2021 Canadian Children's Book Centre Book Awards: Winners announced

 

On October 28 and 29, 2021, the Canadian Children's Book Centre announced the winners for the 2021 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. (Finalists were announced in September.) These awards were presented at virtual events (streamed for all to attend) in partnership with the Toronto International Festival of Authors as well as Communication-Jeunesse.

Congratulations to the winners of this year's eight major children's book awards:

• 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;
• Amy Mathers Teen Book Award ($5,000), Sponsored by Amy Mathers' Marathon of Books;
• Le Prix Harry Black de l’album jeunesse ($5,000), Sponsored by Mary Macchiusi; and
• Jean Little First-Novel Award ($5,000).
  

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

WINNER

The Barnabus Project

Written and illustrated by Terry Fan, Eric Fan and Devin Fan 

Tundra Books

Le Prix TD de littérature pour l'enfance et la jeunesse canadienne

WINNER

Ma maison-tête
Written and illustrated by Vigg
Éditions Fonfon

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

WINNER

Our Little Kitchen
Written and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Groundwoods Books

Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction

 

WINNER

Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance
Written by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
Orca Book Publishers

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People 

WINNER

The Paper Girl of Paris

Written by Jordyn Taylor

HarperTeen

Amy Mathers Teen Book Award

WINNER

Facing the Sun
Written by Janice Lynn Mather
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Le Prix Harry Black de l'album jeunesse

WINNER

Ma maison-tête
Written and illustrated by Vigg
Éditions Fonfon

 

Jean Little First-Novel Award

WINNER

No Vacancy
Written by Tziporah Cohen
Groundwood Books