The TD Canadian Children's Literature Award is an annual Canadian literary award, presented to the year's best work of children's literature. Sponsored by TD Bank Financial Group and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the award carries a monetary prize of $30,000. [1] On September 11, 2018, it was announced that the monetary prize was increased from $30,000 to $50,000. [2] [3]
Two awards are presented annually, one each for English language and French language works. The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. [1]
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Marthe Jocelyn | Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance | Winner | [5] [6] |
Alan Cumyn | After Sylvia | Finalist | ||
Kenneth Oppel | Airborn | Finalist | ||
Kenneth Oppel , illus. by Barbara Reid | Peg and the Yeti | Finalist | ||
Ange Zhang | Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution | Finalist | ||
2006 | Pamela Porter | The Crazy Man | Winner | |
Nicola I. Campbell , illus. by Kim LaFave | Shi-shi-etko | Finalist | ||
Susan Hughes , illus. by Stéphane Poulin | Earth to Audrey | Finalist | ||
Gail Nyoka | Mella and the N’anga: An African Tale | Finalist | ||
2007 | Sarah Ellis | Odd Man Out | Winner | |
Linda Bailey , illus. by Bill Slavin | Stanley’s Wild Ride | Finalist | ||
Hadley Dyer | Johnny Kellock Died Today | Finalist | ||
Jan Thornhill | I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids’ Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death | Finalist | ||
Tim Wynne-Jones | Rex Zero and the End of the World | Finalist | ||
2008 | Christopher Paul Curtis | Elijah of Buxton | Winner | |
Hugh Brewster , paintings by John Singer Sargent | Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting | Finalist | ||
Kenneth Oppel | Darkwing | Finalist | ||
Shane Peacock | Eye of the Crow | Finalist | ||
Frieda Wishinsky , illus. by Marie-Louise Gay | Please, Louise! | Finalist | ||
2009 | Nicola I. Campbell , illus. by Kim LaFave | Shin-chi’s Canoe | Winner | [7] |
Cary Fagan , illus. by Nicolas Debon | Thing-Thing | Finalist | ||
Alma Fullerton | Libertad | Finalist | ||
Susin Nielsen | Word Nerd | Finalist | ||
Shane Peacock | Death in the Air | Finalist | ||
2010 | Arthur Slade | The Hunchback Assignments | Winner | [8] [9] |
William Gilkerson | A Thousand Years of Pirates | Finalist | [10] | |
Nancy Hartry | Watching Jimmy | Finalist | [10] | |
Sharon Jennings | Home Free | Finalist | [10] | |
Janet McNaughton | Dragon Seer | Finalist | [10] | |
2011 | Erin Bow | Plain Kate | Winner | [11] |
Laurel Croza , illus. by Matt James | I Know Here | Finalist | ||
Alma Fullerton | Burn | Finalist | ||
Gordon Lightfoot , illus. by Ian Wallace | Canadian Railroad Trilogy | Finalist | ||
Valerie Sherrard | The Glory Wind | Finalist | ||
2012 | Trilby Kent | Stones for My Father | Winner | [12] [13] |
Deborah Ellis | No Ordinary Day | Finalist | [14] | |
Susan Hughes | Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World | Finalist | [14] | |
Shane Peacock | The Dragon Turn | Finalist | [14] | |
Andrea Spalding , illus. by Pascal Milelli | Seal Song | Finalist | [14] | |
2013 | Polly Horvath | One Year in Coal Harbour | Winner | [15] [16] |
Deborah Ellis | Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War | Finalist | ||
Jennifer Lanthier , illus. by François Thisdale | The Stamp Collector | Finalist | ||
Kyo Maclear , illus. by Isabelle Arsenault | Virginia Wolf | Finalist | ||
Susin Nielsen | The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen | Finalist | ||
2014 | Kathy Stinson , illus. by Dušan Petričić | The Man with the Violin | Winner | |
Andrew Larsen , illus. by Dušan Petričić | In the Tree House | Finalist | ||
