Here are the nominees and the winners of the 2018 Willow Awards, also known as the Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards. Announced in the spring of 2018, young readers read and then selected their favourites the following year.
Written by Mireille Messier
Illustrated by Pierre Pratt
Kids Can Press
Underneath the Sidewalk
Written by Claire Eamer
Illustrated by Thomas Gibault
North Winds Press (Scholastic Canada)
Carson Crosses Canada
Written by Linda Bailey
Illustrated by Kass Reich
Tundra
When Planet Earth Was New
Written by James Gladstone
Illustrated by Katherine Diemert
Owlkids
Heartwood Hotel: A True Home
Written by Kallie George
Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
HarperCollins
When the Trees Crackle with Cold: a Cree Calendar
Written by Bernice Johnson-Laxdal and Miriam Körner
Illustrated by Miriam Körner
Your Nickel's Worth
A Horse Named Steve
Written and illustrated by Kelly Collier
Kids Can Press
When We Were Alone
Written by David A. Robertson
Illustrated by Julie Flett
HighWater Press
Malaika’s Costume
Written by Nadia L. Hohn
Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher
Groundwood
Where Will I Live?
Written by Rosemary McCarney
Second Story Press
And the winner is....
Underneath the Sidewalk
Written by Claire Eamer
Illustrated by Thomas Gibault
North Winds Press (Scholastic Canada)
Adventure on Whalebone Island
Written by M.A. Wilson
Rainy Bay Press
Laura Monster Crusher
Written by Wesley King
Puffin Canada
The Bonaventure Adventures
Written by Rachelle Delaney
Puffin Canada
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess
Written by Shari Green
Pajama Press
Half-truths and Brazen Lies: An Honest Look at Lying
Written by Kira Vermond
Illustrated by Clayton Hanmer
Owlkids
Mary Anning’s Curiosity
Written by Monica Kulling
Groundwood
Hannah and the Magic Eye
Written by Tyler Enfield
Yellow Dog (Great Plains)
The Theory of Hummingbirds
Written by Michelle Kadarusman
Pajama Press
Kings of the Court
Written by Alison Hughes
Orca
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
Written and illustrated by Jan Thornhill
Groundwood
And the winner is....
Laura Monster Crusher
Written by Wesley King
Puffin Canada
Dominion
Written by Shane Arbuthnott
Orca
The Skeleton Tree
Written by Iain Lawrence
Tundra
Ghost Boys
Written by Shenaaz Nanji
Mawenzi House Publishers
Summer’s End
Written by Joel A. Sutherland
Scholastic Canada
Hit the Ground Running
Written by Alison Hughes
Orca
The Valiant
Written by Lesley Livingston
HarperCollins
Optimists Die First
Written by Susin Nielsen
Tundra
The Winnowing
Written by Vikki VanSickle
Scholastic Canada
Short for Chameleon
Written by Vicki Grant
HarperTrophy Canada
Yellow Dog
Written by Miriam Körner
Red Deer Press
And the winner is....
Yellow Dog
Written by Miriam Körner
Red Deer Press
Red Deer Press
