The Governor General's Literary
Awards (Canada)
Governor General Awards Web Site
Children's Literature - Text:
2007 Winner:
Gemini Summer. Iain Lawrence
2007 Finalists:
Carnation, Lilly, Lilly, Rose. Hugh Brewster
Elijah of Buxton. Christopher Paul Curtis
Alchemist's Dream. John Wilson
Kanada. Eva Wiseman
Past Winners:
2006 Pirate's Passage. William Gilkerson
2005 Crazy Man. Pamela Porter
2004 Airborn. Kenneth Oppel
2003 Stitches. Glen Huser
2002 True Confessions of a Heartless Girl. Martha Brooks
2001 Dust
. Arthur Slade
2000 Looking
for X. Deborah Ellis
1999 A Screaming Kind of Day. Rashna Gilmore
1998 The Hollow Tree. Janet Lunn
1997 Awake
and Dreaming. Kit Pearson
1996 Ghost
Train. Paul Yee
1995 The
Maestro. Tim Wynne-Jones
1994 Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me. Julie Johnston
1993 Some of the Kinder Planets. Tim Wynne-Jones
1992 Hero of Lesser Causes. Julie Johnston
1991 Pick-Up Sticks. Sarah Ellis
1990 Redwork
. Michael Bedard
Children's Literature - Illustration:
2007 Winner:
The Boy from the Sun. Duncan Weller
2007 Finalists:
The Painted Circus. Wallace Edwards
The Blue Hippopotamus. Joanne Fitzgerald (illus) Phoebe Gilman (text)
Marja's Skis. Jirina Marton (illus) Jean E. Pendziwol (text)
My New Shirt. Dušan Petricic (illus) Cary Fagan (text)
Past Winners:
2006 Ancient Thunder. Leo Yerxa
2005 Imagine a Day. Ron Gonsalves
2004 Jabberwocky. Stephane Jorisch
2003 The Song
Within My Heart. Allen Sapp
2002 Alphabeasts. Wallace Edwards
2001 An
Island in the Soup. Mireille Levert
2000 Yuck, A
Love Story. Marie-Louise Gay
1999 The Great Poochini. Gary Clement
1998 A Child's
Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. Kady Macdonald Denton
1997 The Party. Barbara Reid
1996 Rooster's Gift. Eric Beddows
1995 The Last Quest of Gilgamesh. Ludmila Zeman
1994 Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story
1993 Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming. Mireille Levert
1992 Waiting
for the Whales. Ron Lightburn
1991 Doctor Kiss Says Yess. Joanne Fitzgerald
1990 Orphan Boy. Paul Morin
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Red Cedar
Awards
Fiction
2007/2008
Winner:
Crazy
Man. Pamela Porter
2007/2008
Nominees:
Chasing
the Falconers. Gordon Korman
From
Charlie's Point of View. Richard Scrimger
Mella
and the N'anga: An African Tale. Gail Nyoka
Nannycatch
Chronicles. James Heneghan
Pond Scum. Alan Silberberg
Quid Pro Quo. Vicki Grant
Roman Conspiracy. Jack Mitchell
Skybreaker. Kenneth Oppel
Somebody Else's Summer. Jean Little
Trouble on Tarragon. Nikki Tate
Sea Chase. Curtis Parkinson
Vacation. Polly Horvath
Winter of Peril. Jan Andrews
Past Winners:
2006/2007 Airborn. Kenneth Oppel
2005/2006 Mud
City. Deborah Ellis
2004/2005 Parvana's
Journey. Deborah Ellis
2003/2004 If I Just Had Two Wings. Virginia Frances Schwartz
2002/2003 The
Breadwinner. Deborah Ellis
2001/2002 Sunwing.
Kenneth Oppel
2000/2001 Janey's Girl.
Gayle Friesen
1999/2000 Silverwing.
Kenneth Oppel
1998/1999 Awake and
Dreaming. Kit Pearson
1997/1998 Amy's Promise. Bernice Thurman Hunter
Non-Fiction
2007/2008 Winner:
Transformed: How Everyday Things are Made. Bill Slavin
2007/2008 Nominees:
Animals Hibernating. Pamela Hickman
Are
You Psychic?. Helaine Becker
Backyard Birds. Robert Bateman
Blue Jean Book. Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Coming to Canada: Building a New Life in a New Land. Susan Hughes
Funny Business. Helaine Becker
Kids
Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. Diane Silvey
Lowdown on Earthworms. Norma Dixon
Strange New Species. Erin Kelsey
Terry Fox: A Story of Hope. Maxine Trottier
Turtle Rescue. Pamela Hickman
Past Winners:
2006-2007 Aha!. Trudee Romanek
2005/2006 Survivors!
