2013-2014 Rocky Mountain Book Award
Cat's Cradle: The Golden Twine
"The purpose of the Rocky Mountain Book Award reading program is to promote quality Canadian literature and to enrich and broaden a child’s reading experience.”
View the RMBA homepage here.
2013 Joe Shuster Dragon Award!!!
Cat's
Cradle: The Golden Twine
“This award recognizes the works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at readers 14 and under. Nominees for this award are selected from the eligible creators lists by a team of educators led by Jennifer Haines, MA, B.Ed., who is also the proprietor of Guelph, Ontario’s The Dragon comic book shop.”
View the full list of winners here.
Kirkus
Reviews
Cat's
Cradle: The Golden Twine
“A
would-be tamer of monsters hooks up with a diminutive would-be
monster in this auspicious series opener.”
“Action-packed,
easy to follow and featuring a cast of monsters
inimical and otherwise, along with a winningly intrepid heroine.”
Read
the full review here.
Quill & Quire
Cat's
Cradle: The Golden Twine
“With a deft hand, Rioux balances art and narrative, the two elements working together to propel the tale with a mix of adventure, excitement, mystery, and humour."
"This successful combination, along with a cliffhanger ending, makes The Golden Twine a highly accessible book, particularly for new readers of graphica.”
Read
the full review here.
National Post: Kids Review Books for Kids
Cat's
Cradle: The Golden Twine
“It’s an adventure story and it’s awesome."
"This graphic novel is something I think everybody should read. Suri is mischievous and strong. She is so cool. It was so good, even my friends wanted to borrow it!”
Audrey Snel, age 8
Read
the full review here.
Jo
Rioux was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada. As a child, she
read comics voraciously; first in her native French and later
in English. Attending a high school for the arts was an early
step in an artistic path which lead to the illustration program
at Sheridan college. 
