News & Announcements

Novel/Chapter Book Category

Chasing the Moon by Penny Chamberlain (Sono Nis Press)

Dear Canada: No Safe Harbour by Julie Lawson (Scholastic)

The Golden Boy by Beverley & Chris Wood (Polestar)

I'll Sing You One- O by Nan Gregory (Clarion Books)

Josh and the Magic Vial by Craig Spence (Thistledown)

Magnifico by Victoria Miles (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)

Odd Man Out by Sarah Ellis (Groundwood)

Red Goodwin by John Wilson (Ronsdale)

Safe House by James Heneghan (Orca)

Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen by Glen Huser (Groundwood)

Stealing Home by Ellen Schwartz (Tundra)

Yossi's Goal by Ellen Schwartz (Orca)

Picture Book Category

Abby's Birds by Ellen Schwartz (BC) & Sima Elizabeth Shefrin (BC illust) - Tradewind

Dragon Tide by Ingrid Lee & Soizick Meister (BC illust) - Orca

Let's Go For a Ride by Maxwell Newhouse (BC) - Tundra

Only a Cow by Arlene Hamilton & Dean Griffiths (BC illust) - Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Stanley's Wild Ride by Linda Bailey (BC) & Bill Slavin - Kids Can Press

The Trouble with Tilly Trumble by Lynn Manuel (BC) & Diane Greenseid - Abrams

The Farm Team by Linda Bailey (BC) & Bill Slavin - Kids Can Press

Wake Up, Henry Rooster! by Margriet Ruurs (BC) & Sean Cassidy - Fitzhenry & Whiteside

The Hockey Tree by David Ward (BC) & Brian Deines - North Winds Press

Yetsa's Sweater by Sylvia Olsen (BC) & Joan Larson (BC illust) - Groundwood

Congratulations to the Authors, Illustrators & Publishers of these fine books for your Chocolate Lily nomination.

With Thanks to the Selections Committee which included Children's Authors Troy Wilson , Melanie Jackson, Adrienne Mason, Teacher Librarian Wynanda Poleman as well as Teachers Fraser Hannah and Kirstie Glasgow. Also, thank you to our Junior Jurors...

Picture Book Category 2007 WINNER: "Puppies on Board" by BC author Sarah N. Harvey & BC illustrator Rose Cowles, Orca Book Publishers