Ontario Library Association
Silver Birch Award
The Silver Birch Awards are run by the Ontario Library Association. Children in grades three to six vote for their favourite book by a Canadian author.
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2015
Fiction
- Jonathan Auxier – The Night Gardener
Also shortlisted:
- Christopher Paul Curtis – The Madman of Piney Woods
- Jennifer Dance – Red Wolf
- Amanda West Lewis – September 17
- Jill MacLean – The Hidden Agenda of Sigrid Sugden
- Evan Munday – Dial M for Morna
- Michael Redhill – Saving Houdini
- Philip Roy – Me & Mr. Bell
- David Skuy – Striker
- Robert Paul Weston – The Creature Department
Non-fiction
- Annaleise Carr, Deborah Ellis – Annaleise Carr
Also shortlisted:
- Helaine Becker, Alex Ries – Zoobots
- Hugh Brewster – From Vimy to Victory
- Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Ross Kinnaird – 50 Body Questions
- Rob Laidlaw – Cat Champions
- Elizabeth MacLeod, Frieda Wishinsky – A History of Just about Everything
- Michelle Mulder – Every Last Drop
- Anne Renaud – The Extraordinary Life of Anna Swan
- Stephen Shapiro, Ross Kinnaird – It’s a Feudal, Feudal World
- Eric Zweig – The Big Book of Hockey for Kids
Express
- Cyndi Marko – Kung Pow Chicken #1 Let's Get Cracking
Also shortlisted:
- Jonathan Baillie, Marilyn Baillie – How to Save a Species
- Laurel Croza, Matt James – From There To Here
- Elise Gravel – The Fly
- Hazel Hutchins – The Great Bike Rescue
- Peggy Kochanoff – Be a Wilderness Detective
- Rosemary McCarney – Every Day is Malala Day
- Sylvia Taekema – Seconds
- Eric Walters, Eugenie Fernandes – My Name is Blessing
- Jenny Watson – Prove It, Josh
2014
Fiction
- Robin Stevenson – Record Breaker
Also shortlisted:
- Allan Stratton – Curse of the Dream Witch
- Kim Thompson – Eldritch Manor
- Kevin Sylvester – Neil Flambé and the Tokyo Treasure
- Ria Voros – Nobody's Dog
- Alan Silberberg – The Awesome, Almost 100% True Adventures of Matt & Craz
- Gordon Korman – The Hypnotists
- Rachelle Delaney – The Metro Dogs of Moscow
- David Carroll – Ultra
- Pat Bourke – Yesterday's Dead
Non-fiction
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch – One Step at a Time
Also shortlisted:
- Rob Laidlaw – Animal Sanctuaries and Rescue Centers
- Brian McLachlan – Draw Out the Story
- Michael Glassbourg, Jeff Kulak – Learn to Speak Film
- Susan Hughes – Off to Class
- Janet Wilson – Our Rights
- Andreas Schroeder, Rémy Simard – Robbers!
