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BOOK AWARDS

CLA Book of the Year for Children Award

Established in 1947, the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year Award for Children honors the best book written for children (up to age 12) that was published in Canada the previous year. Nominees for the award must be Canadian citizens or residents. 

Winners are announced at the annual Canadian Library Association conference each June and receive a bronze medal. The award is sponsored by the National Book Service.

2005 Award Winner
  • Last Chance Bay by Anne Laurel Carter ...find it
2005 Nominees
  • After Sylvia by Alan Cumyn ...find it
  • Airborn by  Kenneth Oppel ...find it
  • Last Chance Bay by Anne Laurel Carter ...find it
  • Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance by  Marthe Jocelyn ...find it
  • Mob by Clem Martini ...find it
  • Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling, by  Gillian Chan ...find it
  • Puppet Wrangler by  Vicki Grant ...find it
  • Red Land, Yellow River by  Ange Zhang ...find it
  • There You Are by Joanne Taylor ...find it
  • Trail of Broken Dreams: The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer by  Barbara Haworth-Attard ...find it

Past CLA Book of the Year for Children Award Winners ... find It


Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award

Established in 1971, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award is awarded to the outstanding illustrator of a children's book that was published in Canada the previous year. Nominees for the award must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. 

Winners are announced at the annual Canadian Library Association conference each June and receive a bronze medal. The award is sponsored by the National Book Service.

2005 Award Winner 2005 Nominees
  • Dawn Watch by  Jean Pendziwol  ...find it
  • Drumheller Dinosaur Dance by  Robert Heidbreder  ...find it
  • Goodbye to Griffith Street by  Marilynn Reynolds ...find it
  • Monkey Business by  Wallace Edwards ...find it
  • Our Canadian Flag by Maxine Trottier ...find it
  • Peg and Yeti by  Kenneth Oppel  ...find it
  • Picasso: Soul on Fire by Rick Jacobson  ...find it
  • Rainy Days with Bear by  Maureen Hull  ...find it
  • Sidewalk Rescue by Hazel Hutchins  ...find it
  • Stella, Princess of Sky by  Marie Louise Gay  ...find it

Past Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award Winners ... find It


CLA Young Adult Canadian Book Award 

Established in 1980, the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book Award recognizes the author of an outstanding English language Canadian book written for young adults between 13 and 18 years old. Nominees for the award must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant.

Winners are announced in the spring at the annual Canadian Library Association conference and receive a leather-bound book with the title, author, and award seal embossed on the cover in gold.

2005 Award Winner
  • Complicated Kindness: A Novel by Miriam Toews ...find it
2005 Nominees

Past CLA Young Adult Canadian Book Award Winners ... find It

 


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