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English Awards

		THE CHRISTIE HARRIS ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S LITERATURE PRIZE (THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY) FOR BEST PICTURE BOOK AND ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION BOOK GOODBYE TO GRIFFITH STREET MARILYNN REYNOLDS ILLUSTRATIONS: RENNÉ BENOIT VICTORIA, B.C.: ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS, 2004. 32 P. ISBN 1551432854 AGES 4 TO 7
Goodbye to Griffith Street Source

After a heavy snowfall in Sudbury overnight, the northern Ontario mining town is left completely blanketed in white. But despite the beauty of the winter morning, John is sad: in just a few hours he will be leaving his hometown. His parents have divorced, and he and his mother are moving to start a new life elsewhere. Making the best of the hours he has left, John ventures out one last time into the snow-covered streets to say goodbye to his friends, to all the people he has met over the years -- and to Griffith Street, where he grew up. Inspired by the author's own childhood memories, Goodbye to Griffith Street is a book filled with a tender nostalgia, where these memories fade silently into the frozen landscapes of the North. Renné Benoit's subtly tinted watercolours capture this bygone world with great sensitivity. A beautiful book -- and a reminder that it is never too late to say goodbye.

-DSH