My favourite awards are readers’ choice awards because it means actual kids are enjoying one’s books. This was a humbling week when Too Young to Escape won TWO of these awards, voted by the kids themselves. The Red Cedar is an BC information book award. Here’s a video about my wonderful fellow nominees’ books.
The Yellow Cedar Award is part of the Ontario Library Association’s hugely popular Forest of Reading program. This is the first year for the Yellow Cedar and it combines two previous awards: the Silver Birch for non-fiction and the Red Maple for non-fiction. Watch the award ceremony here.
Is there an author or illustrator in Canada who doesn’t wait with bated breath for the annual Forest of Reading® shortlists to be announced? A Forest of Reading® nomination can make a book an instant bestseller and can transform a children’s author into something like a rock star.