Childrenʼs Literature Roundtables of Canada2012 Information Book Award

Preliminary ListAges 5-8

Amazing Animals: The Remarkable Things That Creatures DoBy Margriet Ruurs, Illustrated by W. Allan HancockTundra Books9780887769733$19.99 (hc)

In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It UpBy Monica Kulling, Illustrated by David ParkinsTundra Books9781770492394$19.99 (hc)

The Little Yellow BottleBy Angele DelaunoisSecond Story Press9781926920344$15.95 (hc)

Look At That Building! A First Book of StructuresWritten and Illustrated by Scot RitchieKids Can Press9781554536962$16.95 (hc)

LoonBy Susan Vande Griek, Illustrated by Karen ReczuchGroundwood Books978554980772$19.95 (hc)

A Walk on the TundraBy Rebecca Hainnu and Anna Ziegler, Illustrated by Qin LengInhabit Media9781026569437$13.95 (hc)

Watch Me Grow! A Down-to-Earth Look at Growing Food in the CityBy Deborah Hodge, Illustrated by Brian HarrisKids Can Press, 9781554536184$16.95 (hc)

Where Wild Horses RunBy Georgia GrahamRed Deer Press9780889954489$18.95 (hc)

Ages 9-15

57 Poisonous Questions: A Book With BiteBy Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Illustrated by Ross KinnairdAnnick Press9781554512812$21.95 (hc)

Africans Thought of It: Amazing Innovations By Bathseba Opini and Richard B. LeeAnnick Press9781554512768$11.95 (pb)

Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of AfghanistanBy Rafal Gerszak with Dawn HunterAnnick Press9781554512935$19.95 (hc)

Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by NatureBy Dora Lee, Illustrated by Margot ThompsonKids Can Press9781554534678$19.95 (hc)

Case Files: 40 Murders and Mysteries Solved by ScienceBy Larry VerstraeteScholastic Canada9781443100007$7.99 (pb)

Faye the Freedom FighterBy Sharon JenningsSecond Story Press9781897187876$14.95

Five Thousand Years of SlaveryBy Marjorie Gann and Janet WillenTundra Books9780887769146$29.99 (hc)

From Then To Now: A Short History of the WorldBy Christopher Moore, Illustrated by Andrej KrystoforskiTundra Books9780887765407$27.99 (hc)

Hold the Oxo! A Teenage Soldier Writes HomeBy Marion Fargey BrookerDundurn Press9781554888702$14.99 (pb)

Hyena in Petticoats: The Story of Suffragette Nellie McClungBy Willow DawsonPuffin Canada9780143177791$15.00 (pb)

Kamakwie: Finding Peace, Love, and Injustice in Sierra LeoneBy Kathleen MartinRed Deer Press9780889954724$19.95 (pb)

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphanʼs Rescue From WarBy Marsha Forchuk SkrypuchPajama Press9780986949548$17.95 (hc)

Maple Leaf in Space: Canadaʼs AstronautsBy John MeladyDundurn Press97811554887521$19.99 (hc)

No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for DogsBy Rob LaidlawPajama Press9780986949555$21.95 (hc)

Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear RainforestBy Caityln VernonOrca Book Publishers9781554693030$22.95 (pb)

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual School Around the WorldBy Susan HughesOwl Kids9781926818863$13.95 (pb)

Sable Island: The Wandering SandbarBy Wendy KittsNimbus Publishing9781551098654$15.95 (pb)

Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing LivesBy Marthe JocelynTundra Books9780887769528$21.99 (hc)

Shannen and the Dream for a School By Janet WilsonSecond Story Press9781926920306$14.95 (pb)

Space Tourism By Peter McMahonKids Can Press9781554533688

$18.95 (hc)

Spy, Spy Again: True Tales of Failed EspionageBy Tina HoldcroftAnnick Press9781554512225$14.95 (pb)

A Stranger at HomeBy Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-FentonAnnick Press9781554513628$21.95 (hc)

Strutting It! The Grit Behind the GlamourBy Jeanne BekerTundra Books 9781770492240$19.99 (pb)

This Child, Every Child: A Book About the Worldʼs ChildrenBy David J. SmithKids Can Press9781554534661 $19.95 (hc)

To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. LouisBy Kathy KacerSecond Story Press9781897187968$14.95 (pb)

Totally Human: Why We Look and Act the Way We DoBy Cynthia Pratt NicolsonKids Can Press9781554535699$16.95 (hc)