Biography
Bill Slavin was born on February 12, 1959, in Belleville, Ontario, as the seventh of eight children. He illustrated his first book, “The Adventures of Zok the Caveman”, when he was seven years old. It was published in an edition of one. He has been writing and illustrating ever since. He has illustrated over one hundred children’s books, fiction and nonfiction, including Stanley’s Party by Linda Bailey, winner of the 2004 Blue Spruce Award, the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award.#He also co-wrote (with his brother Jim Slavin) and illustrated Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Made, which won the Norma Fleck Award as well as the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award in 2006. In 2014, he completed his Elephants Never Forget graphic novel trilogy, fulfilling a lifetime desire to return to the world of comic books that he had inhabited in his youth.#Bill lives in the village of Millbrook, Ontario, with his wife, Esperança Melo, who is also an artist and the co-illustrator of Drumheller Dinosaur Dance, winner of the 2005 Blue Spruce Award. They have lived and worked in this community since 1990.
Awards
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Stanley’s Beauty Contest
2010 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner
2010 - Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2010 - Chocolate Lily Book Award, Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Award, Commended
2010 - Shining Willow Award, Foreword Magazine, Commended
2009 - Book of the Year, , Commended
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On the Run in Ancient China
2019 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
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Stowing Away with the Vikings
2019 - Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
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Hot on the Trail in Ancient Egypt
2018 - Best Books for Kids and Teens, The Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
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Trash Revolution
2019 - Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College, Outstanding Merit Selection
2019 - Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards -, International Literacy Association, Winner
2019 - Intermediate Nonfiction Category, The Nature Generation, Winner
2019 - Green Earth Book Award, Children's Nonfiction Category, WSRA Children’s Literature Committee, Listed
2019 - Just One More Page! Recommendation List, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Finalist
2019 - Middle Grades Science Book Award, Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards, Finalist
2019 - Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, Ontario Library Association, Nominated
2019 - Red Maple Nonfiction Award, Skipping Stones Magazine, Winner
2018 - Skipping Stones Honor List, The Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
2018 - Best Books for Kids and Teens, California Reading Association, Honor Book
2018 - Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award, Fitzhenry Family Foundation, Short-listed
2018 - Lane Anderson Award, Science Writers and Communicators of Canada, Short-listed
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Stanley at School
2017 - Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2015 - 2015 Elizabeth-Mrazik Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, IBBY, Commended
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Stanley’s Little Sister
2012 - Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2012 - Chocolate Lily Book Award, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner
2011 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Starred Selection, Bank Street Children's Book Committee, Winner
2011 - Best Children Books of the Year, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner
2011 - Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2010 - Best Bets Picture Book, , Winner
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Stanley at Sea
2009 - Best Bet for Children and Teens, Ontario Library Association, Winner
2009 - Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner
2009 - Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2009 - Chocolate Lily Book Award, , Commended
2009 - Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize, , Commended
2009 - Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, , Commended
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Stanley’s Wild Ride
2009 - Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award, Oregon Reading Association, Winner
2008 - California Library Association Young Reader Medal, Ontario Library Association, Winner
2007 - Blue Spruce Award, Canadian Children's Book Centre and TD Bank Financial Canadian, Commended
2007 - Children’s Literature Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2007 - Chocolate Lily Book Award, ForeWord Magazine, Commended
2006 - Best Bets - Top 10 Canadian Children’s Books, , Winner
2006 - Book of the Year Award – Gold Medal, , Winner
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Stanley’s Party
2011 - Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award, Oregon Reading Association, Commended
2007 - Ministry of Education Time to Read, Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards, Winner
2006 - California Library Association Young Reader Medal, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2006 - Child Magazine Best Children's Book Award, Ontario Library Association, Winner
2006 - SMART Award, ForeWord Magazine, Winner
2005 - Chocolate Lily Award, Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Winner
2005 - Georgia Picture Storybook Award, , Winner
2005 - Shining Willow Award, , Winner
2004 - Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, , Winner
2004 - Best Bets, , Winner
2004 - Blue Spruce Award, , Winner
2004 - Book of the Year Award – Silver Medal, , Winner
2004 - Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, , Winner
2004 - Tiny Torgi Literary Award, , Winner
2004 - Zena Sutherland Award for Children’s Literature, , Winner
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Transformed
2008 - Red Cedar Book Award, Canadian Toy Testing Council, Winner
2007 - Alberta Children’s Choice Rocky Mountain Book Award, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada, Short-listed
2007 - Great Book of the Year, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
2006 - Independant Publisher Book Award, , Short-listed
2006 - Information Book Award, , Short-listed
2006 - Norma Fleck Award, , Winner
Picture Books
Stanley at School, 2015
Stanley’s Little Sister, 2010
Stanley’s Beauty Contest, 2009
Stanley at Sea, 2008
Stanley’s Wild Ride, 2006
Stanley’s Party, 2003Graphic Novel
On the Run in Ancient China, 2019
Game On in Ancient Greece, 2019
Stowing Away with the Vikings, 2018
Hot on the Trail in Ancient Egypt, 2018Non-fiction
Trash Revolution, 2018
Our Flag, 2014
Transformed, 2005