Related Research Articles
The Governor General's Award for English-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council.
The Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian illustrator for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council.
The Canadian Library Association (CLA) was a national, predominantly English-language association which represented 57,000 library workers across Canada. It also spoke for the interests of the 21 million Canadians who are members of libraries. CLA members worked in all four types of libraries: academic, public, special and school libraries. Others sat on boards of public libraries, work for companies that provide goods and services to libraries, or were students in graduate level or community college programs.
Christie Lucy Harris, was a Canadian children's writer. She is best known for her portrayal of Haida First Nations culture in the 1966 novel Raven's Cry.
The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award is a literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian children's book. The book must be written in English and published in Canada during the preceding year. The writer must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
Edward Howard Howard-Gibbon was an English surgeon, lawyer, and officer of arms. He was born Edward Howard Gibbon in London and was the second son of the Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk, and Mary Ann Gibbon—the Duke's longtime mistress.
Marie-Louise Gay is a Canadian children's writer and illustrator.
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon was a teacher and artist known for her talents during the 1860s in Ontario, Canada. In 1966, her most comprehensive work, An Illustrated Comic Alphabet, was published by librarians and artists who admired her work. Five years later, the Canadian Library Association inaugurated an annual award named for her, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award. It recognizes the year's best illustration by a Canadian illustrator of a children's book published in Canada.
The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award was presented annually by the Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques (CLA) to an outstanding illustrator of a new Canadian children's book. The book must be "suitable for children up to and including age 12" and its writing "must be worthy of the book's illustrations". The illustrator must be a citizen or permanent resident. The prize is a plaque and $1000 presented at the CLA annual conference. The medal commemorates and the award is dedicated to schoolteacher and artist Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon who taught academics as well as art to Ontario schoolchildren in the 1860s and early 1870s. Her best-known work An Illustrated Comic Alphabet was published in 1966 by Henry Z. Walck in New York City and Oxford University Press in Toronto.
Elizabeth Ann Mrazik Cleaver was a Canadian illustrator and writer of children's books. For her contribution as a children's illustrator she was a highly commended runner-up for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972.
Annick Press is a Canadian book publishing company that was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1975 by Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks. Rick Wilks became the sole owner in 2000. A second editorial office was opened in Vancouver by Colleen MacMillan in 1999. Annick Press publishes approximately thirty books of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults per year.
Kady MacDonald Denton is a Canadian creator of children's books, primarily an illustrator of picture books. She observed in 2011 that "I'm in that quickly-shrinking group of illustrators who doesn’t use a computer at any stage in the illustration process."
Scot Ritchie is a Canadian author and illustrator. He specializes in children's literature and has over 50 books published. He also illustrates for the advertising, editorial and educational markets. His work can be found in publications including Wall St. Journal,Newsweek,Chicago Tribune,New York Magazine, and Readers Digest. His books have been translated into many languages including Korean, Chinese, Dutch, French, Arabic, Russian and Polish.
Paul Yee is a Chinese-Canadian historian and writer. He is the author of many books for children, including Teach Me to Fly, Skyfighter, The Curses of Third Uncle, Dead Man's Gold, and Ghost Train — winner of the 1996 Governor General's Award for English language children's literature. In 2012, the Writers' Trust of Canada awarded Paul Yee the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in recognition of having "contributed uniquely and powerfully to our literary landscape over a writing career that spans almost 30 years".
The Stamp Collector is a children's picture book by Jennifer Lanthier and François Thisdale. It was published in 2012 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside. A French language edition, Le Collectionneur de Timbres, was released in October, 2013. The theme of the book is freedom of expression.
Richard Allen "Rick" Jacobson is a Toronto, Ontario, artist, illustrator, and writer of children's books who uses the names "Richard A. Jacobson" and "Rick Jacobson" professionally.
The Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award was a literary award given annually from 1981 to 2016 to recognize a Canadian book of young adult fiction written in English and published in Canada, written by a citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
Barbara Reid is a Canadian illustrator and author of children's books. She has been called "one of Canada's major literary figures".
Eric Beddows is the nom de plume of Ken Eric Nutt, a Canadian artist and award-winning illustrator of children's books.
Frieda Wishinsky is a German-born Canadian educator and author of children's books.
References
- ↑ Dafoe, Christopher (May 3, 1980). "Pictures on a page". Vancouver Sun. p. B6. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Sun Rays: Book Quiz Winners". Vancouver Sun . April 29, 1982. p. H7. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
- ↑ McDonough, Irma (1982). "Douglas Tait". Profiles 2: authors and illustrators: children's literature in Canada. Canadian Library Association. p. 138. ISBN 9780888021632.
- ↑ "... About People". School Library Media Quarterly. American Association of School Librarians. 10: 90. 1981. ISSN 1098-738X.
- ↑ "Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award". University of Central Florida Libraries (library.ucf.edu). Retrieved March 10, 2012.
