2026 CCBC Book Award Winners Announced

On Monday, October 26, 2026, a gala event was held to announce the winners of this year's English-language Canadian Children's Book Awards of the Canadian Children's Book Centre. (The press release of the announcement is posted here.) From a fine list of nominees, the following winners were selected by juries of their peers from the kidCanLit world. 

Here now are the winners of the following English-language awards:

• Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000) 
• Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction ($10,000)  
• Amy Mathers Teen Book Award ($5,000) 
• Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award ($5,000)
• David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award ($3,500) 
• Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($3,000) 

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Congratulations to all winners!

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Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award: WINNER 

 

 

Rock 

Written by Laurel Croz

Illustrated by Matt James
Groundwood Books

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Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children's Non-fiction: WINNER

 

 

The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History 

 Written by Ann Richards 
Illustrated by Arden Taylor 
Orca Book Publishers

 

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Amy Mathers Teen Book Award: WINNER

 

 

He’s So Possessed with Me

Written by Corey Liu 
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 

 

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Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award: WINNER

  

 

Oasis 

Written and illustrated by Guojing 
Godwin Books

 

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David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award: WINNER

 

 

Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams 

Written by Shari Green 
Andrews McMeel Publishing  
  

 

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Geoffrey Bilson Award for 

Historical Fiction for Young People: WINNER

 

 

I Won't Feel This Way Forever

Written by Kim Spencer 
Orca Book Publishers  

 

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