Red Cedar Book Award
The Red Cedar Book Awards Program encourages students in Grades 4 - 7 in British Columbia to read Canadian fiction and non-fiction titles. Each year, a Red Cedar Award is presented to one fiction and one non-fiction book which receive the most votes from children in the program. The first award was presented in May of 1998. To be included in the program, a book must have been: written by and illustrated by a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has lived in Canada for at least two years; published two calendar years before the nomination date; published by a recognized publisher and available in print; recognized by other reviewers of Canadian children’s literature; and recognized as being of general interest to students in grades 4 to 7. Winners are announced annually in May. For information or to email YRCA board members, please see the official website.
DETAILS
Administered By
Young Readers’ Choice Awards Society of BC
Scope
provincial
Website
Link
Status
Active
Awards Recipients
| Year | Detail | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Vivien Bowers, Wow Canada! Exploring This Land From Coast to Coast to Coast. Toronto: Owl Books/Greey de Pencier, 1999. |
| 2004 | Fiction | Virginia Frances Schwartz, If I Just Had Two Wings. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 2001. |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | Valerie Wyatt, How to Build Your Own Country. Illustrated by Fred Rix. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2009. |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | Trudee Romanek, Aha! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Intelligence. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2004. |
| 2009 | Non-Fiction | Stanley Coren, Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2006. |
| 2013 | Fiction | Sara Leach, Count Me In. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2011. |
| 2008 | Fiction | Pamela Porter, The Crazy Man. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005. |
| 2013 | Non-Fiction | Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War. Toronto: Pajama Press, 2011. |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Marg Meikle, Funny You Should Ask. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1998. |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | Lyn Thomas, Ha! Ha! Ha! 1000+ Jokes, Riddles, Facts, and More. Illustrated by Diane Eastman. Toronto: Maple Tree Press/Owl Books, 2 |
| 1998 | Non-Fiction | Linda Granfield, In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae. Illustrated by Janet Wilson. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 1996. |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | Linda Bailey, Adventures in the Middle Ages. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2000. |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Larry Verstraete, Survivors: True Death-Defying Escapes. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 2003. |
| 2009 | Fiction | L.M. Falcone, The Devil, the Banshee and Me. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2006. |
| 1999 | Fiction | Kit Pearson, Awake and Dreaming. Toronto: Penguin, 1999. |
| 2000 | Fiction | Kenneth Oppel, Silverwing. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. |
| 2002 | Fiction | Kenneth Oppel, Sunwing. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. |
| 2007 | Fiction | Kenneth Oppel, Airborn. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | Karen Levine, Hana’s Suitcase. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2002. |
| 1999 | Non-Fiction | Hugh Brewster, Anastasia's Album. Toronto: Madison Press/Penguin Books Canada, 1996. |
| 2014 | Fiction | Gordon Korman, Ungifted. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2012. |
| 2001 | Fiction | Gayle Friesen, Janey’s Girl. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1998. |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod |
| 2003 | Fiction | Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2000. |
| 2005 | Fiction | Deborah Ellis, Parvana’s Journey. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2002. |
| 2006 | Fiction | Deborah Ellis, Mud City. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2003. |
| 2000 | Non-fiction | Dave Bouchard, The Great Race. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 1997. |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | Claire Eamer |
| 2010 | Fiction | Christina Kilbourne, Dear Jo: The Story of Losing Leah…and Searching for Hope. Montreal: Lobster Press, 2007. |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | Bill Slavin with Jim Slavin, Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Made. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2005. |
| 1998 | Fiction | Bernice Thurman Hunter, Amy’s Promise. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1995. |
| 2012 | Fiction | Becky Citra, After the Fire. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2010. |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | Ann Love and Jane Drake, Sweet! The Delicious Story of Candy. Illustrated by Claudia Dávila. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2007. |
| 2011 | Fiction | Alma Fullerton, Libertad. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2008. |