USBBY honours Canadian titles!

USBBY, the US national section for the International Board on Books for Youth (IBBY), has selected its annual list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. All books on the list were published in 2011 and chosen by a committee of USBBY members. A number of Canadian titles made the 2012 list. They are listed below.

Grades K-2

Migrant
Written by Maxine Trottier | Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Groundwood Books

Loon
Written by Susan Vande Griek | Illustrated by Karen Reczuch
Groundwood Books

Ten Birds
Written and illustrated by Cybèle Young
Kids Can Press

Grades 3-5

When Apples Grow Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean
Written by Jan Andrews | Illustrated by Dušan Petričić
Groundwood Books

A Stranger at Home: A True Story
Written by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton | Illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
Annick Press

This Child, Every Child: A Book About the World's Children
Written by David J. Smith | Illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong
Kids Can Press

Grades 6-8

Queen of Hearts
Written by Martha Brooks
Farrar Straus Giroux/Groundwood Books

Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan
Written by Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter | Photos by Rafal Gerszak
Annick Press