Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award

The Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award is a literary program designed for young readers in Atlantic Canada. Each year, thousands of children in grades 4-6 read from the shortlisted titles and vote for the winners. Books are selected from Canadian titles published for children over the last two years and are chosen "to spark the imagination and to illustrate a variety of stories, voices, and cultural experiences for young readers in Atlantic Canada."  There are four categories of books:

English Fiction
English Nonfiction
French Fiction
French Nonfiction

You can find more information about Hackmatack, the 2020 shortlist, as well as past winners and nominees on the Hackmatack website. 



Several of the Hackmatack-nominated titles, in both English and French, are available to borrow in eBook format from OverDrive. If you are a fan of Nova Scotia's favorite weatherperson, Frankie MacDonad, you can borrow his book Be Prepared: The Frankie MacDonald Guide to Life, the Weather, and Everything by Frankie MacDonald and Sarah Sawler. 

Sarah Sawler's book 100 Things You Don't Know About Nova Scotia is also one of the shortlisted titles that is available to borrow on OverDrive. 

In addition to titles from the 2019-2020 shortlist, there are also titles from previous years. 





Due to COVID-19, this year's Hackmatack tour is a bit different. In person readings, class visits, and the big award ceremony have been cancelled but Hackmatack is offering a series of author readings via their Facebook page. Make sure you visit their page to take part in upcoming readings and see some that you might have missed.