The winners of the 2024-2025 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award were announced on May 30 at the Paul O’Regan Hall of Halifax Central Library. Across Atlantic Canada, children in Grades 4-6 read from the shortlist of 40 titles (20 French and 20 English) and vote for their favourite in each category. The winners are listed below.
English-language Fiction
Pluto Rocket: New in Town, written and illustrated by Paul Gilligan (Tundra Books)
English-language Non-Fiction
Operation Cupcake: How Simple Machines Work, written and illustrated by Bambi Edlund (Kids Can Press)
French-language Fiction
Les étranges, written and illustrated by Alex A. (Presses Aventure)
French-language Non-Fiction
Alerte : culottes meurtrières : Fausses nouvelles, désinformation et théories du complot, written and illustrasted by Elise Gravel (Éditions Scholastic)
You can watch this year's ceremony on the Hackmatack's Children's Choice Book Award's YouTube channel.
For more information, visit hackmatack.ca.