Jean E. Pendziwol , illus. by Isabelle Arsenault | Once Upon a Northern Night | Finalist | ||
Ken Setterington | Branded by the Pink Triangle | Finalist | ||
Teresa Toten | The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B | Finalist | ||
2015 | Jonathan Auxier | The Night Gardener | Winner | |
Christine Baldacchino , illus. by Isabelle Malenfant | Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress | Finalist | [17] | |
Hugh Brewster | From Vimy to Victory: Canada’s Fight to the Finish in World War I | Finalist | [17] | |
Marie-Louise Gay | Any Questions? | Finalist | [17] | |
Margriet Ruurs and Katherine Gibson | A Brush Full of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison | Finalist | [17] | |
2016 | Melanie Florence , illus. by François Thisdale | Missing Nimâmâ | Winner | |
Michelle Barker , illus. by Renné Benoit | A Year of Borrowed Men | Finalist | ||
Carolyn Beck , illus. by François Thisdale | The Squeak | Finalist | ||
Willow Dawson | The Wolf-Birds | Finalist | ||
Kenneth Oppel | The Nest | Finalist | ||
2017 | Jan Thornhill | The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk | Winner | [18] |
Jon-Erik Lappano , illus. by Kellen Hatanaka | Tokyo Digs a Garden | Finalist | [19] | |
Iain Lawrence | The Skeleton Tree | Finalist | [19] | |
Kit Pearson | A Day of Signs and Wonders | Finalist | [19] | |
David Alexander Robertson , illus. by Julie Flett | When We Were Alone | Finalist | [19] [20] | |
2018 | Joanne Schwartz, illus. by Sydney Smith | Town Is by the Sea | Winner | |
Paul Harbridge , illus. by Matt James | When the Moon Comes | Finalist | [21] [22] | |
Wendy Orr | Dragonfly Song | Finalist | [21] [22] | |
Barbara Reid | Picture the Sky | Finalist | [21] [22] | |
Monique Gray Smith | Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation | Finalist | [21] [22] | |
2019 | Heather Smith | Ebb & Flow | Winner | [23] |
Jonathan Auxier | Sweep: A Story About a Girl and Her Monster | Finalist | [24] | |
Marie-Louise Gay | Mustafa | Finalist | [24] | |
Jillian Tamaki | They Say Blue | Finalist | [24] | |
Merrie-Ellen Wilcox | After Life: Ways We Think About Death | Finalist | [24] | |
2020 | Julie Flett | Birdsong | Winner | [25] [26] |
Erin Bow | Stand on the Sky | Finalist | [27] | |
Kyo Maclear , illus. by Julie Morstad | It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way | Finalist | [27] | |
Sydney Smith | Small in the City | Finalist | [27] | |
Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer | Broken Strings | Finalist | [27] | |
2021 | Terry, Eric, and Devin Fan | The Barnabus Project | Winner | [28] [29] |
Melanie Mosher | A Beginner’s Guide to Goodbye | Finalist | [30] | |
Kenneth Oppel | Bloom | Finalist | [30] | |
David A. Robertson | The Barren Grounds | Finalist | [30] | |
Lauren Soloy | When Emily Was Small | Finalist | [30] | |
2022 | David A. Robertson , illus. by Julie Flett | On the Trapline | Winner | [31] [32] |
Dr. Lindsay Herriot and Kate Fry (ed.) | Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words | Finalist | ||
Thomas King , illus. by Natasha Donovan | Borders | Finalist | ||
Sara O'Leary , illus. by Qin Leng | A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid | Finalist | ||
Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester, illus. by Kevin Sylvester | The Fabulous Zed Watson! | Finalist | ||
2023 | Kim Spencer | Weird Rules to Follow | Winner | [33] |
Michelle Kadarusman | Berani | Finalist | [34] | |
Sara Cassidy, illus. by Brady Sato | Kunoichi Bunny | Finalist | [34] | |
Erin Silver, illus. by Michelle Theodore | Sitting Shiva | Finalist | [34] | |
Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson | The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation | Finalist | [34] | |
