TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2016) Winner
Melanie Florence
メラニー・フローレンス
Meranie Furoresu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Toronto, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Children's writer
- Active Years
- 2011-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | American Indian Youth Literature Awards | Jordin Tootoo: The Highs and Lows in the Journey of the First Inuit to Play in the NHL | — | American Indian Library Association | Honor |
| 2015 | Second Story Press's Aboriginal Writing Contest | Stolen Words | — | Second Story Press | Winner |
| 2016 | TD Canadian Children's Literature Award | Missing Nimâmâ | — | TD Bank | Winner |
| 2017 | Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award | Missing Nimâmâ | — | Ontario Library Association | Winner |
| 2018 | Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award | Stolen Words | — | Ontario Arts Foundation | Winner |
American Indian Youth Literature Awards
2012
Work:
Jordin Tootoo: The Highs and Lows in the Journey of the First Inuit to Play in the NHL
Organization:
American Indian Library Association
Result:
Honor
Second Story Press's Aboriginal Writing Contest
2015
Work:
Stolen Words
Organization:
Second Story Press
Result:
Winner
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
2016
Work:
Missing Nimâmâ
Organization:
TD Bank
Result:
Winner
Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award
2017
Work:
Missing Nimâmâ
Organization:
Ontario Library Association
Result:
Winner
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award
2018
Work:
Stolen Words
Organization:
Ontario Arts Foundation
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Missing Nimâmâ
2015 Picture bookA picture book about a young Indigenous mother, a missing woman, watching her daughter grow up from afar.
Indigenous issuesMissing and murdered Indigenous womenFamily bonds
Bibliography
- Jordin Tootoo: The Highs and Lows in the Journey of the First Inuit to Play in the NHL (2011)
- Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools (2015)
- Missing Nimâmâ (2015)
- One Night (2016)
- The Missing (2016)
- Rez Runaway (2016)
- He Who Dreams (2017)
- Stolen Words (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Focus on historical and contemporary Indigenous issues for children and YA
- Recurring Motifs
- Indigenous experiencesResidential schoolsMissing persons
Legacy
Canadian Indigenous author known for works addressing historical and contemporary issues affecting Indigenous peoples.
Trivia
- Of Cree and Scottish heritage.
- Her works are informed by her grandfather's experiences at a Canadian residential school.