Red Cedar Book Award 2013-14 Shortlist Announced

The Red Cedar Award List is out! And I'm thrilled to announce The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea is on the Information Book Shortlist!

Here's the complete list of nominees. You can find more information on the wonder Red Cedar program here.


2013/2014 Red Cedar Information Book Nominees:



Bodyguards! From Gladiators to the Secret Service written by Ed Butts, illustrated by Scott Plumbe


The World in Your Lunchbox: The Wacky History and Weird Science Of Everyday Foods by Claire Eamer. Illustrated by Sa Boothroyd

Earth-friendly Buildings, Bridges and More: The Eco-Journal Of Corry Lapont by Etta Kaner, illustrated by Stephen MacEachern

The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Willow Dawson

Mimi’s Village and How Basic Health Care Transformed It by Katie Smith Milway, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes

Cryptic Canada: Unsolved Mysteries From Coast To Coast by Natalie Hyde, illustrated by Matt Hammill

Secret Life Of Money: A Kid’s Guide To Cash by Kira Vermond, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer


City Critters: Wildlife In The Urban Jungle by Nicholas Read

Rescuing The Children: The Story of the Kindertransport by Deborah Hodge

Willie O’Ree: The Story of the First Black Player in the NHL by Nicole Mortillaro





2013/2014 Red Cedar Fiction Nominees:



My Name is Paravana by Deborah Ellis



Mr & Mrs Bunny, Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath



Summer in the City by Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel



Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi (Dear Canada) by Susan M. Aihoshi



Ungifted by Gordon Korman



Encyclopedia of Me by Karen Rivers



Grave Robber’s Apprentice by Allan Stratton



Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis



Cat’s Cradle Book 1: The Golden Twine by Jo Rioux



Redwing by Holly Bennett



Gargoyle at the Gates by Philippa Dowding



Mimi Power and the I-Don’t-Know-What by Victoria Miles