IODE Canada

IODE VIOLET DOWNEY BOOK AWARD

May 2008

FIVE CANADIAN AUTHORS PLACED ON BOOK AWARD SHORT-LIST

The short-list for The National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award, value $3,000, has been selected from among submitted books published in 2007. The Award is offered annually for the best young children’s English language book containing at least 500 words of text. The five Canadian authors short-listed for this Award are:

Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock, Tundra Books

Schooled by Gordon Korman, Scholastic

Elijah of Buxtonby Christopher Curtis, Scholastic

Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel, Harper Collins

Rex Zero, King of Nothing by Tim Wynne-Jones, Groundwood

The winner will be announced at IODE Canada’s 108th Annual Meeting in St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick on May 23, 2008.

IODE Canada is a women’s charitable organization, which promotes projects in the areas of literacy, education, community service and citizenship.

For a list of past IODE Violet Downey Book Award winners, visit www.iode.ca For further information, please contact Linda Dennis, Chair of the IODE Violet Downey Book Award Committee by email at iodeadmin@bellnet.ca or telephone 416-487-4416.