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2008 Willow Awards

2008 Shining Willow Nominees

The Shining Willow Award for books written for young readers.

Shining Willow Winner

Scaredy Squirrel

By Mélanie Watt.
Kid Can Press, 2006. ISBN 9781553379591
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AlphaBETTER

By Dan Bar-el, Illustrated by Graham Ross.
Orca, 2006. ISBN 9781551434391 (hc) 9781551438610 (pbk)
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Ancient Thunder

By Leo Yerxa.
Groundwood, 2006. ISBN 9780888997463 (hc)
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Beyond the Northern Lights

By Lynn Blaikie.
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006. ISBN 9781550051230 (hc)
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Creatures Great and Small

By Karen Patkau.
Tundra Books, 2006. ISBN 9780887767548 (hc)
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Grumpy Bird

By Jeremy Tankard.
Scholastic Canada, 2007. ISBN 9780439851473
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Please Louise!

By Frieda Wishinsky, Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay.
Groundwood, 2007. ISBN 9780888997968
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The Queen’s Feet

By Sarah Ellis, Illustrated by Dušan Petričić.
Red Deer Press, 2006. ISBN 9780889953208
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A Sack Full of Feathers

By Debby Waldman, Illustrated by Cindy Revell.
Orca, 2006. ISBN 9781551433325
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Wake Up Henry Rooster!

By Margriet Ruurs, Illustrated by Sean Cassidy.
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006. ISBN 9781550419528
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2008 Diamond Willow Nominees

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

Diamond Willow Winner

Very Serious Children

By Caroline Adderson, Illustrated by Joe Weissman.
Scholastic Canada, 2007. ISBN 9780439937511
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The Big Snapper

By Katherine Holubitsky, Illustrated by Samia Drisdelle.
Orca, 2006. ISBN 9781551435633 (pbk)
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Chocolate River Rescue

By Jennifer McGrath Kent.
Nimbus Publishing, 2007. ISBN 9781551096001
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Dancing Through the Snow

By Jean Little.
Scholastic Canada, 2007. ISBN 9780439938235
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Gold Medal for Weird

By Kevin Sylvester.
Kids Can Press, 2007. ISBN 9781554530212
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Jakeman

By Deborah Ellis.
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2007. ISBN 9781550415735
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Ryan and Jimmy

And the Well in Africa that Brought Them Together

By Herb Shoveller.
Kids Can Press, 2006. ISBN 9781553379676
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The Last Flight of the Birdman

By Dave Glaze.
Coteau Books, 2007. ISBN 9781550503739
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Too Many Men

By Lorna Schultz Nicholson.
James Lorimer, 2006. ISBN 9781550289480
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The Uncle Duncle Chronicles

Escape from Treasure Island

By Darren Krill.
Lobster Press, 2006. ISBN 9781897073315
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2008 Snow Willow Nominees

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

Snow Willow Winner

Schooled

By Gordon Korman.
Scholastic Canada, 2007. ISBN 9780545999908
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A is for Angst

By Barbara Haworth-Attard.
HarperCollins, 2007. ISBN 9780002008204
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Baboon

By David Jones.
Annick Press, 2007. ISBN 9781554510535
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Bifocal

By Deborah Ellis & Eric Walters.
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2007. ISBN 9781554550623
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The Mystery of the Martello Tower

By Jennifer Lanthier.
HarperCollins, 2007. ISBN 9780006395232
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Nightwalker

By K. V. Johansen.
Orca, 2007. ISBN 9781551434810
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A Perfect Gentle Knight

By Kit Pearson.
Puffin, 2007. ISBN 9780670066827
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The Smell of Paint

By Sheryl McFarlane.
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006. ISBN 9781550414578
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Speechless

By Valerie Sherrard.
Boardwalk Book/Dundurn Press, 2007. ISBN 9781550027013
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Where Soldiers Lie

By John Wilson.
Key Porter Books, 2006. ISBN 97815547005929
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