Red Cedar Book Awards — 2016 Winners & 2017 Nominees The Red Cedar Awards Gala 2016 was a resounding success! More than 200 people attended the Gala in Vancouver, which featured presentations by young readers & nominees, door prizes donated by Kidsbooks, and a book signing after-party with official bookseller Kidsbooks. We also announced the 2016…

With the 2016 Red Cedar Gala just around the corner, we’re taking a look back at some of the highlights from the 2015 Red Cedar Gala! From fantastic guest speakers to yummy treats, last year’s gala had something for everybody. We can’t wait for this year’s gala! Stay tuned to the Red Cedar blog for…

We’ve got a great message from Deborah Ellis, author of Red Cedar Award nominee The Cat at the Wall. Hi everyone!  I am sorry that my schedule does not permit me to be with you at the Gala – I have been to the Red Cedar celebration before, and it is the best party in…

For the past two years or so, Red Cedar’s dynamic volunteer duo, library technician Deepika Thaman, and librarian Sylvia Nurse, both based in the Lower Mainland, have enjoyed helping to review and publish reviews of Canadian nominated books from children across British Columbia. Students can read and review books in either the fiction or non-fiction…

This time we’ve got an interview with Charis Cotter, author of The Swallow. Ms. Cotter was interviewed by the kids at Garibaldi Highlands Elementary. Dear Ms. Heikoop and Red Cedar students, Thank you for writing to me and thank you for reading The Swallow. It’s very exciting for me to be on the east coast…

With Red Cedar voting just around the corner, and our amazing Gala coming up soon, we’ve got another great author interview to share with you today! The kids at Manoah Steves Elementary in Richmond interviewed If? author David Smith. Can you tell us about the other books that you have written? I have 4 children’s…

We’ve got a very exciting author interview to share with you on the Red Cedar blog today – Sara Westerholm is a Grade 6 French Immersion student at Signal Hill Elementary in Pemberton, B.C., and she interviewed Audrey (Cow) author Dan Bar-el. Hello Mr. Bar-el, My name is Sara and I am interviewing you for the Red…

It is now officially April, the month young readers vote for the winners of the Red Cedar Book Awards! Group leaders – please gather your group members’ votes over the next two to three weeks. We will collect the votes the week of April 18-22, through our website www.redcedaraward.ca. To help you collect your group’s…

The kids from École South Sahali in Kamloops are at it again, bringing us another fantastic interview, this time with Maria Birmingham, author of the nonfiction nominee Tastes Like Music. 1. Why did you want to call your book Tastes Like Music? I actually had a different title in mind for the book. But the…

We’re back with another great Red Cedar Award author interview! The Red Cedar Club at Ecole Heather Park Elementary in Prince George, Summer, Torrin, Erin, Trista, Mya, Leila, Megan and Maya, and their Teacher-Librarian Ms. Maria Weisgarber, interviewed Sarah Ellis, author of Outside In. Questions about Outside In What inspired you to write Outside In? Every…