2022/2023 Chocolate Lily Awards Shortlist

Novel Category Nominees (Grades 4 – 7)
Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster by Rachelle Delaney – Puffin Canada
The Crosswood by Gabrielle Prendergast – Orca Book Publishers
Deadman’s Castle by Iain Lawrence – Holiday House
My Best Friend is Extinct by Rebecca Wood Barrett – Orca Book Publishers
Sunny Days Inside and Other Stories by Caroline Adderson – Groundwood Books
Valley of the Rats by Mahtab Narsimhan – Cormorant Books
Chapter Book/Early Novels Nominees (Grades 2 – 4)
Duck Days by Sara Leach, illus. by Rebecca Bender – Pajama Press
Otter Lagoon: Sueño Bay Adventures by Mike Deas and Nancy Deas – Orca Book Publishers
Peggy’s Impossible Tale by Slavia Miki & Roy Miki, illus. by Mariko Ando – Tradewind Books
Simon and Chester: Super Sleepover! by Cale Atkinson – Tundra
Wednesday Wilson Gets Down to Business by Bree Galbraith, illus. by Morgan Goble – Kids Can Press
Picture Book Nominees (only BC illustrators noted)
Burt the Beetle Doesn’t Bite! by Ashley Spires – Kids Can Press
City Day by Glenn Brucker – Douglas and McIntyre
On the Trapline by David A. Robertson, illus. by Julie Flett –Tundra
Outside Art by Madeline Kloepper – Tundra
Pierre & Paul: Dragon! by Caroline Adderson illus. by Alice Carter – Owl Kids Books
Poem in My Pocket by Chris Tougas, illus. by Josée Bisaillon– Kids Can Press
The Secret Fawn by Kallie George, illus. by Elly MacKay – Tundra