True Death-Defying Escapes. Larry Verstraete
2004/2005 Hana's
Suitcase. Karen Levine
2003/2004 Ha! Ha! Ha! 1000+ Jokes, Riddles, Facts and More. Lyn Thomas(text) Dianne Eastman(illus)
2002/2003 Adventures
in the Middle Ages. Linda Bailey(text) Bill Slavin(illus)
2001/2002 Wow, Canada.
Vivien Bowers
2000/2001 Funny You Should Ask. Marg Meikle
1999/2000 The Great Race. David Bouchard(text) Zhong-Yang Huang(illus)
1998/1999 Anastasia's Album. Hugh Brewster
1997/1998 In Flanders
Field. Linda Granfield and Janet Wilson
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Stellar
Book Award: The New Teen Readers' Choice Award of B.C.
2007-2008 Winner:
Red Sea. Diane Tullson
Past Winners:
2006/2007 Winner: The Beckoners. Carrie Mac
2005/2006 Winner: Theories of Relativity. Bargara Haworth-Attard
2005/2006 Honour Book: An Earthly Knight. Janet McNaughton
BC
Book Prizes
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
2008 Winner:
The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane. Polly Horvath
2008 Finalists:
The Alchemist's Dream. John Wilson
Baboon: A Novel. David Jones
For Now. Gayle Friesen
Porcupine. Meg Tilly
Past Winners:
2007 Odd Man Out. Sarah Ellis
2006 Hannah Waters
and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach. Barbara Nickel
2005 Miss Smithers. Susan
Juby
2004 Skud. Dennis Foon
2003 Flood. James Heneghan
2002 Everything on a Waffle. Polly Horvath
2001 The
Grave. James Heneghan
2000 WOW Canada! Exploring the Land
from Coast to Coast to Coast. Vivien Bowers
1999 Driftwood Cove. Sandra Lightburn and Ron Lightburn
1998 Wish Me Luck. James Heneghan
1997 The Back of Beyond. Sarah Ellis
1996 How Smudge Came. Nan Gregory and Ron Lightburn
1995 Old Brown Suitcase. Lilian Boraks-Nemetz
1994 White
Jade Tiger. Julie Lawson
1993 My Name is Seepeetze. Shirley Sterling
1992 Siwiti:
A Whale Story. Alexandra Morton
1991 I Heard My Mother Call My Name. Nancy Hundal
1990 Tales from Gold Mountain. Paul Yee
Christie
Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
2008 Winner:
A Sea-Wishing Day. Robert Heidbreder(text) Kady MacDonald Denton(illus)
2008 Finalists:
The Day it Blew Away. Lisa Cinar
Elf the Eagle. Ron Smith(text) Ruth Campbell(illus)
Jeffrey and Sloth. Kari-Lynn Winters(text) Ben Hodson(illus)
Pink. Nan Gregory
Past Winners:
2007 Tale of a Great White Fish: A Sturgeon Story. Maggie De Vries(text) Renné Benoit(illus)
2006 The Blue Jean Book: The Story Behind the Seams. Tanya Lloyd Kyi
2005 Goodbye to Griffith Street. Marilynn Reynolds and Renne Beniot
2004 Stanley's
Party. Linda Bailey and Bill Slavin
2003 Salmon
Creek. Annette LeBox and Karen Reczuch
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CLA Book of the Year for Children Award
(Canada)
2008 Winner:
Elijah Buxton. Christopher Paul Curtis
Past Winners:
2007 Johnny Kellock Died Today. Hadley Dyer
2006 Crazy
Man. Pamela Porter
2005 Last Chance Bay. Anne Laurel Carter
2004 Boy O' Boy
. Brian Doyle
2003
Hana's Suitcase. Karen Levine
2002
Orphan at My Door. Jean Little
2001 Wild
Girl and Gran. Nan Gregory
2000 Sunwing
. Kenneth Oppel
1999 Stephen Fair. Tim Wynne-Jones
1998 Silverwing
. Kenneth Oppel
1997 Uncle Roland. Brian Doyle
1996 The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing. Maxine Trotter
1995 Summer of the Mad Monk. Cora Taylor
1994 Some of the Kinder Planets. Tim-Wynne Jones
1993 Ticket
to Curlew. Celia Barker Lottridge
1992 Eating Between the Lines. Kevin Major
1991 Redwork. Michael Bedard
1990 The
Sky is Falling. Kit Pearson
For more information, visit the CLA Web Site.
