The 2012 Willow Awards Nominees

Nominated Books

2012 Shining Willow Nominees

The Shining Willow Award for books written for young readers.

Small Saul

By Ashley Spires.
Kids Can Press, 2011. 9781554535033
About the story and more →

Picture a Tree

By Barbara Reid.
Scholastic Canada, 2011. 9781443107617
About the story and more →

Ella May and The Wishing Stone

By Cary Fagan, Illustrated by Geneviève Côté.
Tundra Books, c2011. ISBN 978-1-77049-225-7 (hc)
About the story and more →

Busy Beaver, The

By Nicholas Oldland.
Kids Can Press, c2011. ISBN 978-1-55453-749-5 (hc)
About the story and more →

In The Bag!

Margaret Knight Wraps It Up

By Monica Kulling, Illustrated by David Parkins.
Tundra Books, c2011. ISBN 978-1-77049-239-4 (hc)
About the story and more →

Little Chief and Mighty Gopher

The Pemmican Frenzy

By Victor Lethbridge, Illustrated by Ben Crane.
Tatanka Productions, 2010. 9780986673801
About the story and more →

Loon

By Susan Vande Griek, Illustrated by Karen Reczuch.
Groundwood Books, 2011. 9781554980772
About the story and more →

Flute, The

By Rachna Gilmore, Illustrated by Pulak Biswas.
Tradewind Books, c2011. ISBN 978-1-896580-57-9 (hc)
About the story and more →

Tooter's Stinky Wish

By Brian Cretney, Illustrated by Peggy Collins.
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2011. 9781554551651
About the story and more →

I Know Here

By Laurel Croza, Illustrated by Matt James.
Groundwood Books, c2010. ISBN 978-0-88899-923-8 (hc)
About the story and more →

See all of the Shining Willow Nominees »

---

2012 Diamond Willow Nominees

The Diamond Willow Award for titles written for upper elementary readers, (grades 4-6).

Spy, Spy Again

Spy, Spy Again: True Tales of Failed Espionage

By Tina Holdcroft.
Annick Press,, ©2011. 978-1-55451-222-5 (pbk)
About the story and more →

Somebody’s Girl

By Maggie de Vries.
Ocra Book Publishers, ©2011. 978-1-55469-383-2 (pbk)
About the story and more →

Power Play

By Liam O’Donnell, Illustrated by Mike Deas.
Orca Book Publishers, ©2011. 978-1-55469-069-5 (pbk)
About the story and more →

Off to Class

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World

By Susan Hughes.
Owlkids, ©2011. 978-1-926818-86-3 (pbk)
About the story and more →

No Small Victory

By Connie Brummel Crook.
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, ©2010. 978-1-55455-169-9 (pbk)
About the story and more →

Missing

By Becky Citra.
Orca Book Publishers, ©2011. 978-1-55469-345-0 (pbk)
About the story and more →

Ghosts of the Titanic

By Julie Lawson.
Scholastic Canada Ltd., ©2011. 978-1-4431-0041-0 (pbk)
About the story and more →

Ghosts of Government House

By Judith Silverthorne.
Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing, ©2011. 978-1-894431-63-7 (pbk)
About the story and more →

Full Steam to Canada

By Anne Patton.
Coteau Books, ©2011. 978-1-55050-457-6 (pbk)
About the story and more →

Better Than Weird

By Anna Kerz.
Orca Book Publishers, c2011. 978-1-55469-362-7 (pbk)
About the story and more →

See all of the Diamond Willow Nominees »

---

2012 Snow Willow Nominees

The Snow Willow Award for books for young people, (grades 7-9).

Undergrounders

By David Skuy.
Scholastic Canada, 2011. 9781443107280
About the story and more →

Shot at Dawn

By John Wilson.
Scholastic Canada, 2011. 9780545985956
About the story and more →

Tori by Design

By Colleen Nelson.
Great Plains Fiction, 2011. 9781926531106
About the story and more →

This Dark Endeavour

By Kenneth Oppel.
HarperCollins, 2011. 9781554683390
About the story and more →

Held

By Edeet Ravel.
Annick Press, 2011. 9781554512829
About the story and more →

Gathering, The

By Kelley Armstrong.
Doubleday Canada, 2011. 9780385668514
About the story and more →

Dust City

By Robert Paul Weston.
Puffin Canada, 2010. 9780670063963
About the story and more →

Betsy Wickwire's Dirty Secret

By Vicki Grant.
HarperTrophy Canada, 2011. 9781554681822
About the story and more →

Ashes, Ashes

By Jo Treggiari.
Scholastic Press, 2011. 9780545255639
About the story and more →

Accomplice

By Valerie Sherrard.
Dundurn Press, 2011. 9781554887644
About the story and more →

See all of the Snow Willow Nominees »

See the winners and nominees from previous years in the archives »