Awards and announcements.(children's literature)(Awards list)

2006 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

Winner

The Crazy Man

by Pamela Porter (Groundwood Books)

Other Nominees

Earth to Audrey

by Susan Hughes, illustrated by Stephane Poulin (Kids Can Press)

Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale

by Gail Nyoka (Sumach Press)

Shi-shi-etko

by Nicola 1. Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave (Groundwood Books)

Governor General's Awards

Children's Literature--Text (English)

Winner

Pirate's Passage

by William Gilkerson (Trumpeter Books for Young Readers)

Other Nominees

Ingrid and the Wolf

by Andre Alexis (Tundra Books)

Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen

by Glen Huser (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)

Me and the Blondes

by Teresa Toten (Penguin Canada)

Friendships

by Budge Wilson (Penguin Canada)

Children's Literature--Illustration (English)

Winner

Ancient Thunder

Text and illustrations by Leo Yerxa (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)

Other Nominees

Earth Magic

Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes, text by Dionne Brand (Kids Can Press)

The Birdman

Illustrated by Annouchka Gravel Galouchko & Stephan Daigle, text by Veronika Martenova Charles (Tundra Books)

Casey at the Bat

Illustrated by Joe Morse, text by Ernest L. Thayer (Kids Can Press)

Let's Go for a Ride

Text and illustrations by Maxwell Newhouse (Tundra Books)

Children's Literature--Text (French)

Winner

Je suis fou de Vava

by Dany Laferriere, illustrations by Frederic Normandin (Les Editions de la Bagnole)

Other Nominees

Les saisons d'Henri

by Edith Bourget, illustrations by Genevieve Cote (Soulieres editeur)

Cauchemar aveugle

by Fernande D. Lamy (Editions Vents d'Ouest)

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