Announcing the HILARIOUS WINNERS of the second biannual Joan Betty Stuchner —Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award!
Oy Vey! The Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award committee has finally stopped laughing long enough to release this wonderful news. We have winners! Two books kept our jury “buckled over with guffaws, incapacitated with giggles, and/or rib-ticklingly, side-splittingly, thigh-slappingly entertained.”
The winner in the picture or board book category is:
Sterling, Best Dog Ever, written and illustrated by Aidan Cassie (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux)
The winner in the chapter book category is:
Mort Ziff Is Not Dead by Cary Fagan (Puffin)
Congratulations Aidan and Cassie! Their cheques for $752.81 were presented at a special, chuckle-filled celebration in Vancouver on 19 June. (Photos below!)
Congratulations also to our giggle-inducing honour book authors and illustrators: Helaine Becker and Mark Hoffmann (You Can Read, Orca); Anne Renaud Felicita Sala (Mr. Crum’s Potato Predicament, Kids Can); Rachelle Delaney (Clara Voyant, Puffin); and Dan Bar-el and Vicky Nerino (Dog Night at the Story Zoo, Tundra).