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CLA Young Adult Canadian Book Award (Canada)
2008 Winner:
Mistik
Lake. Martha Brooks
Past Winners:
2007 Blue
Helmet. William Bell
2006 Swimming
in the Monsoon Sea. Shyam Selvadurai
2005 A
Complicated Kindness. Miriam Toews
2004 The
Canning Season. Polly Horvath
2003 True Confessions of a Heartless Girl. Martha Brooks
2002 Stones. William Bell
2001 Before
Wings. Beth Goobie
2000 Alone
at Ninety Foot. Katherine Holubitsky
1999 Janey's Girl. Gayle Friesen
1998 Bone Dance. Martha Brooks
1997 Takes: Stories for Young Adults. R. P. MacIntyre
1996 The
Maestro. Tim Wynne-Jones
1995 Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me. Julie Johnston
1994 Nobody's Son. Sean Stewart
1993 There Will Be Wolves. Karleen Bradford
1992 Strandia. Susan Lynn Reynolds
1991 The Leaving. Budge Wilson
1990 Bad Boy. Diana Wieler
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CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
(Canada)
2008 Winner:
Chester. Melanie Watt
Past Winners:
2007 Scaredy
Squirrel. Melanie Watt
2006 The Baabaasheep Quartet. Leslie Elizabeth Watts
2005 Monkey
Business. Wallace Edwards
2004 Stanley's
Party. Bill Slavin
2003 The
Art Room. Pascal Milelli
2002 Where I Live. Frances Wolfe
2001 The Magnificent Piano Recital. Laura Fernandez
2000 Dragon
New Year. Zhon Yang Huang
1999 A Child's
Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. Kady MacDonand Denton
1998 The Party. Barbara Reid
1997 Ghost
Train. Harvey Chan
1996 Just Like New. Karen Reczuch
1995 Gifts. Barbara Reid
1994 Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall. Leo Yerxa
1993 The Dragon's Pearl. Paul Morin
1992 Waiting
for the Whales. Ron Lightburn
1991 Orphan Boy. Paul Morin
1990 Til All the Stars Have Fallen: Canadian Poems for Children. Kady MacDonald Denton
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Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's
Book Awards (Canada)
Young Adult/Middle Reader Award:
2008 Darkwing. Kenneth Oppel
2007 I am a
Taxi. Deborah Ellis
2006 Skybreaker.
Kenneth Oppel
2005
Airborn.
Kenneth Oppel
2004 Boy
O'Boy. Brian Doyle
2003 Parvana's
Journey. Deborah Ellis
2002 Seven for a Secret. Mary C. Sheppard
2001 The Secret Under My Skin. Janet McNaughton
2000 Sunwing
. Kenneth Oppel
1999 War of the Eagles. Eric Walters
1998 Bone Dance. Martha Brooks
1997 Awake
and Dreaming. Kit Pearson
1996 Out of the Dark. Welwyn Wilton Katz 1995 Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me.
Julie Johnston
1994 The Hunter's Moon. O. R. Melling
Picture Book Award:
2008 The Boy from the Sun. Duncan Weller
2007 Scaredy
Squirrel. Melanie Watt
2006 Caramba. Marie-Louise Gay
2005 Monkey
Business. Wallace Edwards
2004 The
Subway Mouse. Barbara Reid
2003 The
Night Walker. Martin Springett(illus) Richard Thompson(text)
2002 Oma's
Quilt. Stephane Jorish(illus) Paulette Bourgeois(text)
2001 The Chicken Cat. Sean Cassidy(illus) Stephanie Simpson McLellan(text)
2000 Stella, Star
of the Sea. Marie-Louise Gay
1999 Music for the Tsar of the Sea. Harvey Chan(illus) Celia Lottridge
1998 Jeremiah Learns to Read. Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson(illus) Jo Ellen
Bogart(text)
1997 Ghost Train. Harvey Chan(illus) Paul Yee(text)
1996 The Killick. Geoff Butler
1995 A
Pioneer Story. Heather Collins(illus) Barbara Greenwood(text)
1994 Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails. Vladyana Krykorka(illus) Michael
Kusugak(text)
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Newbery Medal Books
(United States)
2008 Medal Winner:
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Laura Amy Schiltz
2008 Honor Books:
Elijah of Buxton. Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars. Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers. Jacqueline Woodson
Past Winners:
2007 The Higher Power of Lucky. Susan Patron
2006 Criss Cross. Lynne Rae Perkins
2005 Kira-Kira. Cynthia Kadohata
2004 The
Tale of Despereaux. Kate DiCamillo
2003 Crispin:
The Cross of Lean. Avi
2002 A Single Shard. Linda Sue Park
2001 A Year Down Yonder. Richard Peck
