For Immediate Release
April 2, 2004

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Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Announces 2004 Book Award
Shortlists

Ottawa, Ontario ~ The Canadian Association of Children's Librarians of
the Canadian Library Association is pleased to announce the nominees for
the 2004 Book of the Year for Children Award and the Amelia Frances
Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award.

Literary and graphic excellence in books for children and young adults
is encouraged and promoted through the Book Awards program of the
Canadian Library Association (CLA). These prestigious awards are
presented annually. Titles nominated for the 2004 awards are selected
from the 2003 publishing year in Canada.

The Young Adult Special Interest Group of CLA will release the
short-listed titles for the Young Adult Canadian Book Award in
mid-April.

Winners and Honour Books for all three awards will be announced in May.
The awards presentation will take place at the joint Annual Conference
of the Canadian Library Association/British Columbia Library Association
on June 19th, 2004 in Victoria, B.C.

Book of the Year for Children Award ~ www.cla.ca/awards/boyc.htm
Generously sponsored by National Book Service

Brian Doyle
Boy O' Boy
Groundwood Press

Jean Little
Brothers Far From Home
Scholastic

Jean Little
I Gave My Mom a Castle
Orca

Grace Casselman
A Hole in the Hedge
Napoleon Publishing

Frieda Wishinsky
Just Call Me Joe
Orca

Dorothy Perkyns
Last Days in Africville
Beach Holme Publishing

Natalie Ghent
No Small Thing
HarperCollins Canada Ltd.

Michael Bedard
The Painted Wall and Other Strange Tales
Tundra Books

Eric Walters
Run
Penguin

Sarah Ellis
The Several Lives of Orphan Jack
Groundwood Press

Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award ~
www.cla.ca/awards/afhg.htm
Generously sponsored by National Book Service

Michael Lonechild (illustrator)
Hidden Buffalo by Rudy Wiebe
Red Deer Press

Janet Wilson (illustrator)
Lighthouse by Robert Munsch
Scholastic

Geoff Butler (illustrator)
Ode to Newfoundland
Tundra

Stella East (illustrator)
The Paint Box by Maxine Trottier
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Werner Zimmermann (illustrator)
Pippin the Christmas Pig by Jean Little
Scholastic

Leslie Elizabeth Watts (illustrator)
You Can't Rush a Cat by Karleen Bradford
Orca

Bill Slavin (illustrator)
Stanley's Party by Linda Bailey
Kids Can

Barbara Reid (illustrator)
The Subway Mouse
Scholastic

Stéphane Jorisch (illustrator)
Suki's Kimono by Chieri Uegaki
Kids Can

Chrissie Wysotski (illustrator)
This is the Dog by Sheryl
McFarlane Fitzhenry & Whiteside

This year's committee chairs are:

Book of the Year for Children Award
Michelle Preston ~ Canmore Public Library

Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
Marilyn Lohnes ~ Fredericton Public Library

Young Adult Canadian Book Award
Betsy Fraser ~ Calgary Public Library

Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Maureen
Sawa ~ President

CLA is the national English language association representing the
interests of all types of libraries and library workers. It was founded
in 1946 and is made up of 2,800 members across five constituent
divisions. Comprehensive information about the Canadian Library
Association and its programs and services, is available on the CLA web
site: www.cla.ca.

Media Contact:

Brenda Shields
Member Services (ext. 318) • bshields@cla.ca

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Grace Casselman
ww.casselman.net

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author: A HOLE IN THE HEDGE, a young adult novel

and: KNOCKED OFF MY KNEES: Coping When Chronic Illness Hits Hard
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