{"id":4921,"date":"2009-05-20T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/?p=4921"},"modified":"2022-02-12T22:49:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T22:49:20","slug":"2009-winners-announced-ruth-and-sylvia-schwartz-childrenis-book-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/2009-winners-announced-ruth-and-sylvia-schwartz-childrenis-book-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Prix Ruth et Sylvia Schwartz de litt\u00e9rature jeunesse : annonce des laur\u00e9ats 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4921\" class=\"elementor elementor-4921\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4e36ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4e36ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38ea68d\" data-id=\"38ea68d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-568ddd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"568ddd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Toronto, May 20, 2009<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The students at\u00a0<strong>Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School<\/strong>\u00a0today announced the winners of the\u00a0<strong>Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children&#8217;s Book Awards<\/strong>:<\/p><p><strong>CHILDREN&#8217;S PICTURE BOOK<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>YOUNG ADULT\/MIDDLE<\/strong><br \/><strong>AWARD CATEGORY<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>READER\u00a0 AWARD CATEGORY<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Chester&#8217;s Back!<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Libertad<br \/><\/strong>By M\u00e9lanie Watt (Montreal, QC)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 By Alma Fullerton (Midland, ON)<br \/>Kids Can Press\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Published in Canada by Fitzhenry &amp; Whiteside<\/p><p><strong>FACTS<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>This is\u00a0<strong>M\u00e9lanie Watt&#8217;s second win<\/strong>, she previously won for Scaredy Squirrel in 2007; it is Alma Fullerton&#8217;s first.<\/li><li>The\u00a0<strong>two awards<\/strong>, of\u00a0<strong>$6,000 each<\/strong>, recognize artistic excellence in writing and illustration in Canadian children&#8217;s literature.<\/li><li>The winners were selected by two juries of young readers at\u00a0<strong>Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Seven students in grades 3 and 4<\/strong>\u00a0chose the author\/illustrator of the\u00a0<strong>children&#8217;s picture book award<\/strong>, while\u00a0<strong>five students in grades 7 and 8<\/strong>\u00a0selected the recipient of the\u00a0<strong>young adult\/middle reader award<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Approximately\u00a0<strong>120 students participated<\/strong>\u00a0in this year&#8217;s event and\u00a0<strong>book clubs were established in each of the classes<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The announcement took place at\u00a0<strong>Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School<\/strong>, 246 The Esplanade, at\u00a0<strong>1 p.m. on May 20, 2009<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>QUOTES<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Student jurors in grades 3 and 4<\/strong>\u00a0commented on M\u00e9lanie Watt&#8217;s picture book\u00a0<strong>Chester&#8217;s Back!<\/strong>:<br \/>\u00ecIt could be a funny, short play. I liked the pictures.\u00ee<br \/>\u00ecIt is a very original book.\u00ee<br \/>\u00ecVery funny \u2013 I like it because of Chester&#8217;s imagination.\u00ee<\/p><p><strong>Student jurors in grades 7 and 8<\/strong>\u00a0said the following about Alma Fullerton&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Libertad<\/strong>:<br \/>\u00ecI was sad when it was over. I read it twice.\u00ee<br \/>\u00ecI loved the way it was written in poem [verse]. It&#8217;s not a happy book but realistic and believable. I really connected to the characters and wanted to know what happened to them.\u00ee<br \/>\u00ecIt had mature themes that brought you into the book.\u00ee<\/p><p><strong>LEARN MORE<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children&#8217;s Book Awards are funded by the Ruth Schwartz Foundation.<\/li><li>The administration of these awards is shared by the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafdn.ca\/\">Ontario Arts Foundation<\/a><\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arts.on.ca\/\">Ontario Arts Council<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which manages the jury process, and the<strong>\u00a0Canadian Booksellers Association<\/strong>\u00a0whose members choose the short list of books.<\/li><li>The Ontario Arts Council supports numerous Canadian book publishers through its Block Grants to Book Publishers program, including Kids Can Press and Fitzhenry &amp; Whiteside.<\/li><\/ul><p align=\"center\">&#8211; 30 &#8211;<\/p><p><strong>MEDIA INQUIRIES<\/strong><br \/>Hamal Docter, Communications Coordinator, Ontario Arts Council<br \/>416-969-7434 \/ 1-800-387-0058, ext. 7434 | Mobile: 647-831-4295 |\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"mailto:hdocter@arts.on.ca\">hdocter@arts.on.ca<\/a><\/p><p><strong>ONTARIO ARTS FOUNDATION INQUIRIES<br \/><\/strong>Janet Stubbs, Executive Director<br \/>416-969-7413 |\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"mailto:jstubbs@arts.on.ca\">jstubbs@arts.on.ca<\/a><\/p><p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafdn.ca\/\">The Ontario Arts Foundation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(OAF) offers donors effective and creative opportunities for charitable giving \u2013 helping to build a foundation for the arts in Ontario. OAF works with donors to build lasting endowments in support of the arts \u2013 a gift for this generation and the next.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">The Ontario Arts Council<\/a>\u00a0(OAC) is the province of Ontario&#8217;s primary funding body for professional arts activity. Since 1963, the OAC has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts and artists for the enjoyment and benefit of Ontarians.<\/p><p align=\"center\"><em>Ce document existe \u00e9galement en fran\u00c1ais.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, May 20, 2009\u00a0\u2013 The students at\u00a0Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School\u00a0today announced the winners of the\u00a0Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children&#8217;s Book Awards: CHILDREN&#8217;S PICTURE BOOK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0YOUNG ADULT\/MIDDLEAWARD CATEGORY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 READER\u00a0 AWARD CATEGORY Chester&#8217;s Back!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}