Congratulations to the following nominees:

Chapter Book/Novel Nominees

Brave Deeds by Ann Alma (Groundwood Books)

Dear Canada: Days of Toil and Tears by Sarah Ellis (Scholastic Canada)

Good-Bye Marianne, the Graphic Novel by Irene N. Watts and illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker (Tundra Books)

Graveyard of the Sea by Penny Draper (Coteau Books)

Impossible Things by Robin Stevenson (Orca Books)

Meeting Miss 405 by Lois Peterson (Orca Books)

Out on a Limb by Gail Banning (Key Porter Books)

Pete’s Gold by Luanne Armstrong (Ronsdale Press)

Saara’s Passage by Karen Autio (Sono Nis Press)

The Girl in the Backseat by Norma Charles (Ronsdale Press)

The Year I was Grounded by William New (Tradewind Books)

Picture Book Nominees

Art’s Supplies by Chris Tougas (Orca Books)

Crocodiles Play! by Robert Heidbreder and illustrated by Rae Mate (Tradewind Books)

Penguin and the Cupcake by Ashley Spires (Simply Read Books)

Shin-chi’s Canoe by Nicola I. Campbell and illustrated by Kim LaFave (Groundwood Books)

Stanley at Sea by Linda Bailey and illustrated by Bill Slavin (Kids Can Press)

Rosie and Buttercup by Chieri Uegaki and illustrated by Stephane Jorisch (Kids Can Press)

The West is Calling by Sarah N. Harvey & Leslie Buffam and illustrated by Dianna Bonder (Orca Books)