Children's Book Award Winners (Since 1990)
- The Governor Generals Literary Awards(Canada)
- Red Cedar Awards (Canada)
- Steller Book Award: The New Teen Readers' Choice Award of B.C. (Canada)
- BC Book Prize (Canada)
- Newbery Medal Books (United States)
- Caldecott Medal Books (United States)
- Carnegie Medal (UK)
- Kate Greenaway Medal (UK)
The Governor General's Literary Awards (Canada)
Children's Literature - Text
2012 Winner:
2012 Finalists:
Past Winners:
Children's Literature - Illustration
2012 Winner:
2012 Finalists:
Past Winners:
- 2011 Ten Birds. Jon Klassen (illus) Cybele Young (text)
- 2010 Cat's Night Out. Jon Klassen (illus) Caroline Stutson (text)
- 2009 Bella’s Tree. Jirina Marton (illus) Janet Russell (text)
- 2008 The Owl and the Pussycat. Stéphane Jorisch (illus) Edward Lear (text)
- 2007 The Boy from the Sun. Duncan Weller
- 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
[
Top Of Page]
Red Cedar Awards
Fiction
2011/2012 Nominees:
Past Winners:
Non-Fiction
2011/2012 Nominees:
- Harness Horses, Bucking Broncos & Pit Ponies. Shelley Jackson
- Explorers Who Made It Or Died Trying. Frieda Wishinsky
- Spy, Spy Again: True Tales of Failed Espionage. Tina Holdcroft
- Off To Class: Students and Schools Around the World. Susan Hughes
- White Ballets. Rajka Kupesic
- Sea Wolves: Living Wild in the Great Bear Rainforest. Ian McAllister
- Emily Included. Kathleen Mcdonnell
- Hockey Trailblazers. Nicole Mortillard
- Totally Human. Cynthia Pratt Nicolson
- Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue From War. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
- Highway Of Heroes. Kathy Stinson
- Our Earth: How Kids Are Saving the Planet. Janet Wilson
- Shannen and the Dream For a School. Janet Wilson
- Mathemagic! Number Tricks. Lynda Colgan
Past Winners:
- 2010/2011Everything But the Kitchen Sink. Frieda Wishinsky & Elizabeth MacLeod(text) Travis King(illus)
- 2009/2010 Sweet!: the Delicious Story of Candy. Ann Love & Jane Drake(text) Claudia Davila(illus)
- 2008/2009 Why do Dogs have Wet Noses. Stanley Coren
- 2007/2008 Transformed: How Everyday Things are Made. Bill Slavin
- 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
[
Top Of Page]
Stellar Book Award: The New Teen Readers' Choice Award of B.C.
2011/2012 Winner:
- The Gryphon Project. Carrie Mac
2011/2012 Nominees:
- The Summoning. Kelley Armstrong
- Starclimber. Kenneth Oppel
- The Apprentice’s Masterpiece. Melanie Little
- The Lit Report. Sarah H. Harvey
- Word Nerd. Susin Nielsen
- Gotcha!. Shelley Hrdlitschka
- Chanda’s Wars. Allan Stratton
- Tales from Cooks Cove: One For Sorrow. Mary C Sheppard
- Getting the Girl. Susan Juby
- Alexandria of Africa. Eric Walters
- My Mother is a French Fry and Further Proof of my Fuzzed Up Life. Colleen Sydor
- Gravity Journal. Sidonie Sobalt
- Lockdown by Diane Tullson
Past Winners:
- 2010/2011 The Summoning. Kelley Armstrong
- 2009/2010 Choices. Deborah Lynn Jacobs
- 2008/2009 Droughtlanders. Carrie Mac
- 2007/2008 Red Sea. Diane Tullson
- 2006/2007 The Beckoners. Carrie Mac
- 2005/2006 Theories of Relativity. Bargara Haworth-Attard
BC Book Prizes
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
2013 Winner:
2013 Finalists:
Past Winners:
Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
2013 Winner:
2013 Finalists:
- Gift Days. Kari-Lynn Winter.
- Hey Canada!. Vivien Bowers
- Rainbow Shoes. Tiffany Stone
- What's Up Bear?: A Book About Opposites. Frieda Wishinsky and Sean L. Moore
Past Winners:
[
Top Of Page]
Newbery Medal Books(United States)
2013 Medal Winner:
Past Winners:
- 2012 Dead End in Norvelt. Jack Gantos
- 2011 Moon Over Manifest. Claire Vanderpool
- 2010 When You Reach Me. Rebecca Stead
- 2009 The Graveyard Book. Neil Gaiman
- 2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Laura Amy Schiltz
- 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
[
Top Of Page]
Caldecott Medal Books(United States)
2013 Medal Winner:
2013 Honor Books:
- Creepy Carrots. Aaron Reynolds
- Extra Yarn. Mac Barnett
- Green. Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- One Cool Friend. Toni Buzzeo
- Sleep Like A Tiger. Mary Logue
Past Winners:
- 2012 A Ball For Daisy. Chris Raschka
- 2011 A Sick Day for Amos McGee. Philip C. Stead
- 2010 The Lion & the Mouse. Jerry Pinkney
- 2009 The House in the Night. Beth Krommes(illus) Susan Marie Swanson(text)
- 2008 The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick
- 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
[
Top Of Page]
Carnegie Medal(UK)
2011 (awarded in 2012) Winner:
- A Monster Calls. Patrick Ness
2011 (awarded in 2012) Nominees:
- My Name Is Mina. David Almond
- Small Change For Stuart. Lissa Evans
- Midnight Zoo. Sonya Hartnett
- Everybody Jam. Ali Lewis
- Trash. Andy Mulligan
- My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece. Annabel Pitcher
- Between Shades Of Gray. Ruta Sepetys
Past Winners:
- 2010 Monsters Of Men. Patrick Ness
- 2009 The Graveyard Book. Neil Gaiman
- 2008 Bog Child. Siobhan Dowd
- 2007 Here Lies Arthur. Philip Reeve
- 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
[
Top Of Page]
Kate Greenaway Medal(UK)
2011 (awarded in 2012) Winner:
- A Monster Calls. Patrick Ness
2011 (awarded in 2012) Nominees:
- Farther. Grahame Baker-Smith
- Wolf Won't Bite. Emily Gravett
- Puffin Peter. Petr Horáček
- Solomon Crocodile . Catherine Rayner
- Slog's Dad. Dave McKean (illus) David Almond (text)
- The Gift. Carol Anne Duffy (text), Rob Ryan (ill)
- There Are No Cats In This Book. Viviane Schwarz
- Can We Save The Tiger? Martin Jenkins (text), Vicky White (ill)
Past Winners:
- 2010 Farther. Grahame Baker-Smith
- 2009 Harry and Hopper. Freya Blackwood.
- 2008 Harris Finds his Feet. Catherine Rayner
- 2007 Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. Emily Gravett
- 2006 The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon. Jonathan Cape(illus) Mini Grey(text)
- 2005 Wolves. Emily Gravett
- 2004 Jonathan Swift's Gulliver. Chris Riddell(illus) 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
[Top Of Page]