- Claire Eamer, Sa Boothroyd – The World in Your Lunch Box
- Sarah Tsiang, Martha Newbigging – Warriors and Wailers
- Maria Birmingham, Jaime Bennett – Weird Zone: Sports
Express
- Rebecca Upjohn, Renné Benoit – Secret of the Village Fool
Also shortlisted:
- Etta Kaner, David Anderson – And The Winner Is...Amazing Animal Athletes
- Alan Neal, Neil Christopher, Jonathan Wright – Ava and the Little Folk
- Kari-Lynn Winters – Buzz About Bees
- Natalie Hyde, Matt Hammill – Cryptic Canada
- Cary Fagan – Danny, Who Fell In A Hole
- Beth Goobie – Jason's Why
- Philippa Dowding – The Gargoyle at the Gates
- Jennifer Lanthier, François Thisdale – The Stamp Collector
- K'Naan with Sol Guy, Rudy Gutierrez – When I Get Older
2013
Fiction
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch – Making Bombs For Hitler
Also shortlisted:
- Ingrid Lee – Cat Found
- Evan Munday – The Dead Kid Detective Agency
- Janet McNaughton – Dragon Seer's Gift
- Allan Stratton – The Grave Robber's Apprentice
- Christopher Paul Curtis – The Mighty Miss Malone
- Becky Citra – Missing
- Kevin Sylvester – Neil Flambé and the Crusader's Curse
- Steve Vernon – Sinking Deeper Or My Heroic Decision to Invent a Sea Monster
- Cyndi Sand-Eveland – A Tinfoil Sky
Non-fiction
- Rob Laidlaw – No Shelter Here
Also shortlisted:
- Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Ross Kinnaird – 50 Underwear Questions
- Larry Verstraete – Case Files: 40 Murders and Mysteries Solved by Science
- Andreas Schroeder, Rémy Simard – Duped! True Stories of the World's Best Swindlers
- Etta Kaner, Stephen MacEachern – Earth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges and More
- Frieda Wishinsky, Bill Dickson – Explorers Who Made it ... or Died Trying
- Wendy Kitts – Sable Island: The Wandering Sandbar
- Rachel A. Qitsualik, Emily Fiegenschuh, Larry MacDougall – The Shadows that Rush Past
- Janet Wilson – Shannen and the Dream for a School
- Kathy Kacer – To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis
Express
- Brit Trogen, Kari Trogen – Margaret and the Moth Tree
Also shortlisted:
- Daniel Loxton, Jim W.W. Smith – Ankylosaur Attack
- Mike Deas – Dalen & Gole
- Janice Weaver, Chris Lane – Harry Houdini
- Monica Kulling, David Parkins – In The Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up
- Natalie Hyde – I Owe You One
- Susan Vande Griek, Karen Reczuch – Loon
- Eric Walters, Eva Campbell – Matatu
- Lois Peterson – The Paper House
- Karen Patkau – Who Needs a Swamp?
2012
Fiction
- David Skuy – Undergrounders
Also shortlisted:
- Anna Kerz – Better Than Weird
- Virginia Frances Schwartz – Crossing to Freedom
- Jacqueline Guest – Ghost Messages
- Julie Lawson – Ghosts of the Titanic
- Valerie Sherrard – The Glory Wind
- Colleen Sydor – The McGillicuddy Book of Personal Records
- Alan Silberberg – Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
- Kevin Sylvester – Neil Flambé and the Aztec Abduction
- Rachna Gilmore – That Boy Red
Non-fiction
- Catherine Rondina, Kevin Sylvester – Don't Touch That Toad & Other Strange Things Adults Tell You
Also shortlisted:
- Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Ross Kinnaird – 50 Poisonous Questions
- Bathseba Opini, Richard B. Lee – Africans Thought of It
- Keltie Thomas – Animals That Changed the World
- Susan Hughes, Michael Wandelmaier – Case Closed?
- Kevin Sylvester – Game Day
- Kathy Stinson – Highway of Heroes
- Lynda Colgan, Jane Kurisu – Mathemagic! Number Tricks
- Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Dianne Eastman – Totally Human
- Jan Thornhill – Who Wants Pizza?
Express
- Jan Andrews, Dušan Petricic – When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew
Also shortlisted:
- Monica Kulling, Bill Slavin – All Aboard! Elijah McCoy's Steam Engine
- Cary Fagan, Selçuk Demirel – Banjo of Destiny
- Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Wallace – Canadian Railroad Trilogy
- Philippa Dowding – The Gargoyle Overhead
- Rebecca Upjohn – The Last Loon
- Janet Wilson – Our Earth: How Kids are Saving the Planet
- Natalie Hyde – Saving Arm Pit
- Don Gillmor – The Time Time Stopped
- Simon Awa, Anna Ziegler, Stephanie McDonald, Leah Otak, Romi Caron – Uumajut
2011
Fiction
- Kevin Sylvester – Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders
Also shortlisted:
- Andreas Oertel – Archaeolojesters
- Eric Walters – Branded
- Kate Jaimet – Dunces Anonymous
- Iain Lawrence – The Giant-Slayer
- Sharon Jennings – Home Free
- Arthur Slade – The Hunchback Assignments
- Maureen Fergus – Ortega
- Jill MacLean – The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy
- Gordon Korman – Zoobreak
Non-Fiction
- Valerie Wyatt, Fred Rix – How to Build Your Own Country
Also shortlisted:
- Daniel Loxton – Evolution
- Editors of Yes Mag – Hoaxed!
