The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the finalists for this year’s Governor General’s Literary Awards. The prizes are awarded to the finest in Canadian fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text and illustration) and translation. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 10 am. EST at the McCord Museum of Canadian History in Montreal.

Below are the finalists in the children’s book category. For a complete list, please visit the award’s website.

Children’s Literature (Text):

Libertad by Alma Fullerton (Fitzhenry & White)
The Landing by John Ibbitson (Kids Can Press)
Shimmerdogs by Dianne Linden (Thistledown Press)
Child of Dandelions by Shenaaz Nanji (Second Story Press)
Skim by Mariko Tamaki (Groundwood)

Children’s Literature (Illustration):

My Letter to the World and Other Poems illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, text by Emily Dickinson (Kids Can Press)
The Emperor’s Second Hand Clothes illustrated by Josee Bisaillon, text by Anne Millyard (Smith, Bonappetit & Son)
Yellow Moon, Apple Moon illustrated by Matt James, text by Pamela Porter (Groundwood)
The Owl and the Pussycat illustrated by Stephane Jorisch, text by Edward Lear (Kids Can Press)
Shin-chi’s Canoe illustrated by Kim LaFave, text by Nicola I. Campbell (Groundwood)

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