2024 | Jean E. Pendziwol, Todd Stewart | Skating Wild on an Inland Sea | Winner | [35] |
Erin Bow | Simon Sort of Says | Finalist | [36] | |
Colleen Nelson | The Umbrella House | |||
Sydney Smith | Do You Remember? | |||
Nhung N. Tran-Davies | Green Papayas |
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | François Barcelo , illus. by Anne Villeneuve | Le nul et la chipie | Winner | |
Pierre Chastenay | La Terre, la lune et le soleil | Finalist | ||
Christiane Duchesne , illus. by François Thisdale | La Nuit des mystères | Finalist | ||
Hervé Gagnon | Fils de sorcière | Finalist | ||
Henriette Major , illus. by Philippe Béha | Les devinettes d’Henriette | Finalist | ||
2006 | François Gravel , illus. by Pierre Pratt | David et le salon funéraire | Winner | |
Elaine Arsenault (Texte français de Christiane Duchesne), illus. by Fanny | Les Petites bêtises de Passepoil | Finalist | ||
Angèle Delaunois , illus. by Pierre Houde | Le Pays sans musique | Finalist | ||
Andrée Poulin | Les Impatiences de Ping | Finalist | ||
2007 | André Leblanc | L’Envers de la chanson : des enfants au travail 1850-1950 | Winner | |
Angèle Delaunois , illus. by Gérard Frischeteau | Les Enfants de l’eau | Finalist | ||
Daniel Mativat | Le Chat du Père Noé | Finalist | ||
Michel Noël | Hush! Hush! | Finalist | ||
Mélanie Watt | Frisson l’écureuil | Finalist | ||
2008 | Gilles Vigneault , illus. by Stéphane Jorisch | Un cadeau pour Sophie | Winner | |
Angèle Delaunois , illus. by Pierre Houde | Le Mur | Finalist | ||
Badiâa Sekfali , illus. by Jean-Marie Benoit | Farouj le coq | Finalist | ||
Danielle Simard , illus. by Geneviève Côté | La Petite rapporteuse de mots | Finalist | ||
Mélanie Watt | Chester | Finalist | ||
2009 | Anne Villeneuve | Chère Traudi | Winner | |
Angèle Delaunois , illus. by Christine Delezenne | La clé | Finalist | ||
Jacques Pasquet , illus. by Pierre Pratt | L’étoile de Sarajevo | Finalist | ||
Carole Tremblay , illus. by Steve Beshwaty | Le nouveau parapluie de Floup | Finalist | ||
Rogé | La vraie histoire de Léo Pointu | Finalist | ||
2010 | Mélanie Tellier , illus. by Melinda Josie | Le géranium | Winner | |
Philippe Béha | Monsieur Leloup | Finalist | [10] | |
Geneviève Côté | Comme toi! | Finalist | [10] | |
Angèle Delaunois , photos by Martine Doyon | Venus d’ailleurs | Finalist | [10] | |
Guy Marchamps , illus. by Marie-Claude Favreau | Rêver à l’envers, c’est encore rêver | Finalist | [10] | |
2011 | Linda Amyot | La fille d’en face | Winner | |
Martine Audet , illus. by Luc Melanson | Xavier-la-lune | Finalist | ||
Alain M. Bergeron , Édith Bourget, Colombe Labonté, and Guy Marchamps, illus. by Caroline Merola | Oh! la vache! | Finalist | ||
Marianne Dubuc | Devant ma maison | Finalist | ||
Claire Vigneau , illus. by Bruce Roberts | Le chasseur de loups-marins | Finalist | ||
2012 | Mario Brassard , illus. by Suana Verelst | La saison des pluies | Winner | |
Denis Côté, illus. by Anne Sol | L’amélanchier, conte de Jacques Ferron | Finalist | [14] | |
Louis Émond , illus. by Philippe Béha | Le monde de Théo | Finalist | [14] | |
Sylvie Nicolas , illus. by Marion Arbona | Lapin-Chagrin et les jours d’Elko | Finalist | [14] | |
Jacques Pasquet , illus. by Marion Arbona | Mots doux pour endormir la nuit | Finalist | [14] | |
2013 | Michel Noël | À la recherche du bout du monde | Winner | |
Fanny Britt , illus. by Isabelle Arsenault | Jane, le renard & moi | Finalist | ||
Élise Gravel | La clé à molette | Finalist | ||
Marie-Francine Hébert , illus. by Jean-Luc Trudel | Tu me prends en photo | Finalist | ||
Rogé (Poems by Inuit schoolchildren) | Mingan, mon village | Finalist | ||
2014 | Andrée Poulin | La plus grosse poutine du monde | Winner | |
