2006 CHOCOLATE LILY

YOUNG READERS' CHOICE AWARD

WINNERS

 

PICTURE BOOK WINNER

Drumheller Dinosaur Dance

by Robert Heidbreder

& Bill Slavin, Esperanca Melo, illustrators

Kids Can Press

CHAPTER BOOK/NOVEL WINNER

Zee's Way

by Kristin Butcher

Orca Book Publishers

Goodbye to Griffith Street by Marilynn Reynolds (BC auth) & Renne Benoit (illust) *Orca Books

Perfect Man by Troy Wilson (BC auth) & Dean Griffiths (BC illust) *Orca Books

Mormor Moves In by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund (BC auth) & Louise-Andree Laliberte (illust) *Orca Books

Floyd the Flamingo and his flock of friends by Tiffany Stone (BC auth) & Kathryn Shoemaker (BC illust) *Tradewind Books

A Telling Time by Irene N. Watts (BC auth) & Kathryn E. Shoemaker (BC illust) *Tradewind Books

Drumheller Dinosaur Dance by Robert Heidbreder & Bill Slavin and Esperanca Melo (illust) *Kids Can Press

When Cats Go Wrong by Norm Hacking (auth) & Cynthia Nugent (BC illust) *Raincoast Books

Leon's Song by Stephanie Simpson McLellan (auth) & Dianna Bonder (BC illust) *Fitzhenry & Whiteside

When They Are Up…by Maggee Spicer and Richard Thompson (BC auths) & Kirsti Ann Wakelin (BC illust) *Fitzhenry & Whiteside

A Very Unusual Dog by Dorothy Joan Harris (auth) & Kim LaFave (BC auth) *North Winds Press

Grandparents' Day by Nikki Tate (BC auth) & Benoit Laverdiere (illust) *Annick Press

 

2005-2006 Novel/Chapter Book Nominees

The Secret Pony by Julie White - Sono Nis Press

Barkerville Gold by Dayle Campbell Gaetz - Orca Books

The Mask on the Cruise Ship by Melanie Jackson - Orca Books

Catching Spring by Sylvia Olsen - Orca Books

Zee's Way by Kirstin Butcher - Orca Books

The Pepins and their Problems by Polly Horvath - Groundwood

Sky by Pamela Porter - Groundwood

Peak Survival by Pam Withers - Walrus Books

Sophie's Friend in Need by Norma Charles - Beach Holme

Lizzie's Storm by Sally Fitz-Gibbon - Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Francesca and the Magic Bike by Cynthia Nugent - Raincoast Books

 

Congratulations to the Authors, Illustrators & Publishers of these fine books for your Chocolate Lily nomination.

With Thanks to the Selections Committee

The 2006 Chocolate Lily Gala was held on Friday, June 9th, 2005 at Devon Gardens Elementary in North Delta, BC.