Finalists announced for 2010 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards

Today the Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) announced the finalists for the 2010 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Winners will be announced November 2nd, 2010.

TD CANADIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AWARD ($25,000)

• Dragon Seer by Janet McNaughton (HarperCollins)
• Home Free by Sharon Jennings (Second Story Press)
• The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade (HarperCollins)
• A Thousand Years of Pirates by William Gilkerson (Tundra)
• Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry (Tundra)

PRIX TD DE LITTÉRATURE CANADIENNE POUR L’ENFANCE ET LA JEUNESSE ($25,000)

• Comme toi! by Geneviève Côté (Éditions Scholastic)
• Le Géranium by Mélanie Tellier (Éditions Marchand de feuilles)
• Monsieur Leloup by Philippe Béha (Éditions Fides)
• Rêver à l'envers, c'est encore rêver by Guy Marchamps (Soulières éditeur)
• Venus d'ailleurs by Angèle Delaunois (Éditions Hurtubise)

MARILYN BAILLIE PICTURE BOOK AWARD ($20,000)

• The Delicious Bug by Janet Perlman (Kids Can Press)
• Me and You by Geneviève Côté (Kids Can Press)
• Our Corner Grocery Store written by Joanne Schwartz & illustrated by Laura Beingessner (Tundra Books)
• Timmerman Was Here written by Colleen Sydor & illustrated by Nicolas Debon (Tundra Books)
• You're Mean, Lily Jean written by Frieda Wishinsky & illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (Scholastic Canada)

NORMA FLECK AWARD FOR CANADIAN CHILDREN’S NON-FICTION ($10,000)

• Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road written by Priscilla Galloway with Dawn Hunter (Annick Press)
• Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors by Charis Cotter (Annick Press)
• Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scot Ritchie (Kids Can Press)
• A Thousand Years of Pirates by William Gilkerson (Tundra Books)
• Whispers from the Ghettos by Kathy Kacer and Sharon E. McKay (Puffin Canada)

GEOFFREY BILSON AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ($5,000)

• Bitter, Sweet by Laura Best (Nimbus Publishing)
• Crusade by John Wilson (Key Porter Books)
• Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard (HarperTrophyCanada)
• Vanishing Girl (The Boy Sherlock Holmes, Book 3) by Shane Peacock (Tundra Books)
• Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry (Tundra Books)

For the full press release and more about these awards click here.