The Blue Spruce Awards are run by the Ontario Library Association. Children ages 4 to 7 in kindergarten to grade two vote for their favourite picture book by a Canadian author.

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2015

• Maureen Fergus, Mike Lowery – The Day My Mom Came To Kindergarten

Also shortlisted:

• Christine Baldacchino, Isabelle Malenfant – Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
• Roy Macgregor, Genevieve Despres – The Highest Number In The World
• Ruth Ohi – Kenta and the Big Wave
• Ashley Spires – The Most Magnificent Thing
• Kathy Stinson, Dusan Petricic – The Man with the Violin
• Anne Villeneuve – Loula is Leaving for Africa
• Frank Viva – Young Frank, Architect
• Dave Whamond – Oddrey and the New Kid
• Jessica Young, Catia Chien – My Blue Is Happy

2014

• Dave Whamond – Oddrey

Also shortlisted:

• Alma Fullerton, Karen Patkau – A Good Trade
• Hélène Boudreau, Serge Bloch – I Dare You Not to Yawn
• Elly MacKay – If You Hold A Seed
• Andrew Larsen, Dušan Petričić – In the Tree House
• Cary Fagan, Dušan Petričić – Mr. Zinger's Hat
• Peter H. Reynolds – Sky Color
• Jon Klassen – This Is Not My Hat
• Wallace Edwards – Uncle Wally's Old Brown Shoe
• Lana Button, Tania Howells – Willow Finds a Way

2013

• Martin Springett, Isobel Springett – Kate and Pippin

Also shortlisted:

• Nicholas Oldland – The Busy Beaver
• Rebecca Bender – Don't Laugh at Giraffe
• Cary Fagan, Geneviève Côte – Ella May and the Wishing Stone
• Heather Hartt-Sussman, Georgia Graham – Here Comes Hortense!
• Jane Barclay, Esperança Melo – JoJo the Giant
• Ashley Spires – Larf
• Émilie Rivard, Anne-Claire Delisle – Really and Truly
• Kevin Sylvester – Splinters
• Elin Kelsey, Soyeon Kim – You Are Stardust

2012

• Rebecca Bender – Giraffe and Bird

Also shortlisted:

• Sarah Tsiang, Qin Leng – A Flock of Shoes
• Heather McLeod, Brooke Kerrigan – Kiss Me! (I'm a Prince!)
• Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas – The Little Hummingbird
• Nicholas Oldland – Making the Moose Out of Life
• Heather Hartt-Sussman, Geneviève Côté – Noni Says No
• David Ward, Brian Deines – One Hockey Night
• Marie-Louise Gay – Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth!
• Ashley Spires – Small Saul
• Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin – Stanley's Little Sister

2011

• Dave Whamond – My Think-A-Ma-Jink

Also shortlisted:

• Nicholas Oldland – Big Bear Hug
• Sharon Jennings, Ashley Spires – C'mere Boy!
• Mélanie Watt – Have I Got a Book for You!
• Andrew Larsen, Irene Luxbacher – The Imaginary Garden
• Christina Leist – Jack the Bear
• Barbara Reid – Perfect Snow
• Jane Barclay, Renné Benoit – Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion
• Tania Duprey Stehlik, Vanja Jovanovic – Violet
• Lana Button, Tania Howells – Willow's Whispers

2010

• Jeremy Tankard – Boo Hoo Bird

Also shortlisted:

• Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin – Stanley's Beauty Contest
• Tim Beiser, Rachel Berman – Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog
• Marie-Louise Gay – When Stella Was Very, Very Small
• Robert Heidbreder, Rae Maté – Crocodiles Play!
• Lynn C. Johnston, Beth Cruikshank – Farley Follows His Nose
• Katarina Jovanovic, Philippe Béha – The King Has Goat Ears
• Kenneth Oppel, Steve Johnson, Lou Fancher – The King's Taster
• Valerie Sherrard, David Jardine – There's a Cow Under My Bed
• Frieda Wishinsky, Kady MacDonald Denton – You're Mean, Lily Jean

2009

• Mélanie Watt – Chester

Also shortlisted:

• Linda Bailey – Stanley at Sea
• Dan Bar-El – Such a Prince
• Carolyn Beck – Buttercup's Lovely Day
• Anne Cottringer – Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero
• Cary Fagan – My New Shirt
• Rachna Gilmore – Making Grizzle Grow
• Pamela Hickman – It's Moving Day
• Hazel Hutchins, Gail Herbert – Mattland
• Chris Mizzoni – Clancy with the Puck

2008

• Mélanie Watt – Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend

Also shortlisted:

• Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin – The Farm Team
• Barbara Reid – Fox Walked Alone
• Jeremy Tankard – Grumpy Bird
• Margriet Ruurs, Ron Broda – In My Backyard
• Kari-Lynn Winters, Ben Hodson – Jeffrey and Sloth
• Rebecca Upjohn, Renné Benoit – Lily and the Paper Man
• Hazel Hutchins, Maria van Lieshout – The List
• Frieda Wishinsky, Marie-Louise Gay – Please, Louise!
• Debby Waldman, Cindy Revell – A Sack Full of Feathers

2007

• Mélanie Watt – Scaredy Squirrel

Also shortlisted:

• Colleen Sydor, Pascale Constantin – Camilla Chameleon
• Ruth Ohi – Clara and the Bossy
• Susan Hughes, Stéphane Poulin – Earth to Audrey
• Sheri Radford, Christine Tripp – Penelope and the Monsters
• Don Gillmor, Michael Martchenko – Sophie and the Sea Monster
• Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin – Stanley's Wild Ride
• Lili Chartrand, Rogé – Taming Horrible Harry
• Margriet Ruurs, Sean Cassidy – Wake up, Henry Rooster!
• Gilles Tibo, Bruno St-Aubin – Where's My Hockey Sweater?

2006

• George Elliott, Andrej Krystoforski – The Boy Who Loved Bananas

Also shortlisted:

• Sarah Ellis, Kim LaFave – Ben Over Night
• Hazel Hutchins, Ruth Ohi – Beneath The Bridge
• Evan Solomon, Bill Slavin – Bigbeard's Hook
• Sean Cassidy, Sean Cassidy – Gummytoes
• Stephanie McLellan, Dianna Bonder – Leon's Song
• Laura Langston, Lindsey Gardiner – Mile High Apple Pie
• Sheri Radford, Christine Tripp – Penelope And The Humongous Burp
• Maureen Hull, Leanne Franson – Rainy Days With Bear
• Marie Louise Gay – Stella Princess Of The Sky

2005

• Robert Heidbreder, Bill Slavin, Esperança Melo – Drumheller Dinosaur Dance

Also shortlisted:

• Dorothy Joan Harris, Kim LaFave – A Very Unusual Dog
• Aubrey Davis, Dusan Petricic – Bagels from Benny
• Lynn Manuel, Kasia Charko – Camels Always Do
• Maxine Trottier, Brian Deines – Our Canadian Flag
• Troy Wilson, Dean Griffiths – Perfect Man
• Chieri Uegaki, Stéphane Jorisch – Suki's Kimono
• Hazel Hutchins, Ruth Ohi – The Sidewalk Rescue
• Sheryl McFarlane, Chrissie Wysotski – This is the Dog
• Gilles Tibo, Bruno St-Aubin – Too Many Books!

2004

• Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin – Stanley's Party

Also shortlisted:

• Shenaaz Nanji, Chum G. McLeod – An Alien in My House
• Anne Laurel Carter, Rose Cowles – The F Team
• Susin Nielsen-Fernlund, Louise-Andre Laliberte – Hank and Fergus
• Jane Barclay, Janice Donato – How Hot Was It?
• Vlasta Van Kampen – It Couldn't Be Worse
• Phoebe Gilman – Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big Snow
• Valerie Coulman, Roge – Sink or Swim
• Barbara Reid – The Subway Mouse
• Karleen Bradford, Leslie Elizabeth Watts – You Can't Rush a Cat

2003

• Matt Napier, Melanie Rose – Z is for Zamboni

Also shortlisted:

• Wallace Edwards – Alphabeasts
• Robin Muller – Badger's New House
• Troon Harrison, Zhong-Yang Huang – Courage to Fly
• Joanne Taylor, Susan Tooke – Full Moon Rising
• Frieda Wishinsky, Dean Griffiths – Give Maggie a Chance
• Marilynn Reynolds, Don Kilby – The Name of the Child
• Jan Thornhill – The Rumor: A Jataka Tale from India
• Marie-Louise Gay – Stella: Fairy of the Forest
• Celia Godkin – When the Giant Stirred: Legend of a Volcanic Island

2002

• Valerie Coulman, Roge – When Pigs Fly

Also shortlisted:

• Linda Bailey, Alan and Lea Daniel – The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World
• Sarah Ellis, Kim La Fave – Big Ben
• Tomson Highway, Brian Deines – Caribou Song
• Margriet Ruurs, Barbara Spurll – Emma's Cold Day
• Andrea Spalding, Leslie Elizabeth Watts – It's Raining It's Pouring
• Mike Ulmer, Melanie Rose – M is for Maple: A Canadian Alphabet
• Sheree Fitch, Janet Wilson – No Two Snowflakes
• Paulette Bourgeois, Stephane Jorisch – Oma's Quilt
• Jonathan London, Paul Morin – What The Animals Were Waiting For