- Keltie Thomas – How Figure Skating Works
- Gillian Richardson – Kaboom! Explosions of all Kinds
- Elin Kelsey, Clayton Hanmer – Not Your Typical Book About the Environment
- Linda Granfield – Remembering John McCrae
- Ian McAllister, Nicholas Read – The Salmon Bears
- Ann Love, Jane Drake, Bill Slavin – Talking Tails
- Helaine Becker, Steve Attoe – What's the Big Idea?
Express
- Ashley Spires – Binky the Space Cat
Also shortlisted:
- Lyn Thomas, Cheryl Powers, Boris Zaytsev – 100% Pure Fake
- Chad Solomon, Christopher Meyer – Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws
- Lois Peterson – The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw
- Thomas King, Gary Clement – A Coyote Solstice Tale
- Sylvia Olsen – A Different Game
- Monica Kulling, Bill Slavin – It's A Snap!
- Norbert Rosing – Polar Bears
- Ken Roberts – Thumb and the Bad Guys
- Robert Bateman – Vanishing Habitats
2010
Fiction
- Robert Paul Weston – Zorgamazoo
Also shortlisted:
- Linda DeMeulemeester – Grimm Hill
- Alma Fullerton – Libertad
- Natalie Ghent – Odds Get Even
- Jennifer McGrath Kent – White Cave Escape
- Anna Kerz – Mealworm Diaries
- Don Lemna – When the Sergeant Came Marching Home
- Jill MacLean – The Nine Lives of Travis Keating
- Shane Peacock – Death in the Air
- Arthur Slade – Jolted
Non-Fiction
- Larry Verstraete – At the Edge
Also shortlisted:
- Rona Arato – Courage and Compassion
- Helaine Becker – Insecto-Files
- Hugh Brewster – Dieppe
- Kristin Butcher – Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers
- Jane Drake – Alien Invaders
- Frank B. Edwards – Robert Munsch
- Deborah Ellis – Children of War
- Diane Swanson – You Are Weird
- Keltie Thomas – Inside Hockey
Express
- Cyndi Sand-Eveland – Dear Toni
Also shortlisted:
- Nicola I. Campbell – Shin-Chi's Canoe
- Norma Dixon – Focus on Flies
- Cary Fagan – Ten Lessons for Kaspar Snit
- Fran Hurcomb – Going Places
- Stephanie Innes, Harry Endrulat – A Bear in War
- Lois Peterson – Meeting Miss 405
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch – Call Me Aram
- Diane Swanson – Animal Aha!
