Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children AwardShortlist

Given by Canadian Library Association (CLA)

Other Names: Canada Library Association Book of the Year for Children, Canadian Association of Children’s Librarians' Book of the Year for Children Award, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, CLA Children's Book of the Year
107 Works 26,554 Books 1,330 Reviews ½ 4.0
To merit consideration for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award, a book must have been published in Canada, in the previous year, and its author must be a Canadian show more citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. Any work that is an act of creative writing (i.e., fiction, poetry, narrative, non-fiction, retelling of traditional literature) shall be deemed eligible regardless of published format, including anthologies and collections. (From the Canadian Library Association website) show less
Stages:
All, Winner (65), Honour Book (28), Shortlist (107), Nominee (3), Longlist (1)
Years:
All, 2016 (10), 2015 (10), 2014 (10), 2013 (10), 2012 (10), 2011 (10), 2010 (10), 2009 (10), 2008 (10), 2007 (2), 2006 (2), 2005 (10), 2000 (1), 1989 (1)

Shortlist 107

WorkYear
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel2016
Young Man with Camera by Emil Sher2016
MiNRS by Kevin Sylvester2016
A Pocket Full of Murder by R. J. Anderson2016
Seven Dead Pirates by Linda Bailey2016
The First Flute by David Bouchard2016
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War by Michel Chikwanine2016
The Choice (Holocaust Remembrance Series) by Kathy Clark2016
Trash Talk: Moving Toward a Zero-Waste World by Michelle Mulder2016
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands2016
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier2015
The Swallow: A Ghost Story by Charis Cotter2015
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel2015
The Circus Dogs of Prague by Rachelle Delaney2015
It's Catching: The Infectious World of Germs and Microbes by Jennifer Gardy2015
Lord and Lady Bunny--Almost Royalty! by Polly Horvath2015
The Elevator Ghost by Glen Huser2015
The End of the Line by Sharon E. McKay2015
Rain Shadow by Valerie Sherrard2015
Walking Home by Eric Walters2015
Curse of the Dream Witch by Allan Stratton2014
The Metro Dogs of Moscow by Rachelle Delaney2014
Prince Puggly of Spud and the Kingdom of Spiff by Robert Paul Weston2014
The Spotted Dog Last Seen by Jessica Scott Kerrin2014
How To Curse in Hieroglyphics by Lesley Livingston2014
Bones Never Lie: How Forensics Helps Solve History's Mysteries by Elizabeth MacLeod2014
The Stowaways by Meghan Marentette2014
Me & Mr. Bell by Philip Roy2014
The Legend of Lightning and Thunder by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt2014
Driftwood by Valerie Sherrard2014
The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen2013
A Tinfoil Sky by Cyndi Sand-Eveland2013
The Grave Robber's Apprentice by Allan Stratton2013
Middle of Nowhere by Caroline Adderson2013
The Green Man by Michael Bedard2013
One Year in Coal Harbor by Polly Horvath2013
Ungifted by Gordon Korman2013
Becoming Holmes by Shane Peacock2013
And Nothing But the Truth by Kit Pearson2013
Island of Doom by Arthur Slade2013
The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson2012
That Boy Red by Rachna Gilmore2012
Dragon Seer's Gift by Janet McNaughton2012
When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean by Jan Andrews2012
No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis2012
Howl by Karen Hood-Caddy2012
From Then to Now: A Short History of the World by Christopher Moore2012
The Tiffin by Mahtab Narsimhan2012
The Dragon Turn by Shane Peacock2012
Empire of Ruins by Arthur Slade2012
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel2011
Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom by Susin Nielsen2011
The Secret Fiend by Shane Peacock2011
Plain Kate by Erin Bow2011
Winter Shadows by Margaret Buffie2011
Burn by Alma Fullerton2011
The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy by Jill MacLean2011
The Glory Wind by Valerie Sherrard2011
Stolen Girl by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch2011
The Dark Deeps by Arthur Slade2011
Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry2010
Knife by R. J. Anderson2010
Vanishing Girl by Shane Peacock2010
Walking Backward by Catherine Austen2010
Zoobreak by Gordon Korman2010
Dragon Seer by Janet McNaughton2010
Blue Mountain Trouble by Martin Mordecai2010
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade2010
Puppet by Eva Wiseman2010
Rex Zero, The Great Pretender by Tim Wynne-Jones2010
The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter2009
Libertad by Alma Fullerton2009
Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel2009
Dear Sylvia by Alan Cumyn2009
The Nine Lives of Travis Keating by Jill MacLean2009
Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen2009
Death in the Air by Shane Peacock2009
Greener Grass by Caroline Pignat2009
The Pole by Eric Walters2009
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson2009
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis2008
Eye Of The Crow by Shane Peacock2008
Becca at Sea by Deirdre Baker2008
Jakeman by Deborah Ellis2008
Baboon by David Jones2008
Schooled by Gordon Korman2008
Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel2008
A Perfect Gentle Knight by Kit Pearson2008
Porcupine by Meg Tilly2008
Rex Zero, King of Nothing by Tim Wynne-Jones2008
I Am a Taxi (The Cocalero Novels) by Deborah Ellis2007
Rex Zero and the End of the World by Tim Wynne-Jones2007
The Cassandra Virus by K. V. Johansen2006
The Gravesavers by Sheree Fitch2006
Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach by Barbara Nickel2006
Last Chance Bay by Anne Laurel Carter2005
Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance by Marthe Jocelyn2005
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel2005
An Ocean Apart : The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling by Gillian Chan2005
After Sylvia by Alan Cumyn2005
The Puppet Wrangler by Vicki Grant2005
A Trail of Broken Dreams: The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer by Barbara Haworth-Attard2005
The Mob: Feather and Bone (The Crow Chronicles) by Clem Martini2005
There You Are by Joanne Taylor2005
Red Land Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution by Ange Zhang2005
Claire's Gift by Maxine Trottier2000
Son Of The Hounds by Robert Sutherland1989

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