two hikers, taking a shortcut over a glacier in the Alps,
found the remains of the oldest, best preserved human body ever found.
The first part of this book describes that discovery and explains its significance
for archaeologists and others. The second and longest portion of the book
is a fictionalized account, based on the scientific evidence, of the kind
of life that this "Iceman" may have lived some 5300 years ago. The brief
concluding section emphasizes the importance of the ongoing scientific
investigation to modern civilization. Illustrative material on almost every
page conveys a wealth of information and contributes significantly to the
allure of the book.
MR. CHRISTIE'S BOOK AWARD
(CHRISTIE BROWN & CO.)
FOR THE BEST ENGLISH BOOK AGE 12 AND OLDER.
At 112 years of age, Mickey McGuire cannot remember the names of his nurses
or what he ate for lunch. He can, however, recall "in vivid detail" the
events of November 1895, when he and his mother fled from his abusive father.
Sent to stay with Uncle Ronald, a gentle giant of a man, who lived north
of Ottawa in the village of Low, Mickey wasn't even afraid when the army
invaded. Freed temporarily from the fear of his father's violence, he was
secure, for the first time in his childhood existence, in the loving embrace
of his mother's cockamamie family. This bitter-sweet "memoir" is told with
the humour and wisdom of a 100-year-old perspective.
MUNICIPAL CHAPTER OF TORONTO IODE BOOK AWARD
(IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE)
FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
BY A TORONTO-AREA AUTHOR AND/OR ILLUSTRATOR IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.
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THE DUST BOWL
DAVID BOOTH
ILLUSTRATIONS: KAREN RECZUCH
TORONTO: KIDS CAN PRESS, 1996, 30
P.
ISBN 1550742957
AGES 6 TO 9
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The drought, which is worrying Matthew's dad, reminds his grandfather of
the dirty thirties when nothing – not the blazing sun, the dry, parched
wind, or the clouds of grasshoppers – could take away the love which he
and Matthew's grandmother felt for the land. Surrounded by photographs
of his mother and grandmother and by the memories of a family which has
lived on the farm for more than 50 years, Matthew worries that his father
will now have to sell it. Full-page illustrations which take the reader
into the recent past reinforce the textual message about the influence
of past events on present-day values and attitudes.
NATIONAL CHAPTER OF CANADA IODE VIOLET DOWNEY BOOK AWARD
(IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE)
FOR BEST TEXT.
1996 WINNER:
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HIS BANNER OVER ME
JEAN LITTLE
TORONTO: PUFFIN BOOKS, 1996, ©1995, 207 P.
ISBN 0140377611
AGES
9 TO 12
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Jean Little has taken little details, family anecdotes and day-to-day events
remembered from her mother's childhood and shaped them into an interesting
and informative novel about an earlier era. Spanning two decades at the
beginning of the century, the story recounts how Gorrie Gauld and her brothers
and sisters are raised in Canada by aunts and uncles while their parents
fulfill their life's work as missionaries in Taiwan. Despite the pain of
separation the children thrive. Theirs is a life founded on strong family
values, religious commitment, love and laughter. This is a story about
that commitment rendered unpreachingly and with restraint, so that both
story and subject matter are accessible to today's young readers.
1997 WINNER:
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TO DANCE AT THE PALAIS ROYALE
JANET McNAUGHTON
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD.: TUCKAMORE BOOKS, 1996, 218 P.
ISBN 1895387701
AGES
12 TO 16
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Aggie knows that when she turns 17 on February 15, 1928, she must leave
everything that is dear to her in the coal mining town of Loughlinter,
Scotland – her large family, Davy (her young man), and Mrs. MacDougall
(the kindly widow for whom she works) – to seek work as a domestic servant
in Toronto, Canada. The money she sends home will finance the family's
only chance to escape the dust, drudgery, and disease endemic to the coal
pits. A colourful and authentic portrait of life on both sides of the Atlantic
emerges in this coming-of-age novel about an engaging young woman seeking
a new life for herself and her family in Canada in the early part of the
20th century.
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