- Tom McLeod, Mindy Willet – The Delta is My Home
2009
Fiction
- Mahtab Narsimhan – The Third Eye
Also shortlisted:
- Beverley Brenna – The Moon Children
- Penny Draper – Peril at Pier Nine
- Matt Duggan – The Royal Woods
- Deborah Ellis – Sacred Leaf
- Gordon Korman – Swindle
- Michael McGowan – Newton and the Time Machine
- Jennifer McGrath Kent – Chocolate River Rescue
- Gina McMurchy-Barber – Reading the Bones
- Shane Peacock – Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes
Non-Fiction
- Kevin Sylvester – Gold Medal for Weird
Also shortlisted:
- Ann Alma – Brave Deeds
- Robert Bateman, Nancy Kovacs – Birds of Prey
- Evelyne Daigle – The World of Penguins
- Nicholas Debon – The Strongest Man in the World
- Alootook Ipellie, David MacDonald – The Inuit Thought of It
- Rob Laidlaw – Wild Animals in Captivity
- Frieda Wishinsky, Elizabeth MacLeod – Everything but the Kitchen Sink
- Keltie Thomas – How Soccer Works
- Jan Thornhill – This is My Planet
Express
- Alan Cumyn – Dear Sylvia
Also shortlisted:
- Melody DeFields McMillan – Addison Addley and the Things That Aren't There
- Ainslie Manson – Boy in Motion: Rick Hansen's Story
- Hugh Brewster – Breakout Dinosaurs
- Diane Swanson – Bugs Up Close
- Maureen Bush – Feather Brain
- John Blondin – Old Man with the Otter Medicine
- Katie Smith Milway – One Hen: How one small loan made a big difference
- Hazel Hutchins – TJ and the Quiz Kids
- Raquel Rivera – Tuk and the Whale
2008
Fiction
- Linda DeMeulemeester – The Secret of Grim Hill
Also shortlisted:
- David Jones – Baboon
- Cary Fagan – Directed by Kaspar Snit
- Deborah Ellis – Jakeman
- Becky Citra – Never to be Told
- Sarah Ellis – Odd Man Out
- Vicki Grant – Pigboy
- Melanie Jackson – Shadows on the Train
- K.V. Johansen – Torrie and the Snake-Prince
- David A. Poulsen – The Vampire's Visit
Non-Fiction
- Helaine Becker, Dave Whamond – Secret Agent Y.O.U.
Also shortlisted:
- Elizabeth MacLeod – Eleanor Rosevelt
- Barbara Greenwood – Factory Girl
- Jeff Szpirglas – Fear This Book
- Jan Thornhill – I Found A Dead Bird
- Jacob Berkowitz, Steve Mack – Jurassic Poop
- Charis Cotter – Kids Who Rule
- Rochelle Strauss, Rosemary Woods – One Well
- David Stubbs, Neal Portnoy – Our Game
- Herb Shoveller – Ryan and Jimmy
Express
- Dan Bar-el – Things are Looking Grimm, Jill
Also shortlisted:
- Aubrey Lang, Wayne Lynch – Baby Sea Turtle
- Katherine Holubitsky – The Big Snapper
- Veronika M. Charles, Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Stephan Daigle – The Birdman
- Tom Schwarzkopf – Danger at Mason's Island
- Celia Godkin – Fire! A Renewal of a Forest
- Dianne Maycock – Lucky's Mountain
- Maggie de Vries, Renné Benoit – Tale of a Great White Fish
- Sylvia Olsen, Joan Larson – Yetsa's Sweater
- Ellen Schwartz – Yossi's Goal
2007
Fiction
- L.M. Falcone – Walking With the Dead
Also shortlisted:
- Andy Spearman – Barry, Boyhound
- Pamela Porter – The Crazy Man
- Curtis Parkinson – Domenic's War
- Vicki Blum – The Dragon Prince
- André Alexis – Ingrid and the Wolf
- Gail Nyoka – Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale
- Peggy Dymond Leavey – The Path Through the Trees
- Hazel Hutchins, Christine Delezenne – Sarah and the Magic Science Project
- Penny Draper – Terror at Turtle Mountain
Non-Fiction
- Kathy Kacer – Hiding Edith
Also shortlisted:
- Robert Bateman, Ian Coutts – Backyard Birds
- Elizabeth Etue – Hayley Wickenheiser
- Loris Lesynski, Michael Martchenko – "I Did It Because..."
- Mary Schendlinger – Prepare to be Amazed
- Patti McIntosh, Tara Langlois – The Remarkable Maria
- Editiors of YES Mag, Rose Cowles – Science Detectives
- Elin Kelsey – Strange New Species
- Jeff Szpirglas, Dave Whamond – They Did What?!
