2022 Canadian Children's Book Centre Book Awards: English-language Winners announced

 

Yesterday, the Canadian Children's Book Centre announced the winners of the 2022 English-language CCBC Awards at a streamed event presented from Harbourfront as part of the Toronto International Festival of Authors. (See the CCBC website announcement here with pdf here.)

 

These are the children's book awards presented this year:

• TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($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;
• Jean Little First-Novel Award ($5,000);
• Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy ($5,000), Sponsored by Elly Barlin-Daniels; and
  
• David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award ($3,500), Sponsored by Shelly Stagg Peterson.
  

 

Congratulations 

to all winners!

 

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TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

WINNER

On the Trapline

Written by David A. Robertson

Illustrated by Julie Flett

Tundra Books

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

WINNER 

Time is a Flower

Written and illustrated by Julie Morstad 

Tundra Books

Norma Fleck Award For Canadian Children's Non-Fiction

WINNER

The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures
Written by Christian Allaire
Illustrated by Jacqueline Li
Annick Press

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People

WINNER

Second Chances
Written by Harriet Zaidman
Red Deer Press

Amy Mathers Teen Book Award

WINNER

Iron Widow
Written by Xiran Jay Zhao
Penguin Teen Canada

Jean Little First-Novel Award

WINNER 

Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

Written by Leslie Gentile
DCB

 

 

 

 

Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy

WINNER 

Iron Widow
Written by Xiran Jay Zhao
Penguin Teen Canada

 

 

 

 

 

David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award

WINNER 

Summer Feet
Written by Sheree Fitch
Illustrated by Carolyn Fisher
Nimbus Publishing

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n.b. The French-language award short lists will be announced in October and winners celebrated in November.