Unlike the British Columbia book awards of Red Cedar and the Stellar Award programs, the Chocolate Lily Book Awards promote children's fiction by B. C. authors and B. C. illustrators. The three award categories for 2011/2012 were:
- Picture Book – for readers in Kindergarten to Grade 4
- Chapter Book – for Grades 3-6
- Novel – for Grades 5 to 8
In the Picture Book Category (Kindergarten to Grade 3)
• Singing Away the Dark
by Caroline Woodward
Simply Read Books
• Great Lakes and Rugged Ground Imagining Ontario
by Sarah N. Harvey & Leslie Buffam
Orca Book Publishers
• Stanley’s Little Sister
by Linda Bailey (BC)
Kids Can Press
• The Little Hummingbird
by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
Greystone Books
• Where are You Bear?
by Frieda Wishinsky
Illustrated by Sean L. Moore (BC)
Owl Kids
• Compost Stew an A to Z Recipe for the Earth
by Mary McKenna Siddals
Tricycle Press
The winner in the Picture Book Category is. . .
by Linda Bailey
Kids Can Press
In the Chapter Book Category (Grades 3 – 5)
• Emily
by Julie Lawson
Penguin
• The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw
by Lois Peterson
Orca Book Publishers
• Ben’s Robot
by Robin Stevenson
Orca Book Publishers
• Black Dog Dream Dog
by Michelle Superle
Tradewind Books
• No Pets Allowed
by Irene N. Watts
Tradewind Books
The winner in the Chapter Book Category is. . .
by Michelle Superle
Tradewind Books
In the Novel Category (Grades 5 – 8 )
by Carol Anne Shaw
Ronsdale Press
• Silver Rain
by Lois Peterson
Orca Book Publishers
• Follow the Elephant
by Beryl Young
Ronsdale Press
• Ghost of Heroes Past
by Charles Ried
Ronsdale Press
• No Moon
by Irene Watts
Tundra Books
• Dear George Clooney Please Marry Mom
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books
• Liar and Fools
by Robin Stevenson
Orca Book Publishers
The winner in the Novel Category is. . .
by Beryl Young
Kids Can Press
Congratulations
authors, illustrators and publishers
on your nominations and wins