2000 Bud, Not Buddy. Christopher Paul Curtis
1999 Holes
. Louis Sachar
1998 Out of the Dust. Karen Hesse
1997 The View from Saturday. E. L. Konigsburg
1996 The Midwife's Apprentice. Karen Cushman
1995 Walk Two Moons. Sharon Creech
1994 The
Giver. Lois Lowry
1993 Missing May. Cynthia Rylant
1992 Shiloh
. Phillis Reynolds Naylor
1991 Maniac Magee. Jerry Spinelli
1992 Number the Stars. Lois Lowry
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Caldecott Medal Books
(United States)
2008 Medal Winner:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick
2008 Honor Books:
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad. Kadir Nelson (illus) Ellen Levine (text)
First the Egg. Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Peter Sís
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity. Mo Willems
Past Winners:
2007 Flotsam. David Wiesner
2006 The Hello Goodbye Window. Norton Juster
2005 Kitten's First Full Moon. Kevin Henkes
2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Mordicai Gerstein
2003 My Friend Rabit. Eric Rohmann
2002 The Three Pigs. David Wiesner
2001 So You Want to be President? David Small(illus) Judith St. George(text)
2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat. Simms Taback
1999 Snowflake Bentley. Mary Azarian(illus) Jacqueline Briggs Martin(text)
1998 Rapunzel. Paul O. Zelinsky
1997 Golem. David Wisniewski
1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria. Peggy Rathman
1995 Smoky Night. David Diaz(illus) Eve Bunting(text)
1994 Grandfather's Journey. Allen Say
1993 Mirette on the High Wire. Emily Arnold McCully
1992 Tuesday. David Wiesner
1991 Black and White. David Macaulay
1990 Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China. Ed Young
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Carnegie Medal
(UK)
2007 (awarded in 2008) Winner:
Here Lies Arthur. Philip Reeve
2007 (awarded in 2008) Nominees:
Gatty's Tale. Kevin Crossley-Holland
Ruby Red. Linzi Glass
Crusade. Elizabeth Laird
Apache. Tanya Landman
What I Was. Marcus Sedgwick
Finding Violet Park. Jenny Valentine
Past Winners:
2006 Just in Case. Meg Rosoff
2005 Tamar. Mal Peet
2004 Millions. Frank Cottrell Boyce
2003 A Gathering Light. Jennifer Donnelly
2002 Ruby Holler. Sharon Creech
2001 The
Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. Terry Pratchett
2000 The Other Side of Truth. Beverley Naidoo
1999 Postcards From No Man's Land. Aidan Chambers
1998 Skellig. David Almond
1997 River Boy. Tim Bowler
1996 Junk. Melvin Burgess
1995 The
Golden Compass. Philip Pullman
1994 Whispers in the Graveyard. Theresa Breslin
1993 Stone Cold. Robert Swindells
1992 Flour Babies. Anne Fine
1991 Dear Nobody. Berlie Doherty
1990 Wolf. Gillian Cross
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Kate
Greenaway Medal (UK)
2007 (awarded in 2008) Winner:
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. Emily Gravett
2007 (awarded in 2008) Nominees:
Silly Billy. Anthony Browne
Penguin. Polly Dunbar
Monkey and Me. Emily Gravett
The Lost Happy Endings. Jane Ray
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat. Chris Riddell
Banana. Ed Vere
Past Winners:
2006 The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon. Jonathan Cape(ilus) Mini Grey(text)
2005 Wolves.
Emily Gravett
2004 Jonathan Swift's Gulliver. Chris Riddell(ilus) Martin Jenkins(text)
2003 Ella's Big Chance. Shirley Hughes
2002 Jethro Byrde, Fairy Child. Bob Graham
2001 Pirate Diary. Chris Riddell(illus) Richard Platt(text)
2000 I
Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato. Lauren Child
1999 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Helen Oxenbury
1998 Pumpkin
Soup. Helen Cooper
1997 When Jessie Came Across the Sea. P. J. Lynch
1996 The
Baby Who Wouldn't Go to Bed. Helen Cooper
1995 The
Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey. P. J. Lynch
1994 Way Home. Gregory Rogers
1993 Black
Ships Before Troy. Alan Lee(illus) Rosemary Sutcliff(text)
1992 Zoo. Anthony Browne
1991 The
Jolly Christmas Postman. Janet Ahlberg
1991 The Whale's
Song. Gary Blythe
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