- Diane Swanson – The Wonder in Water
Express
- Nancy Shouse – Any Pet Will Do
Also shortlisted:
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Muriel Wood – Aram's Choice
- Nancy Belgue, Samia Drisdelle – Casey Little, Yo-Yo Queen
- Jacqueline Halsey, Susan Reilly – Peggy's Letters
- Ken Roberts, Leanne Franson – Thumb on a Diamond
- Hazel Hutchins – TJ and the Sports Fanatic
- Sheree Fitch, Yayo – If I Had a Million Onions
- Adrienne Mason, Nancy Gray Ogle – Skunks
- Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko – The Story Behind the Story
- Peter Christie – Well Schooled Fish and Feathered Bandits
2006
Fiction
- Edo van Belkom – Wolf Pack
Also shortlisted:
- Patricia Bow – Bone Flute
- Joan Givner – Ellen Fremedon
- Robert Sutherland – Greysteel's Ghost
- Rosa Jordan – Lost Goat Lane
- Melanie Jackson – Mask On The Cruise Ship
- Glenda Goertzen – Prairie Dogs
- Vicki Grant – Quid Pro Quo
- Jean Little – Rescue Pup
- KV Johansen – Torrie & The Pirate Queen
Non-Fiction
- Helaine Becker – Boredom Blasters
Also shortlisted:
- Anne Renaud, Ashley Spires – Bloom Of Friendship
- Janet McNaughton, Susan Tooke – Brave Jack And The Unicorn
- Keltie Thomas, Greg Hall – How Basketball Works
- Norma Dixon, Warren Clark – Lowdown On Earthworms
- Steve Pitt, Heather Collins – Rain Tonight
- Jacqueline Brown, Suzanne Mogensen – Sir John A Macdonald
- Kevin Sylvester – Sports Hall Of Weird
- Vivien Bowers, Dianne Eastman – That's Very Canadian
- Deborah Ellis – Three Wishes
2005
Fiction
- Sharon Stewart – Raven Quest
Also shortlisted:
- Cary Fagan – The Fortress of Kaspar Snit
- Martha Attema – Hero
- Dorothy Perkyns – Last Days in Africville
- Marthe Jocelyn – Mable Riley
- Shelagh Lynne Supeene – My Name is Mitch
- Natale Ghent – No Small Thing
- Vicki Grant – The Puppet Wrangler
- Nancy Belgue – Scream of the Hawk
- Simon Rose – Sorcerer's Letterbox
Non-Fiction
- Marg Meikle, Tina Holdcroft – Ask Me Anything
Also shortlisted:
- Brian Keating – Going Wild
- Bob Barton, Jirina Marton – The Bear Says North
- Joanne Stanbridge, B. Dickson – Famous Dead Canadians
- Editors of YES Mag, Jane Kurisu – Fantastic Feats and Failures
- Keltie Thomas, S MacEachern – The Kids Guide to Money Cent$
- Hugh Brewster – On Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day Heroes
- Rochelle Strauss, M. Thompson – Tree of Life
- Barbara Hehner – The Tunnel King
- Trudee Romanek, R. Cowles – Wow!
2004
Fiction
- Michael McGowan – Newton and the Giant
Also shortlisted:
- Robert Sutherland – Adventures of Tommy Smith
- Deborah Ellis – Company of Fools
- Andrea Spalding – Dance of the Stones
- Maxine Trottier – Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land
- Peggy Dymond Leavey – Deep End Gang
- Irene N. Watts – Finding Sophie
- Luanne Armstrong – Jeannie and the Gentle Giants
- Ainslie Manson – Leaving the Log House
- Hazel Hutchins – TJ and the Haunted House
Non-Fiction
- Larry Verstraete – Survivors!
Also shortlisted:
- Rosemary Sadlier, W. Qijun – The Kids Book of Black Canadian History
- Elizabeth MacLeod – Albert Einstein
- Kathy Conlan – Under the Ice
- Trudee Romanek, Rose Cowles – Achoo
- Amy Pinchuk, T. Holdcroft, A. Moon – Best Book of Bikes
- Laura Scandiffio, N. Debon – The Martial Arts Book
- Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin – Adventures in Ancient China
- Cynthia Pratt Nicolson – Tornado!
