The winners of the 2024 Lane Anderson Award were announced last Thursday (January 29) at an in-person ceremony at Toronto's North York Central Library. The evening, which marked the first time the ceremony was open to the public, was co-hosted by Winston Stilwell, Coordinator of the Lane Anderson Awards, and the CCBC's own Carol-Ann Hoyte.
Presented annually in two categories—Young Reader and Adult—the award, which is generously supported by the Fitzhenry Family Foundation, carries a cash prize of $10,000. An additional $1,000 is awarded to each of the finalists.
Polar: Wildlife at the Ends of the Earth, written by L.E. Carmichael, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler, and published by Kids Can Press, took home the Young Reader prize. The remaining finalists were Bompa's Insect Expedition, written by David Suzuki and Tanya Lloyd Kyi with illustrations by Qin Leng (Greystone Kids) and Operation Cupcake: How Simple Machines Work by Bambi Edlund (Kid Can Press).
To learn more about the Lane Anderson Award, visit laneandersonaward.ca.