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Mr. Christie's Book Award - 8-11 years

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Presented up until 2004 when the 2003 awards were announced, the Mr. Christie's Book Award was sponsored by Christie Brown & Co., a division of Nabisco Brands Ltd. (and subsequently Kraft Canada) to reward excellence in the writing and illustrating of Canadian children's books. Initially awards were given in the categories of text and illustration for books written in French and in English, for a total of four awards. In 1993 the categories for text were divided into books for ages 8 and under and books for ages 9 to 14 to increase the number of awards to six. In 1994 the number of age groups was expanded to three (7 years and under; 8-11 years; and 12 years & up). In addition, it was decided that books should be judged on their content of text and illustration combined, i.e. Best Children's Book for each age group in each official language. Six awards of $7,500 each were presented.


Visit the Canadian Children's Book Center for more details.

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Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall

by: Leo Yerxa
Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall
An Indian parent and child move through the forest and over a pond as nature passes from fall to winter.

A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night

by: Song Nan Zhang
A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night
In 1944, when Song Nan Zhang was not yet three, he saw a baby tiger outside the hut in the mountains where he and his mother were living. The tiger returned twice before disappearing into the bamboo forest forever. For a child to see a tiger meant luck, but Song Nan Zhang wasn't sure if living in China was lucky or not. Life was so difficult that sometimes he felt like the lost tiger itself, hoping for a home only to be forced back into the dark.

In this, his autobiography, Song Nan Zhang paints the dispersal of his family, his development as an artist, the humor that lightened some of the more difficult times, and finally, his journey to Canada.

A Pioneer Story

by: Barbara Greenwood
A Pioneer Story
Meet the Robertsons, a pioneer family living on a backwoods farm. Their story begins in spring, when the hardships of winter are over and new chores are beginning. Readers follow the Robertson family through the year, until winter closes around them. Factual information and highly detailed drawings of daily life accompany each story and expand on what children have just read. This book is a comprehensive classroom resource.

Jacob Two-Two-'s First Spy Case

by: Mordecai Richler
Jacob Two-Two-'s First Spy Case
Things turn sour at Privilege House, Jacob Two-Two's private school, when the headmaster, Mr. Goodbody, is replaced by the despicable I.M. Greedyguts. Now everything is unbearable, from geography class to the ghastly lunches made by Perfectly Loathsome Leo Louse. Worse yet, nobody's parents believe how bad it really is. Fortunately, Jacob has a new friend he can turn to for help: X. Barnaby Dinglebat, Master Spy.

Discovering the Iceman

by: Shelley Tanaka
release date: Apr 01, 1997
Discovering the Iceman
Provides young readers with an account of one of the greatest archaeological discoveries, the body of a 5,300-year-old human, and offers detailed information about where the Iceman was found and items unearthed in the area around the body.

The House of Wooden Santas

by: Imelda George
The House of Wooden Santas
Jesse's unemployed mother tries to make a new start for them by moving to a rural home where she hopes to foster a business carving figures for the Christmas season.

The Nose from Jupiter

by: Richard Scrimger
The Nose from Jupiter
How do you shut up when your nose is doing all the talking?

Alan is not big or strong. He hates playing soccer and can barely keep up in math class. Moreover he's fodder for every bully for miles around. But all that changes the day Norbert, an alien from Jupiter, comes to earth on an exploration mission and moves into – Alan's nose. Soon Alan isn't acting like himself, but is Norbert really to blame? Loud, pushy and hilarious, Norbert teaches Alan to stand up for himself, even when the odds are stacked against him.

Silverwing

by: Kenneth Oppel
Silverwing
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.

Willow and Twig

by: Jean Little
Willow and Twig
Willow doesn't know what to do. Her mother has taken off again, she has to look after her brother Twig, and they're out on the streets of Vancouver with nowhere to go. Then Willow remembers her grandmother, whom she hasn't seen in years. Gram doesn't even know Twig exists, and Twig is, well, difficult. But Gram is her only hope now. After a few urgent phone calls from a police station in Vancouver to Ontario, Willow and Twig are on their way across the country to a grandmother they hardly know, and a strange household made up of an eccentric uncle, a hostile aunt, and a motley crew of animals. Willow is entranced by this new home-but is it really home? Are they safe at last?

Everything on a Waffle

by: Polly Horvath
release date: Jan 01, 2002
Everything on a Waffle
Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.

The Secret Life of Owen Skye

by: Alan Cumyn
The Secret Life of Owen Skye
While Owen Skye and his two brothers seek the mysterious cow-and-man-eating Bog Man, look for space aliens, and face comic book-stealing bullies in the Canadian countryside they learn about life and love.

The Several Lives of Orphan Jack

by: Sarah Ellis
The Several Lives of Orphan Jack
When, at the age of twelve, he is sent out from the Opportunities School for Orphans and Foundlings to be a bookkeeper's apprentice, Jack finds his heretofore predictable life full of unusual adventures.
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