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The Barnabus Project
(Illustrated edition)
Authors	The Fan Brothers, Devin Fan
Illustrators	The Fan Brothers
Language	English
Genres	Children Fiction
Published	2020
Publisher	Random House of Canada
Publication place	Canada
Media type	Print: Hardback Digital: eBook
Pages	72
Awards	Governor General’s Literary Award TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
ISBN	9780735263260
OCLC	1122792103
Website	penguinrandomhouse.ca

The Barnabus Project is a children's book written and illustrated by The Fan Brothers Terry and Eric Fan, in collaboration with their youngest brother Devin Fan. Published in 2020 by Random House of Canada, it won the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language children's illustration.

Plot

In The Barnabus Project, Barnabus is a genetically-engineered half-mouse and half-elephant, the product of a failed laboratory experiment to create and sell the "perfect pet". Sustained in a bell jar and hidden deep below a Perfect Pet store with other failed pet creations, Barnabus dreams of freedom after being told of a wonderful world beyond the confines of the lab. After learning that they are all to be recycled, plans are set in motion to execute an escape.

Awards

The Barnabus Project won the 2020 Governor General’s Award for English-language children's illustration,^[1] and the 2021 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.^[2]

Reception

The book was generally well received. Tanya Boudreau writes in the School Library Journal, "a fun tale with a big heart, for all ages and all collections."^[3] Meghan Cox Gurdon of The Wall Street Journal calls the book "a funny and tender picture book" and calls the artwork "beguiling".^[4] Anne Crewdson at the International Examiner expresses, “The storyline is like blades ever-turning and a twist on a timeless tale which remains fresh.”^[5]

References

^ "Here are the winners of the 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC Books. June 1, 2021. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
^ "The Fan Brothers win $50K TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for picture book The Barnabus Project". CBC Books. November 2, 2021.
^ Boudreau, Tanya (August 14, 2020). "The Barnabus Project". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
^ Gurdon, Meghan Cox (September 4, 2020). "Children's Books: Under the Surface". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
^ Crewdson, Anne (April 7, 2021). ""The Barnabus Project" is a creative new twist on a timeless tale of misfit toys". International Examiner. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

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v t e Winners of the Governor General's Award for young people's literature — illustrated books
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1990s	Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy (1990) Joanne Fitzgerald, Doctor Kiss Says Yes (1991) Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales (1992) Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming (1993) Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story (1994) Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (1995) Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift (1996) Barbara Reid, The Party (1997) Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1998) Gary Clement, The Great Poochini (1999)
2000s	Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story (2000) Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup (2001) Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts (2002) Allen Sapp, The Song Within My Heart (2003) Stéphane Jorisch, Jabberwocky (2004) Rob Gonsalves, Imagine a Day (2005) Leo Yerxa, Ancient Thunder (2006) Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun (2007) Stéphane Jorisch, The Owl and the Pussycat (2008) Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree (2009)
2010s	Jon Klassen, Cats' Night Out (2010) Cybèle Young, Ten Birds (2011) Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf (2012) Matt James, Northwest Passage (2013) Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer (2014) JonArno Lawson, Sidewalk Flowers (2015) Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka, Tokyo Digs a Garden (2016) David Robertson and Julie Flett, When We Were Alone (2017) Jillian Tamaki, They Say Blue (2018) Sydney Smith, Small in the City (2019)
2020s	The Fan Brothers, The Barnabus Project (2020) David A. Robertson and Julie Flett, On the Trapline (2021) Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazemi, The Sour Cherry Tree (2022) Jack Wong, When You Can Swim (2023) Jean E. Pendziwol and Todd Stewart, Skating Wild on an Inland Sea (2024)

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