Brampton, ON, May 26, 2010 – Students at Brampton’s Huttonville Public School today announced the winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards:
CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK AWARD
Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion by Jane Barclay (Pointe-Claire, QC)
Illustrations by Renné Benoit (St.Thomas, ON)
Published by Tundra Books
YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE READER AWARD
Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Third Case by Shane Peacock (Baltimore, ON)
Published by Tundra Books
FACTS
ïJane Barclay, Renné Benoit and Shane Peacock are all first time winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards.
ïThe awards, of $6,000 each, recognize artistic excellence in writing and illustration in Canadian children’s literature. Barclay and Benoit share the children’s picture book award and will each receive $3,000.
ïThe winners were selected by two juries of young readers at Huttonville Public School. Students in grades 3 and 4 chose the winning author and illustrator of the children’s picture book award. The recipient of the young adult/middle reader award was chosen by students in grades 7 and 8.
ïThe announcement took place at Huttonville Public School in Brampton, at 2322 Embleton Road, at 1 p.m. on May 26, 2010.
ïJane Barclay, Renné Benoit and Shane Peacock were on hand to accept the awards from students at Huttonville Public School.
QUOTES
Student jurors’ praise for author Jane Barclay’s and illustrator Renné Benoit’s Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion:
ï ìÖ It taught us about Remembrance Day.î
ï ìI really liked the pictures with the animals behind the characters.î
Student jurors in grades 7 and 8 said the following about Shane Peacock’s Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Third Case:
ïìÖMr. Peacock’s use of languageÖreally brought you into the time period.î
ïìÖIt was a like a puzzle that we had to keep reading to solve.î
LEARN MORE
ïThe Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in memory of her sister, Ruth Schwartz, a respected Toronto bookseller. In 2004, their family renamed the awards to honour both sisters.
ïThe administration of these awards is shared by the Ontario Arts Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council, which manages the jury process and the Ruth Schwartz Foundation which funds the awards. Candidates are nominated by the Canadian Booksellers Associationand members of the Awards Committee. The Awards Committee also selects the short list for the student juries.
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