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2019 CCBC Book Awards Finalists

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is thrilled to announce the finalists for the following eight major awards celebrating Canadian books for young people.

by Kerry Clare · Tagged kids books, ccbc, children's books, award nominees

After Life

Ways We Think About Death

by (author) Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Ebb and Flow

by (author) Heather Smith

Mustafa

illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

by (author) Jonathan Auxier

They Say Blue

illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

Africville

by (author) Shauntay Grant
illustrated by Eva Campbell

The Funeral

illustrated by Matt James

Bat Citizens

Defending the Ninjas of the Night

by (author) Rob Laidlaw

Go Show the World

A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes

by (author) Wab Kinew
illustrated by Joe Morse

Trash Revolution

Breaking the Waste Cycle

by (author) Erica Fyvie
illustrated by Bill Slavin

Turtle Pond

by (author) James Gladstone
illustrated by Karen Reczuch

Don't Tell the Enemy

by (author) Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

The Journey of Little Charlie

by (author) Christopher Paul Curtis

Miles To Go

by (author) Beryl Young

Piper

by (author) Jacqueline Halsey

The Sound of Freedom

by (author) Kathy Kacer

Aftermath

by (author) Kelley Armstrong

Call of the Wraith

by (author) Kevin Sands

Tank & Fizz: The Case of Firebane's Folly

by (author) Liam O'Donnell
illustrated by Mike Deas

Wolfe in Shepherd's Clothing

by (author) Angie Counios & David Gane

A Girl Like That

by (author) Tanaz Bhathena

The House of One Thousand Eyes

by (author) Michelle Barker

Learning to Breathe

by (author) Janice Lynn Mather