- Editors of Yes Magazine – Amazing International Space Stations
2003
Fiction
Also shortlisted:
- Maggie de Vries – Chance & the Butterfly
- Barbara Haworth-Attard – Flying Geese
- Carol Matas – Footsteps in the Snow
- Cheryl Foggo – I Have Been in Danger
- Nikki Tate – Jo's Triumph
- O.R. Melling – The Light-Bearer's Daughter
- Ann Alma – Summer of Changes
- Hazel Hutchins – TJ and the Cats
- Andrea Spalding – White Horse Talisman
Non-Fiction
- Karen Levine – Hana's Suitcase
Also shortlisted:
- Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin – Adventures with the Vikings
- Cynthia Pratt Nicolson – Earthquake!
- Barbara Greenwood, Heather Collins – Gold Rush Fever
- Keltie Thomas, Greg Hall – How Hockey Works
- Laurie Coulter, Sarah Jane English – Secrets in Stone
- Laurie Skreslet, Elizabeth MacLeod – To the Top of Everest
- Nan Froman, Julian Mulock – What's That Bug?
- Linda Granfield – Where Poppies Grow
- Trudee Romanek, Rose Cowles – ZZZ... The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Sleep
2002
Fiction
- Virginia Frances Schwartz – If I Just Had Two Wings
Also shortlisted:
- Susan Currie – Basket of Beethoven
- Connie Brummel Crook – The Hungry Year
- Anne Laurel Carter – In the Clear
- Ellen Schwartz – Jesse's Star
- Kathy Stinson – King of the Castle
- Dayle Campbell Gaetz – Mystery from History
- Richard Scrimger – Nose for Adventure
- Lynda Wilson – The Virtual Zone: Titanic's Race to Disaster
- Karen Rivers – Waiting to Dive
Non-Fiction
- Lyn Thomas – Ha! Ha! Ha!
Also shortlisted:
- Hao Yu, Song Nan Zhang – A Time of Golden Dragons
- Bonnie Shemie – Building Canada
- David Suzuki, Kathy Vanderlinden – Eco-Fun
- Ainslie Manson – House Calls
- Elizabeth MacLeod – Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Sylvia Funston – Monsters
- Diane Swanson – Mysterious You Hmmm?
- Judy Diehl, David Plumb – What's the Difference?
- Marg Meikle – You Asked For It!
2001
Fiction
- Bill Richardson – After Hamelin
Also shortlisted:
- Frank B. Edwards – Frogger
- Deborah Ellis – Looking for X
- Rachna Gilmore – Mina's Spring of Colors
- Julie Lawson – The Ghost of Avalanche Mountain
- Henry Shykoff – Once Upon A Time Long, Long Ago
- Andrea and David Spalding – The Lost Sketch
- Don Trembath – Frogface and the Three Boys
- Irene N. Watts – Remember Me
- Shirley Woods – Kit
Non-Fiction
- Linda Bailey – Adventure in the Middle Ages
Also shortlisted:
- Sylvia Funston – Mummies
- Sylvia Funston – The Book of You
- Linda Granfield – Pier 21
- Pamela Hickman – Animals in Motion
- Deborah Hodge – Kid's Book of Canadian Railways
- Ann Love, Jane Drake – The Kids Book of the Far North
- Shelley Tanaka – In the Time of Knights
- Shelley Tanaka – Secrets of the Mummies
- Valerie Wyatt – Weather - FAQ
2000
Fiction
- Kathy Kacer – The Secret of Gabi's Dresser
Also shortlisted:
- Wilma E. Alexander – Run For Your Life
- Linda Bailey – How Can A Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?
