Pajama Press is proud to announce that Lili Macaroni (978-1-77278-093-2) by author Nicole Testa and illustrator Annie Boulanger is the winner of the 2020 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award in the Children’s Picture Book category.
Lili Macaroni was translated into English from the French original Lili Macaroni: je suis comme je suis!, published by Dominique et compagnie, which was nominated for the 2018 Governor General’s Literary Award. The English edition has also been selected as a 2019 Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year, and for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids & Teens.
The Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award program aims to recognize “artistic excellence in Canadian children’s literature” and presents two awards annually, one for picture books and the other for middle-grade and young adult books. Other Pajama Press titles that have been nominated for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award in previous years include Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis, My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo, and A Brush Full of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison by Katherine Gibson and Margriet Ruurs. Learn more about the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards here: https://www.ontarioartsfoundation.on.ca/pages/ruth-sylvia-schwartz-awards
Pajama Press extends our congratulations to Nicole Testa and Annie Boulanger. Our sincerest thanks go to the Ontario Arts Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Ruth Schwartz Foundation for their support of Canadian children’s authors, illustrators, and publishers.