David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award
Past Winners and Finalists

Robot, Unicorn, Queen: Poems for You and Me
Written by Shannon Bramer
Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher 
Groundwood Books, 2023
 

Forever Our Home
Written by Tonya Simpson 
Illustrated by Carla Joseph
Orca Book Publishers, 2023

I Want to Build a Seahouse
Written by Whitney Moran
Illustrated by Josée Bisaillon 
Nimbus Publishing, 2023

Like a Hurricane
Written by Jonathan Bécotte
Translated by Jonathan Kaplansky 
Orca Book Publishers, 2023
 

The Prisoner and the Writer
Written by Heather Camlot
Illustrated by Sophie Casson 
Groundwood Books, 2022

The Yellow Leaves Are Coming
Written by James Gladstone
Illustrated by François Thisdale
Red Deer Press, 2023
 

Summer Feet
Written by Sheree Fitch
Illustrated by Carolyn Fisher
Nimbus Publishing, 2020
 

The Book of Selkie
Written and illustrated by Briana Corr Scott
Nimbus Publishing, 2020
 

A Great Big Night
Written by Kate Inglis
Illustrated by Josée Bisaillon
Nimbus Publishing, 2020
 

I Talk Like a River
Written by Jordan Scott
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Neal Porter Books, 2020
 

Our Corner Store
Written by Robert Heidbreder
Illustrated by Chelsea O’Byrne
Groundwood Books, 2020
 

Welcome to the Cypher
Written to Khodi Dill
Illustrated by Awuradwoa Afful
Annick Press, 2021