- Sandra Birdsell – The Town That Floated Away
- Karleen Bradford – Lionheart's Scribe
- Bill Freeman – Sioux Winter
- Monica Hughes – The Other Place
- Peggy Dymond – Sky Lake Summer
- Richard Scrimger – The Way to Schenectady
- Joan Weir – The Principal's Kid
Non-Fiction
- Sheree Fitch – If You Could Wear My Sneakers
Also shortlisted:
- Les Harding – McCurdy and the Silver Dart
- Etta Kaner – Animal Defenses
- Elizabeth Macleod – Alexander Graham Bell
- Cynthia Pratt Nicholson – The Stars
- Ann-Maureen Owens, Jane Yealland – Canada's Maple Leaf
- Andy Turnbull, Debora Pearson – By Truck to the North
- Mary Wallace – The Inuksuk Book
- David Wistow, Kelly McKinley – Meet the Group of Seven
- Valerie Wyatt – Earthlings Inside and Out
1999
Fiction
Also shortlisted:
- Constance Horne – The Accidental Orphan
- Monica Hughes – The Faces of Fear
- Roy McGregor – Quebec City Crisis
- Richard Scrimger – The Nose From Jupiter
- Andrea Spalding – An Island of My Own
- Ted Staunton – Hope Springs a Leak
- Robert Sutherland – The Secret of Devil Lake
- Irene N. Watts – Good-bye Marianne
- Beverley and Chris Wood – Dogstar
Non-Fiction
- Marg Meikle – Funny You Should Ask
Also shortlisted:
- Robert Bateman – Safari
- David Bouchard – If Sarah Will Take Me
- Arlene Chan – Moon Festival - A Chinese Mid-Autumn Celebration
- Sheree Fitch – There's a Mouse in My House!
- Barbara Greenwood – The Last Safe House
- Pat Hancock – The Kids Book of Canadian Prime Ministers
- Ann Love, Jane Drake – The Kids Guide to the Millennium
- Lawrie Raskin, Debora Pearson – 52 Days By Camel
- Diane Swanson – Animals Eat the Weirdest Things
1998
Fiction
- Ken Oppel – Silverwing
Also shortlisted:
- Kristin Butcher – The Runaways
- Barbara Hawarth-Attard – Home Child
- Julie Lawson – Goldstone
- Jake MacDonald – Juliana and the Medicine Fish
- Roy MacGregor – Kidnapped in Sweden
- Sharon Gibson Palermo – The Lie That Had To Be
- Dorothy Perkyns – The Mastodon Mystery
- W.D. Valgardson – Garbage Creek and Other Stories
- Mary Woodbury – Jess and the Runaway Grandpa
Non-Fiction
- Hugh Brewster – Anastasia's Album
Also shortlisted:
- David Bouchard – Voices From the Wild
- Vivien Bowers – Crime Science
- Karen Dudley – The Untamed World: Wolves
- Linda Granfield – Postcards Talk
- Barbara Greenwood – The Kids Book of Canada
- Morningstar Mercredi – Fort Chipewayan Homecoming
- Diane Swanson – Bug Bites
- Shelley Tanaka – Discovering the Iceman
- Larry Verstraete – Whose Bright Idea Was It?
- Shelagh Wallace – The TV Book
1997
Fiction
- Eric Walters – Stars
Also shortlisted:
- John Danakas – Hockey Night In Transcona
- Betty Dorion – Melanie Bluelake's Dream
- Adele Dueck – Anywhere But Here
- Monica Hughes – Where Have You Been, Billy Boy?