India Desjardins , illus. by Pascal Blanchet | Le Noël de Marguerite | Finalist | ||
Jasmine Dubé , illus. by Jean-Luc Trudel | Ma petite boule d’amour | Finalist | ||
Marianne Dubuc | Le lion et l’oiseau | Finalist | ||
Élizabeth Turgeon | Destins croisés | Finalist | ||
2015 | Marianne Dubuc | L’autobus | Winner | |
Agnès Grimaud | Papillons de l’ombre | Finalist | [17] | |
Mireille Levert | Quand j’écris avec mon cœur | Finalist | [17] | |
André Marois , illus. by Patrick Doyon | Le voleur de sandwichs | Finalist | [17] | |
Andrée Poulin , illus. by Isabelle Malenfant | Pablo trouve un trésor | Finalist | [17] | |
2016 | Jacques Goldstyn | L’arbragan | Winner | |
Jacques Goldstyn | Le prisonnier sans frontières | Finalist | ||
Patrick Isabelle | Camille | Finalist | ||
André Marois , illus. by Pierre Pratt | Aux toilettes | Finalist | ||
Maryse Rouy | L’épopée de Petit-Jules | Finalist | ||
2017 | Larry Tremblay , illus. by Guillaume Perreault | Même pas vrai | Winner | |
Pascal Blanchet | En voiture! L’Amérique en chemin de fer | Finalist | ||
Étienne Poirier | Niska | Finalist | ||
Andrée Poulin , illus. by Enzo Lord Mariano | Y’a pas de place chez nous | Finalist | ||
Elaine Turgeon , illus. by Martin Laliberté | Aaah!bécédaire | Finalist | ||
2018 | Marianne Dubuc | Le chemin de la montagne | Winner | |
Philippe Béha | Bleu | Finalist | [21] | |
Marie-Francine Hébert , illus. by Jean-Luc Trudel | Pow Pow, t’es mort! | Finalist | [21] | |
Mathieu Lavoie | Gilles | Finalist | [21] | |
Jeanne Painchaud , photos by Bruno Ricca | ABCMTL | Finalist | [21] | |
2019 | Stéphanie Boulay , illus. by Agathe Bray-Bourret | Anatole qui ne séchait jamais | Winner | |
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette , illus. by Mathilde Cinq-Mars | Nos héroïnes | Finalist | ||
Jacques Goldstyn | Jules et Jim, frères d’armes | Finalist | ||
André Marois , illus. by Julien Castanié | Moi, c’est Tantale | Finalist | ||
Andrée Poulin , illus. by Mathieu Lampron | Qui va bercer Zoé? | Finalist | ||
2020 | Jacques Goldstyn | L’étoiles | Winner | |
Amélie Dumoulin , illus. by Todd Stewart | Pipo | Finalist | ||
Annie Gravel , illus. by Enzo | Mon ami Pierrot | Finalist | ||
Todd Stewart | Quand le vent souffle | Finalist | ||
Webster, illus. by ValMo | Le grain de sable: Olivier Le Jeune, premier esclave au Canada | Finalist | ||
2021 | Vigg | Ma maison-tête | Winner | |
Lucile de Pesloüan , illus. by Geneviève Darling | C’est quoi l’amour? | Finalist | ||
Christiane Duchesne | Aurore et le pays invisible | Finalist | ||
Matthew Forsythe | Pokko et le tambour | Finalist | ||
Véronique Grénier | Colle-moi | Finalist | ||
2022 | Orbie | La fin des poux? | Winner | |
Simon Boulerice , illus. by Eve Patenaude | Papier bulle | Finalist | ||
Hugo Léger , illus. by Julie Rocheleau | Les devoirs d’Edmond | Finalist | ||
Carole Tremblay , illus. by Élodie Duhameau | La guerre des bébés | Finalist | ||
Aimée Verret | Dans mon garde-robe | Finalist | ||
2023 | Paul Tom, illus. by Mélanie Baillairgé | Seuls | Winner | [37] |
Véronique Lambert, illus. by Éléna Comte | Dans les souliers d’Amédée | Finalist | [37] | |
Guylaine Guay, illus.by Bach | Gloria sort du moule | Finalist | [37] | |
Mylène Goupil | Mélie quelque part au milieu | Finalist | [37] | |
Frédérick Wolfe | Toucher les étoiles | Finalist | [37] | |
2024 | Christine Beaulieu, Caroline Lavergne | Les saumons de la Mitis | Winner | [38] |
Mc Knoell Alexis | La couleur de ma difference | Finalist | [39] | |
Jonathan Bécotte, Enzo | Taches d'huile | |||
Élise Gravel | Alerte : culottes meurtrières | |||
Ugo Monticone, Orbie | Le Cumulus machinus |
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