Recent Award Winners
I Can Fix It!
By Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko
Awards
- Short-listed, IODE Jean Throop Award, 2022
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
Fast Friends
By Heather M O’Connor, Claudia Dávila
Awards
- Winner, TD Grade One Giveaway Book, 2022
- Winner, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2021
- Short-listed, IODE Jean Throop Award, 2021
- Short-listed, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2021
- Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2021
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2020
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2020
Dragon Assassin
By Arthur Slade
Awards
- Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2021
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2022
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2021
Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game
By J. Torres, Tim Levins
Awards
- Short-listed, Dragon Prize (Comics for Young Readers), 2022
- Short-listed, Sundogs, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2022
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2021
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2021
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2021
The Good Fight
By Ted Staunton, Josh Rosen
Awards
- Long-listed, City of Toronto Book Award, 2021
- Commended, OLA Best Bets: Honourable Mention, 2022
- Commended, OLA Light Reads, Great Stories List, 2022
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2021
Race with Me!
By Andre De Grasse, Robert Budd, Joseph Osei Bonsu
Awards
- Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2022
- Nominated, OLA Silver Birch Award Express Award, Non-fiction, 2022
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
Trapped in Hitler’s Web
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Awards
- Short-listed, Northern Lights, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2022
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2021
Don’t Tell the Nazis
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Awards
- Winner, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2020
- Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
- Short-listed, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2019
- Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2019
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018
Not Me
By Elise Gravel
Awards
- Short-listed, Joan Betty Stuchner - Oy Vey! - Funniest Children's Book Award, 2020
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2021
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2020
Waiting Under Water
By Riel Nason
Awards
- Winner, Mrs. Dunster's Award for Fiction, New Brunswick Book Awards, 2020
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2023
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020
Haunted: The House Next Door
By Joel A. Sutherland
Awards
- Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2019
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018
Canadian Kids’ Guide to Outdoor Fun
By Helaine Becker, Claudia Dávila
Awards
- Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2021
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2021
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club - Top 10 Recommended Read, 2020
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2019
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019