Anecdotes
Kathryn Mockler
Book*Hug Press
2024
Breaking News: Why Media Matters
Raina Delisle
Orca Book Publishers
Confessions with Keith
Pauline Holdstock
Biblioasis
2023
Little Pine Cone: Wildfires and the Natural World
Julie McLaughlin (for illustration)
Out of the Sun
Esi Edugyan
House of Anansi
2022
Aggie & Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children
Wendy Proverbs
Heritage House
Following the Good River, The LIfe and Times of Wa’xaid
Briony Penn
Rocky Mountain Books
2021
Elvis, Me and the Lemonade Stand Summer
Leslie Gentile
Cormorant Books
The House That Spirit Built
Lorna Crozier
Douglas & McIntyre
2020
Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales
Mark Leiren-Young
Dear Evelyn
Kathy Page
2019
Sterling, Best Dog Ever
Aidan Cassie
Farrar Straus Giroux
A Mariner’s Guide to Self Sabotage
Bill Gaston
2018
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation
Monique Gray Smith
Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains
Yasuko Thanh
Hamish Hamilton Canada
2017
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey
Margriet Ruurs
The Hunter and the Wild Girl
Gooselane Editions
2016
In the Swish
Dawn Green
Red Deer Press
The Pull of the Moon
Julie Paul
Brindle & Glass Publishing
2015
Dojo Daycare
Chris Tougas
OwlKids
The World Afloat
M.A.C. Farrant
Talonbooks
2014
Pterosaur Trouble
Daniel Loxton
KidsCan
A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden
Stephen Reid
Thistledown Press
2013
One Year in Coal Harbour
Polly Horvath
Groundwood
Afflictions & Departures
Madeline Stonik
Anvil Press
2012
Nowhere Else on Earth, Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
Caitlyn Vernon
The Master of Happy Endings
Jack Hodgins
Thomas Allen & Son
2011
Uirapuru
Kristi Bridgeman (for illustration)
Oolichan
Children of the Klondike
Frances Backhouse
Whitecap Books
2010
Red Dog Red Dog
Patrick Lane
McClelland & Stewart
2009
Graveyard of the Sea
Penny Draper
Coteau
Paper Trail
Arlene Pare
NeWest Press
2008
Mechanimals
Gargoyles
House of Anansi Press
2007
Holding Juno
Mark Zuehlke
2006
After Goodlake’s
Terence Young
Raincoast Books
2005
Country of Cold
Kevin Patterson
Vintage Canada
2004