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Barbara Reid

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BARBARA REID is the bestselling author and illustrator of more than a dozen picture books, and the illustrator of over twenty five. She has won the Ezra Jack Keats Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, The Governor General’s Award for Illustration and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award. In 2013 she became a member of the Order of Canada, and in 2015 she was named Honorary Chair of Family Literacy Day. Her book Picture the Sky won the 2018 CBC Fan Choice Award and was shortlisted for the 2018 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. Visit www.scholastic.ca/barbarareid

Awards

  • Effie, Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Our Choice, 1991
  • Fox Walked Alone, Short-listed, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2007
  • Fox Walked Alone, Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2007
  • Fox Walked Alone, Short-listed, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2007
  • Fox Walked Alone, Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2007
  • Fox Walked Alone, Long-listed, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2007
  • Fox Walked Alone, Commended, Today's Parent, 100 BEST Canadian kids books of all time, 2015
  • Fox Walked Alone, Commended, Today's Parent 100 best Canadian kids' books of all time, 2015
  • Fox Walked Alone, Commended, Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers, 2010
  • Fox Walked Alone, Commended, IBBY International Honour List, Illustration, 2007
  • Fox Walked Alone, Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Our Choice, 2007
  • Gifts, Winner, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 1995
  • Gifts, Short-listed, Dimensional Illustrators Award, 1995
  • Gifts, Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 1995
  • Gifts, Short-listed, Mr. Christie's Book Award, 1995
  • Gifts, Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Our Choice, 1995
  • Gifts, Commended, IBBY International Honour List, Illustration, 1995
  • Gifts, Commended, Canadian Bookseller's Fall selections, 1994
  • Gifts, Commended, Canadian Materials Best of the Year list, 1994
  • Have You Seen Birds?, Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017
  • I Love You More, Short-listed, IODE Jean Throop Award, 2023
  • I Love You More, Commended, CBC Kids Book Club Picks, 2023
  • I Love You More, Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2023
  • I Love You More, Commended, TD Summer Reading Club Selection, 2023
  • I Love You More, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2022
  • Perfect Snow, Winner, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2010
  • Perfect Snow, Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2012
  • Perfect Snow, Short-listed, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2011
  • Perfect Snow, Short-listed, CBA Libris Awards - Children's Picture Book of the Year, 2010
  • Perfect Snow, Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2010
  • Perfect Snow, Commended, Today's Parent, 100 BEST Canadian kids' books of all time, 2015
  • Perfect Snow, Commended, Today's Parent 100 best Canadian kids' books of all time, 2015
  • Perfect Snow, Commended, Keystone to Reading Elementary Award Master List, 2012
  • Perfect Snow, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2012
  • Perfect Snow, Commended, Bank Street College of Education - Best Children's Books of the Year, 2012
  • Perfect Snow, Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2009
  • Perfect Snow, Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best booklist, 2009
  • Picture a Tree, Winner, Libris Awards - Children's Picture Book of the Year, 2012
  • Picture a Tree, Winner, CBA Libris Awards - Children's Picture Book of the Year, 2012
  • Picture a Tree, Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Illustration, 2012
  • Picture a Tree, Short-listed, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2012
  • Picture a Tree, Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2012
  • Picture a Tree, Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2012
  • Picture a Tree, Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature - Illustration, 2012
  • Picture a Tree, Short-listed, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2012
  • Picture a Tree, Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2011
  • Picture a Tree, Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2011
  • Picture a Tree, Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best booklist, 2011
  • Picture the Sky, Winner, CBC Fan Choice Award, 2018
  • Picture the Sky, Winner, CBC Best Books of the Year, 2018
  • Picture the Sky, Short-listed, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2018
  • Picture the Sky, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
  • Picture the Sky, Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2017
  • Picture the Sky, Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017
  • Picture the Sky, Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best booklist, 2017
  • Read Me a Book, Short-listed, Debbie Zimmerman Early Years Niagara Literary Award, 2005
  • Read Me a Book, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2008
  • Read Me a Book, Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Our Choice, 2005
  • Read Me a Book, Commended, Canadian Toy Testing Council, Great Books of the Year, 2005
  • Sing a Song of Bedtime, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
  • Sing a Song of Bedtime, Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2016

Books by Barbara Reid