Year |
Detail | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener. Toronto: Puffin Canada, 2014. | |
| 2014 | Allan Stratton, Curse of the Dream Witch. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2013. | |
| 2013 | Susin Nielsen, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2012. | |
| 2012 | Kit Pearson, The Whole Truth. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011. | |
| 2011 | Kenneth Oppel, Half Brother. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010. | |
| 2010 | Nancy Hartry, Watching Jimmy. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2009. | |
| 2009 | Anne Laurel Carter, The Shepherd’s Granddaughter. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2008. | |
| 2008 | Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2007. | |
| 2007 | Hadley Dyer, Johnny Kellock Died Today. Toronto: HarperTrophyCanada, 2006. | |
| 2006 | Pamela Porter, The Crazy Man. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005. | |
| 2005 | Anne Laurel Carter, Last Chance Bay. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2004. | |
| 2004 | Brian Doyle, Boy O’ Boy. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2003. | |
| 2003 | Karen Levine, Hana’s Suitcase. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2002. | |
| 2002 | Jean Little, Orphan at My Door. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 2001. | |
| 2001 | Nan Gregory, Wild Girl & Gran. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Calgary: Red Deer Press, 2000. | |
| 2000 | Kenneth Oppel, Sunwing. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 1999. | |
| 1999 | Tim Wynne-Jones, Stephen Fair. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1998 | |
| 1998 | Kenneth Oppel, Silverwing. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. | |
| 1997 | Brian Doyle, Uncle Ronald. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1996. | |
| 1996 | Maxine Trottier, The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing. Illustrated by Al Van Mil. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1995. | |
| 1995 | Cora Taylor, Summer of the Mad Monk. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1994. | |
| 1994 | Tim Wynne-Jones, Some of the Kinder Planets. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1993. | |
| 1993 | Celia Barker Lottridge, Ticket To Curlew. Illustrated by Wendy Wolsak-Frith. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1992. | |
| 1992 | Kevin Major, Eating Between The Lines. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1991. | |
| 1991 | Michael Bedard, Redwork. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990. | |
| 1990 | Kit Pearson, The Sky is Falling. Markham, ON: Viking Kestrel, 1989. | |
| 1989 | Brian Doyle, Easy Avenue. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1988. | |
| 1988 | Kit Pearson, A Handful of Time. Markham, ON: Viking Kestrel, 1987 | |
| 1987 | Janet Lunn, Shadow in Hawthorn Bay. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1986. | |
| 1986 | Cora Taylor, Julie. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1985. | |
| 1985 | Jean Little, Mama’s Going To Buy You a Mockingbird. Toronto: Penguin Books, 1984. | |
| 1984 | Jan Hudson, Sweetgrass. Edmonton: Tree Frog Press, 1984. | |
| 1983 | Brian Doyle, Up To Low. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1982. | |
| 1982 | Janet Lunn, The Root Cellar. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1981. | |
| 1981 | Donn Kushner, The Violin Maker’s Gift. Illustrated by Doug Panton. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1980. | |
| 1980 | James Houston, River Runners: A Tale of Hardship and Bravery. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1979. | |
| 1979 | Kevin Major, Hold Fast. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1978. | |
| 1978 | Dennis Lee, Garbage Delight. Illustrated by Frank Newfeld. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1977. | |
| 1977 | Christie Harris, Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses. Illustrated by Douglas Tait. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. | |
| 1976 | Mordecai Richler, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1975. | |
| 1975 | Dennis Lee, Alligator Pie. Illustrated by Frank Newfeld. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1974. | |
| 1974 | Elizabeth Cleaver, The Miraculous Hind: A Hungarian Legend. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. | |
| 1973 | Ruth Nichols, The Marrow of the World. Illustrated by Trina Schart. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1972. | |
| 1972 | Ann Blades, Mary of Mile 18. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1971. | |
| 1971 | William Toye, Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence. Illustrated by Laszlo Gal. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. | |
| 1970 | Edith Fowke, Sally Go Round the Sun: 300 Songs, Rhymes and Games of Canadian Children. Illustrated by Laszlo Kubinyi. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969. | |
| 1969 | Kay Hill, And Tomorrow The Stars: The Story of John Cabot. New York: Dodd Mead and Co., 1968. | |
| 1968 | James Houston, The White Archer: An Eskimo Legend. Toronto: Academic Press, 1967. | |
| 1967 | Christie Harris, Raven’s Cry. Illustrated by Bill Reid. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1966. | |
| 1966 | James Houston, Tikta’liktak: An Eskimo Legend. Toronto: Longmans, 1965. | |
| 1966 | James McNeill, The Double Knights: More Tales from Round the World. Illustrated by Theo Dimson. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1964. | |
| 1965 | Dorothy M. Reid, Tales of Nanabozho. Illustrated by Donald Grant. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1963. | |
| 1964 | Roderick Haig-Brown, The Whale People. Illustrated by Mary Weiler. London: Collins, 1962. | |
| 1963 | Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey. Illustrated by Carl Burger. Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. | |
| 1961 | William Toye, The St. Lawrence. Illustrated by Leo Rampen. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1959. | |
| 1960 | Marius Barbeau, The Golden Phoenix and Other French Canadian Fairy Tales retold by Michael Hornyansky. Illustrated by Arthur Price. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1958. | |
| 1959 | John F. Hayes, The Dangerous Cove: A Story of the Early Days in Newfoundland. Illustrated by Fred Finely. Vancouver: Copp Clark, 1957. | |
| 1958 | Farley Mowat, Lost in the Barrens. Illustrated by Charles Geer. Toronto: Little, Brown and Co., 1956. | |
| 1957 | Cyrus Macmillan, Glooskap’s Country and other Indian Tales. Illustrated by John A. Hall. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1955. | |
| 1956 | Louise Riley, Train for Tiger Lily. Illustrated by Christine Price. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1954. | |
| 1952 | Catherine Anthony Clark, The Sun Horse. Illustrated by Clare Bice. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1951. | |
| 1950 | Richard S. Lambert, Franklin of the Arctic: A Life of Adventure. Maps by Julius Griffith. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1949. | |
| 1949 | Mabel Dunham, Kristli’s Trees. Illustrated by Selwyn Dewdney. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1948. | |
| 1947 | Roderick Haig-Brown, Starbuck Winter Valley. Illustrated by Charles Defeo. New York: William Morrow, 1943. |
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award
DETAILS
Administered By:
Canadian Library Association
Scope:
national
Award Status:
Active
Website:
Contact Info:
Reta Pyke, Chair
Book of the Year for Children Award Jury
E-mail: reta.pyke@gmail.com
To merit consideration for the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, a book must have been published in Canada, in the previous and its author must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. Any work that is an act of creative writing (i.e., fiction, poetry, narrative, non-fiction, retelling of traditional literature) shall be deemed eligible regardless of published format, including anthologies and collections.