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2020 Sheila Barry Award Shortlist

The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable is pleased to announce the names of the finalists for the first annual Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year award. The $2500 cash award is specifically for a picturebook that “hinges on the interdependence of pictures and words, on the simultaneous display of two facing pages, and on the drama of the turning of the page” (Barbara Bader, 1976). The winning book and three honour books will be announced on September 7, 2020. A virtual award ceremony is planned for late fall. Tickets available online starting mid August, 2021 - See more at: https://bookcentre.ca/news/first-annual-sheila-barry-best-canadian-picturebook-year-award-2020-shortlist-announced

by Kerry Clare · Tagged picture books, kids' books.

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King Mouse

by (author) Cary Fagan
illustrated by Dena Seiferling

Ages
3 to 7
Grades
p to 2

Birdsong

illustrated by Julie Flett

Resources
Resources
Ages
3 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Pokko and the Drum

illustrated by Matthew Forsythe

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Me, Toma and the Concrete Garden

by (author) Andrew Larsen
illustrated by Anne Villeneuve

Ages
3 to 7
Grades
p to 2

Encounter

by (author) Brittany Luby
illustrated by Michaela Goade

Ages
3 to 7
Grades
p to 2

It Began With a Page

How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

by (author) Kyo Maclear
illustrated by Julie Morstad

Ages
5 to 9
Grades
k to 4

Princess Puffybottom . . . and Darryl

by (author) Susin Nielsen
illustrated by Olivia Chin Mueller

Ages
3 to 7
Grades
p to 2

The House at the End of the Road

by (author) Kari Rust

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
k to 5

The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

by (author) Heather Smith
illustrated by Rachel Wada

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Small in the City

illustrated by Sydney Smith

Ages
4 to 7
Grades
k to 2