ALSC 2015 Notables: youngCanLit selections

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division within the American Library Association, announced its 2015 Notable Children's Books, Recordings and Videos at the ALA's Midwinter Meeting.

The lists for all notables are posted at the ALSC website.  However, I would like to note those Canadian books that made the list, bolding the Canadian author or illustrator. 

Congratulations 

to all of you 

for creating outstanding work 

for our children.

NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS

YOUNGER READERS (Preschool to Grade 2)

The Most Magnificent Thing

by Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press

Naptime 

by Iris De Moüy
Translated by Shelley Tanaka
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Weeds Find a Way

by Cindy Jensen-Elliott
Illustrated by Carolyn Fisher
Beach Land Books

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

by Marc Barnett

Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Candlewick Press

MIDDLE READERS (Grades 3-5)

The Boundless

by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins Canada

OLDER READERS (Grades 6-8)

The Night Gardener

by Jonathan Auxier
Puffin

This One Summer

by Mariko Tamaki
Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Groundwood Books

NOTABLE CHILDREN'S RECORDINGS

The Boundless. Brilliance Audio, CD. 616.846.5256. Ages 9-14

for book:

The Boundless
by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins Canada

The Madman of Piney Woods. Listening Library, CD.  212.782.9463. Ages 10-14

for book:

The Madman of Piney Woods
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Scholastic Canada

NOTABLE CHILDREN'S VIDEOS

I Want My Hat Back, 9 min., Weston Woods, DVD, Ages 4-8 

from book:
I Want My Hat Back
by Jon Klassen
Candlewick Press

A Sea Turtle Story, 10 min., National Film Board of Canada, DVD, 1-800-542-2164, Grades 5 and up