The Silver Birch Award is voted on by children in grades three to six for their favourite book by a Canadian author.

indicates a review is available for that book

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

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Added 21 March 2010.
Updated 11 January 2015.