Year![]() |
Detail | Recipient |
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2014 | Daniel Loxton, Pterosaur Trouble. Illustrated by Daniel Loxton and Jim W.W. Smith. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2013. | |
2013 | Polly Horvath, One Year in Coal Harbour. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2012. | |
2012 | Caitlyn Vernon, Nowhere Else On Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2011. | |
2011 | Kristi Bridgeman, Uirapurú by P.K. Page. Fernie, BC: Oolichan Books, 2010. | |
2010 | Sylvia Olsen, Counting on Hope. Winlaw, BC: Sono Nis Press, 2009. | |
2009 | Penny Draper, Graveyard of the Sea. Regina: Coteau Books, 2008. | |
2008 | Chris Tougas, Mechanimals. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2007. |
Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize
DETAILS
Administered By:
Victoria Book Prize Society
Scope:
local
Award Status:
Active
Website:
Contact Info:
Lorna MacDonald
President, Victoria Book Prize Society
Tel: 250.382.1058
email
The Bolens Book Prize for Children’s Books was established with the generous support of Bolens Books in recogntition of the high number of first class children’s writers and illustrators living and working in and around Victoria. The $5000 prize will be awarded to the children’s book judged to have the highest literary merit written or illustrated by a resident of the Victoria region. The award is administered by the Victoria Book Prize Society.