Book of the Year for Children Award

The Book of the Year for Children Award is awarded to an outstanding author of a children's book published in Canada. The award is presented by the Canadian Library Association.

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2011 - Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel.

2010 - Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry.

2009 - The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter.

2008 - Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis.

2007 - Johnny Kellock Died Today by Hadley Dyer.

2006 - The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter.

2005 - Last Chance Bay by Anne Laurel Carter.

2004 - Boy O'Boy by Brian Doyle.

2003 - Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine.

2002 - Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope by Jean Little.

2001 - Wild Girl and Gran by Nan Gregory.

2000 - Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel.

1999 - Stephen Fair by Tim Wynne-Jones.

1998 - Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel.

1997 - Uncle Ronald by Brian Doyle.

1996 - The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing by Maxine Trottier.

1995 - Summer of the Mad Monk by Cora Taylor.

1994 - Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Wynne-Jones.

1993 - Ticket to Curlew by Celia Barker Lottridge.

1992 - Eating Between the Lines by Kevin Major.

1991 - Redwork by Michael Bedard.

1990 - The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson.

1989 - Easy Avenue by Brian Doyle.

1988 - A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson.

1987 - Shadow in Hawthorn Bay by Janet Lunn.

1986 - Julie by Cora Taylor.

1985 - Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird by Jean Little.

1984 - Sweetgrass by Jan Hudson.

1983 - Up to Low by Brian Doyle.

1982 - The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn.

1981 - The Violin-Maker's Gift by Donn Kushner.

1980 - River Runners by James Houston.

1979 - Hold Fast by Kevin Major.

1978 - Garbage Delight by Dennis Lee.

1977 - Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses by Christie Harris.

1976 - Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler.

1975 - Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee.

1974 - The Miraculous Hind by Elizabeth Cleaver.

1973 - The Marrow of the World by Ruth Nichols.

1972 - Mary of Mile 18 by Ann Blades.

1971 - Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence by William Toye.

1970 - Sally Go Round the Sun by Edith Fowke.

1969 - And Tomorrow the Stars by Kay Hill.

1968 - The White Archer by James Houston.

1967 - The Raven's Cry by Christie Harris.

1966 - Tikta'liktak by James Houston.

1966 - The Double Knights by James McNeill.

1965 - Tales of Nanabozho by Dorothy Reid.

1964 - The Whale People by Roderick Haig-Brown.

1963 - The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford.

1961 - The St. Lawrence by William Toye.

1960 - The Golden Phoenix by M. Barbeau and M. Hornyansky.

1959 - The Dangerous Cove by John F. Hayes.

1958 - Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat.

1957 - Glooskap's Country by Cyrus Macmillan.

1956 - Train for Tiger Lily by Louise Riley.

1952 - The Sun Horse by Catherine A. Clark.

1950 - Franklin of the Arctic by Richard Lambert.

1949 - Kristli's Trees by Mabel Dunham.

1947 - Starbuck Valley Winter by Roderick Haig-Brown.