TORONTO, Nov. 3 /CNW/ -

    WHAT:     The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) and TD Bank
              Financial Group (TDBFG) will announce the winner of the fourth
              annual TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for the most
              distinguished English-language book of the year at a ceremony
              in Toronto on November 6. The winning author will receive
              $20,000 - one of the largest prizes of its kind for children's
              literature in Canada. The remaining finalists will share a
              $10,000 award.

              The winners of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's
              Non-Fiction, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the
              Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People
              will also be announced.

    WHEN:     Thursday, November 6, 2008
              Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres:    6:00 p.m.
              Awards ceremony:                 7:00 p.m.

    WHERE:    The Carlu - 444 Yonge Street, 7th Floor, Toronto

              Following are the nominees for the TD Canadian Children's
              Literature English-language award:

              Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting
              Written by Hugh Brewster
              Published by Kids Can Press

              Darkwing
              Written by Kenneth Oppel
              Published by HarperCollins Canada

              Elijah of Buxton
              Written by Christopher Paul Curtis
              Published by Scholastic Canada

              Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case
              Written by Shane Peacock
              Published by Tundra Books

              Please, Louise!
              Written by Frieda Wishinsky
              Published by Groundwood Books

                    PHOTO OPPORTUNITY AND MEDIA INTERVIEW

    Media are welcome to attend the event. TD Canadian Children's Literature
Award nominees and winner will be available for interviews following the
ceremony.
    The TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for the most distinguished
French-language book of the year was presented in Montreal on October 29, 2008
to author Gilles Vigneault and illustrator Stéphane Jorisch for Un Cadeau pour
Sophie (A Gift for Sophie).

    The TD Canadian Children's Literature Award recognizes excellence in
children's literature with $20,000 for the most distinguished book written in
English and $20,000 for the most distinguished book written in French. All
books, in any genre, written by a Canadian for children ages one through 12
were eligible for the awards. Entries were judged on the quality of the text
and illustrations and the book's overall contribution to literature.

For further information: To RSVP and for more information please
contact: Matthew Cram, TD Bank Financial Group, (416) 983-1514,
matthew.cram@td.com; Stephanie Sayer, GCI Group on behalf of TD and the CCBC,
(416) 486-5921, ssayer@gcigroup.com