| Rhonda Batchelor | She Loves You | Dundurn Press Ltd | |
| Mike Deas | Ramp Rats | Orca Book Publishers | |
| Mike Deas | Soccer Sabotage | Orca Book Publishers | |
| Penny Draper | Graveyard of the Sea | Coteau Books | |
| Sarah N. Harvey | The Lit Report | Orca Book Publishers | |
| Sarah N. Harvey | The West is Calling | Orca Book Publishers | |
| Polly Horvath | My One Hundred Adventures | Groundwood Books | |
| Paula Johanson | Genetic and Developmental Diseases and Disorders: Muscular Dystrophy | Rosen Publishing | |
| Paula Johanson | What’s in your Food? Recipe for Disaster: Processed Food | Rosen Publishing | |
| Julie Lawson | Dear Canada: Where the River Takes Me | Scholastic Canada | |
| Michelle Mulder | Yeny and the Children for Peace | Second Story Press | |
| John Nedwidek | Ducks Don’t Wear Socks | Viking Press | |
| P.K. Page | There Once was a Camel | Ekstasis Editions | |
| P.K. Page | The Old Woman and the Hen | Porcupine’s Quill | |
| Jeff Rud | Paralyzed | Orca Book Publishers | |
| Diane Silvey | Time of the Thunderbird | Dundurn Press Ltd | |
| Robin Stevenson | Inferno | Orca Book Publishers | |
| Robin Stevenson | A Thousand Shades of Blue | Orca Book Publishers | |
| Diane Swanson | Animal Aha! Thrilling Discoveries in Wildlife Science | Annick Press | |
| Nikki Tate-Stratton | Venom | Orca Book Publishers | |
| Laura Trunkey | The Incredibly Ordinary Danny Chandelier | Annick Press | |
| Jim Westergardsee The Old Woman and the Hen (illustrator) | Porcupine’s Quill | ||