The eight major children's book awards, which will be awarded later this fall, include:
- TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($50,000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
- Le Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse ($50,000) Sponsored by TD Bank Group;
- Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000) Sponsored by A. Charles Baillie;
- Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction ($10,000) Sponsored by the Fleck Family Foundation;
- Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($5,000) Sponsored by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Bilson Endowment Fund;
- John Spray Mystery Award ($5,000) Sponsored by John Spray of Mantis Investigation Agency;
- Amy Mathers Teen Book Award ($5,000) Sponsored by Amy Mathers' Marathon of Books; and
- Le Prix Harry Black de l’album jeunesse ($5,000) Sponsored by Mary Macchiusi
Here are the short lists for each award category, as announced by the Canadian Children's Book Centre:
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
Birdsong
Written and illustrated by Julie Flett
Greystone Kids
Written by Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer
Puffin Canada
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
Written by Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by Julie Morstad
Tundra Books
Written and illustrated by Sydney Smith
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Written by Erin Bow
Scholastic Canada
Le Prix TD de littérature pour l'enfance et la jeunesse canadienne
Les étoiles
Written and illustrated by Jacques Goldstyn
Éditions de la Pastèque
Le grain de sable : Olivier Le Jeune, premier esclave au Canada
Written by Webster
Illustrated by ValMo
Éditions Septentrion
Mon ami Pierrot
Written by Annie Gravel
Illustrated by Enzo
Éditions Planète rebelle
Pipo
Written by Amélie Dumoulin
Illustrated by Todd Stewart
Éditions Québec Amérique
Quand le vent souffle
Written and illustrated by Todd Stewart
Translated by Nadine Robert
Comme des géants
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
Birdsong
Written and illustrated by Julie Flett
Greystone Kids
King Mouse
Written by Cary Fagan
Illustrated by Dena Seiferling
Tundra Books
My Winter City
Written by James Gladstone
Illustrated by Gary Clement
Groundwood Books
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden
Written by Heather Smith
Illustrated by Rachel Wada
Orca Book Publishers
Small in the City
Written by Sydney Smith
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
Beastly Puzzles: A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game
Written by Rachel Poliquin
Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler
Kids Can Press
Reviewed here
Cells: An Owner's Handbook
Written and illustrated by Carolyn Fisher
Beach Lane Books
Fairy Science (Fairy Science, Book 1)
Written and illustrated by Ashley Spires
Tundra Books
Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, & Murdered Through History
Written by Serah-Marie McMahon and Alison Matthews David
Illustrated by Gillian Wilson
Owlkids Books
Picking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket
Written by Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson
Orca Book Publishers
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People
Among the Fallen
Written by Virginia Frances Schwartz
Holiday House
Be My Love
Written by Kit Pearson
HarperTrophy Canada
The Big Dig
Written by Lisa Harrington
Nimbus Publishing
City on Strike
Written by Harriet Zaidman
Red Deer Press
Orange for the Sunsets
Written by Tina Athaide
Katherine Tegen Books
Room for One More
Written by Monique Polak
Kar-Ben Publishing
John Spray Mystery Award
The Athena Protocol
Written by Shamim Sarif
HarperTeen
304 pp.
Ages 13+
2019
Keep This to Yourself
Written by Tom Ryan
Albert Whitman & Co.
320 pp.
Ages 13+
2019
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane
Written by Julia Nobel
Sourcebooks
320 pp.
Ages 8-12
2019
Reviewed here
Songs from the Deep
Written by Kelly Powell
Margaret McElderry
320 pp.
Ages 12+
2019
The Starlight Claim
Written by Tim Wynne-Jones
Candlewick
240 pp.
Ages 13+
2019
Reviewed here
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
All Our Broken Pieces
Written by L.D. Crichton
Hyperion
The Candle and the Flame
Written by Nafiza Azad
Scholastic Press
In the Key of Nira Ghani
Written by Natasha Deen
Running Press Teens
Love from A to Z
Written by S.K. Ali
Salaam Reads
Prix Harry Black de l'album jeunesse
La case 144
Written by Nadine Poirier
Illustrated by Geneviève Després
Éditions D'eux
La corde à linge
Written and illustrated by Orbie
Éditions les 400 coups
Des couleurs sur la Grave
Written by Marie-Andrée Arsenault
Illustrated by Dominique Leroux
Éditions la Morue verte
Laurent, c'est moi!
Written by Stéphanie Deslauriers
Illustrated by Geneviève Després
Éditions Fonfon
Le poisson et l'oiseau
Written by Kim Thúy
Illustrated by Rogé
Éditions de la Bagnole
The winners of the English-language awards will be announced at a small, socially distanced event, co-hosted by the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA). There will be a free live stream of the event available on the Canadian Children's Book Centre's YouTube channel, Bibliovideo, afterwards. Leading up to the event, the CCBC and TIFA will host free panel discussions with some of the nominated creators. More event information will be available at festivalofauthors.ca on September 22.
The French-language awards will be celebrated as a part of Salon du livre Montreal, hosted by Communication-Jeunesse, with a virtual event announcing winners of Prix TD and Prix Harry Black in mid-November.
John Spray Mystery Award
Written by Shamim Sarif
HarperTeen
304 pp.
Ages 13+
2019
Written by Tom Ryan
Albert Whitman & Co.
320 pp.
Ages 13+
2019
Written by Julia Nobel
Sourcebooks
320 pp.
Ages 8-12
2019
Reviewed here
Written by Kelly Powell
Margaret McElderry
320 pp.
Ages 12+
2019
Written by Tim Wynne-Jones
Candlewick
240 pp.
Ages 13+
2019
Reviewed here
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
All Our Broken Pieces
Written by L.D. Crichton
Hyperion
The Candle and the Flame
Written by Nafiza Azad
Scholastic Press
In the Key of Nira Ghani
Written by Natasha Deen
Running Press Teens
Keep This to Yourself
Written by Tom Ryan
Albert Whitman & Company
Love from A to Z
Written by S.K. Ali
Salaam Reads
Prix Harry Black de l'album jeunesse
La case 144
Written by Nadine Poirier
Illustrated by Geneviève Després
Éditions D'eux
La corde à linge
Written and illustrated by Orbie
Éditions les 400 coups
Des couleurs sur la Grave
Written by Marie-Andrée Arsenault
Illustrated by Dominique Leroux
Éditions la Morue verte
Laurent, c'est moi!
Written by Stéphanie Deslauriers
Illustrated by Geneviève Després
Éditions Fonfon
Le poisson et l'oiseau
Written by Kim Thúy
Illustrated by Rogé
Éditions de la Bagnole
The winners of the English-language awards will be announced at a small, socially distanced event, co-hosted by the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA). There will be a free live stream of the event available on the Canadian Children's Book Centre's YouTube channel, Bibliovideo, afterwards. Leading up to the event, the CCBC and TIFA will host free panel discussions with some of the nominated creators. More event information will be available at festivalofauthors.ca on September 22.
The French-language awards will be celebrated as a part of Salon du livre Montreal, hosted by Communication-Jeunesse, with a virtual event announcing winners of Prix TD and Prix Harry Black in mid-November.
