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David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award 2024

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Robot, Unicorn, Queen: poems for you and me

By: Shannon Bramer, Irene Luxbacher

Winner of the 2024 David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award

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The David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award was established in 2022 to recognize excellence in Canadian children’s and youth poetry. The award honours David Booth, former Professor Emeritus in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), who passed away in December 2018. The biennial award is a cash prize of $3,500 and is sponsored by David’s colleague and dear friend Shelley Stagg Peterson.