- Julie Lawson – Cougar Cove
- Mordecai Richler – Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case
- Ellen Schwartz – Starshine On T.V
- Andrea Spalding – Finders Keepers
- Cora Taylor – Summer of the Mad Monk
Non-Fiction
- Shelley Tanaka – On Board the Titanic
Also shortlisted:
- Nyla Ahmad – Cybersurfer
- Jane Drake, Ann Love – The Kids Campfire Book
- Sylvia Funston – Scary Science
- Linda Granfield – In Flanders Fields
- Pamela Hickman – The Night Book
- Adrienne Mason – Oceans
- Ann-Maureen Owens, Jane Yealland – Forts of Canada
- Diane Swanson – Buffalo Sunrise
- Jan Thornhill – Wild in the City
1996
Fiction
- Sylvia McNicoll – Bringing Up Beauty
Also shortlisted:
- Alison Baird, Frances Tyrrell – The Dragon's Egg
- Sarah Ellis – Out of the Blue
- Rachna Gilmore, Alice Priestly – A Friend Like Zilla
- Marilyn Halvorsen – Cowboys Don't Quit
- Monica Hughes – The Golden Aquarians
- Hazel Hutchins, Ruth Ohi – Within a Painted Past
- Richardo Keens-Douglas, Julia Gukova – Freedom Child of the Sea
- Meredy Maynard, Jim Brennan – Dreamcatcher
- Anne Walsh – Shabash!
- Eric Walters – Stand Your Ground
- Eric Wilson – The Case of the Golden Boy
- Tim Wynne-Jones – The Book of Changes
Non-Fiction
- Anouchka Gravel Galouchko – Sho and the Demons of the Deep
Also shortlisted:
- Michael Barnes – Ontario
- Paulette Bourgeois, Bill Slavin – The Moon
- Camilla Gryski, Tom Sankey – Favourite String Games
- Bobbie Kalman, Marc Crabtree – Ballet School
- Etta Kaner, Pat Cupples – Towers and Tunnels
- Brian Kendall – Great Moments in Canadian Baseball
- Laura Langston, Stuart Duncan – Pay Dirt! The Search for Gold in British Columbia
- Elizabeth MacLeod, Bill Slavin – The Phone Book
- Sharon McKay, David Macleod – Take a Hike
- Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Bill Slavin – Earthdance
- Diane Swanson, Douglas Penhale – Coyotes in the Crosswalk
1995
- Laurie McGaw – Polar, The Titanic Bear
Also shortlisted:
- Ann Alma – Skateway to Freedom
- Linda Bailey – How Can I Be A Detective If I have To Babysit?
- Severn Cullis Suzuki – Tell The World
- Camilla Gryski – Boondoggle
- Pamela Hickman – Habitats
- Julie Johnston – Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
- Bobbie Kalman – A One-Room School
- Etta Kaner – Bridges
- Julie Lawson – White Jade Tiger
- Michele Lemieux – The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Thomas MacDonald – The Time of the Wolf
- Tololwa Mollel, Barbara Spurll – The Flying Tortoise: An Igbo Tale
- Robin Muller – Mollie Whuppie and the Giant
- Kit Pearson – The Lights Go On Again
- Trudy Rising, Peter Williams – Light Magic
- Ken Roberts – Past Tense
- Margaret Smith – Margy Misunderstood
- Bev Spencer – Guardian Of the Dark
- Shelley Tanaka – The Disaster of the Hindenburg
- Bernice Thurman Hunter – Hawk and Stretch
- Tim Wynne-Jones – Some of The Kinder Planets
1994
- Carol Matas – Daniel's Story
Also shortlisted:
- Donalda Badone – Time Detectives: Clues From Our Past
- Celia Barker Lottridge – Ticket to Curlew
- Barbara Bondar, Dr. Roberta Bondar – On the Shuttle
- David Booth – Doctor Knickerbocker & Other Rhymes
- David Bouchard – If You're Not From the Prairie
- Margaret Buffie – My Mother's Ghost
- Mitzi Dale – Bryna Means Courage
- Brian Doyle – Spud Sweetgrass
- Sarah Ellis – Pick-up Sticks
- James Houston – Drifting Snow
- Jay Ingram – Real Live Science
- Teddy Jam – The Year of the Fire
- Julie Johnston – Hero Of Lesser Causes
- Gordon Korman – Twinkie Squad
- Paul Kropp – Ellen / Elena / Luna
- Kevin Major – Diana: My Autobiography
- Bernice Thurman Hunter – The Firefighter
- Eric Wilson – The St. Andrews Werewolf
- Valerie Wyatt – Science Book For Girls and Other Intelligent Beings
