Nominees announced for the 2024 Willow Awards
Earlier this week, the nominees for the 2024 Willow Awards were announced. Also known as the Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Award (SYRCA), the awards promote reading and celebrate Canadian literature. Each year, Saskatchewan children and youth vote for Willow Award recipients from finalists nominated in three award categories.
The three categories were established to encourage participation by all children, regardless of their reading level. The Shining Willow Award is for books written for young readers; the Diamond Willow Award is for books written for upper elementary readers in Grades 4 to 6; and the Snow Willow Award is for books written for readers in Grades 7 and up. The 2024 finalists are listed below.
The Shining Willow nominees are:
Auntie's Rez Surprise, written by Heather O'Watch, illustrated by Ellie Arscott (Second Story Press)
Dounia and the Magic Seeds, written and illustrated by Marya Zarif, translated by Yvette Ghione (Owlkids Books)
Gordie's Skate, written by Bill Waiser, illustrated by Leanne Franson (Thistledown Press)
The Journal of Anxious Izzy Parker, written by Alma Fullerton, illustrated by Beena Mistry (Second Story Press)
Odd Couples: A Guide to Unlikely Animal Pairs, written by Maria Birmingham, illustrated by Raz Latif (Owlkids Books)
Rodney Was a Tortoise, written by Nan Forler, illustrated by Yong Ling Kang (Tundra Books)
Seagull Island / kiyāsko-miniscikos, written by Myles H. Charles and Miriam Körner, illustrated by Miriam Körner (Your Nickel's Worth Publishing)
That's My Sweater, written and illustrated by Jessika von Innerebner (North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada)
What to Bring, written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson, illustrated by Ellen Rooney (Orca Book Publishers)
While We Wait, written by Judy Ann Sadler, illustrated by Élodie Duhameau (Owlkids Books)
The Diamond Willow nominees are:
The Big Sting, written by Rachelle Delaney (Tundra Books)
A Bucket of Stars, written by Suri Rosen (Scholastic Canada)
The Cricket War, written by Thọ Phạm and Sandra McTavish (Kids Can Press)
Dear Elsa, written by Marco Fraticelli (Red Deer Press)
Game Face, written by Shari Green (Groundwood Books)
The Last Green Dragon, written by Rud Verhagen (Your Nickel's Worth Publishing)
Maggie Lou, Firefox, written by Arnolda Dufour Bowes, illustrated by Karlene Harvey (Groundwood Books)
Rescue, written by Marie Etchell (Red Deer Press)
The Superteacher Project, written by Gordon Korman (Scholastic Canada)
The Umbrella House, written by Colleen Nelson (Pajama Press)
The Snow Willow nominees are:
40 Days in Hicksville, written by Christina Kilbourne (DCB Young Readers)
Autumn Bird & the Runaway, written by Melanie Florence and Richard Scrimger (Scholastic Canada)
Catfish Rolling, written by Clara Kumagai (Penguin Teen Canada)
Funeral Song for Dying Girls, written by Cherie Dimaline (Tundra Books)
A Green Velvet Secret, written by Vicki Grant (Tundra Books)
My Left Skate: The Extraordinary Story of Eliezer Sherbatov, written by Anna Rosner (Yellow Dog)
Of Light and Shadow, written by Tanaz Bhathena (Penguin Teen Canada)
Rachel Bird, written by Becky Citra (Second Story Press)
Something More, written by Jackie Khalilieh (Tundra Books)
Wrong Side of the Court, written by H.N. Khan (Penguin Teen Canada)
For more information, visit willowawards.ca.
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