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Children's Literature
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(Atlantic Canada)

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of Canada
Award-Winning Books


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(British Columbia)

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(Ontario)

Sheila Egoff
Children's Prize
Information Book Award > 1990 - 1999


1999
  1998  1997  1996  1995  1994  1993  1992  1991  1990

- 1999 -

Winner

The Last Safe House: a Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood. Iillustrated by Heather Collins. Kids Can Press

Honour

One More Border: The True Story Of One Family's Escape From War-Torn Europe
by William Kaplan with Shelley Tanaka .Illustrated by Stephen Taylor. Groundwood

Finalists

Safari by Robert Bateman. Penguin Studio / Madison Press

The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood.
illustrated by Heather Collins. Kids Can Press

One More Border: The True Story of One Family's Escape From War-Torn Europe
by William Kaplan with Shelly Tanaka illustrated by Stephen Taylor. Groundwood

52 Days by Camel-My Sahara Adventure by Lawrie Raskin with Deborah Pearson. Annick Press

Animals Eat the Weirdest Things by Diane Swanson. Illustrated by Terry Smith. Whitecap Books

Lost Temple of the Aztecs by Shelley Tanaka. llustrated by Greg Ruhl. Scholastic / Madison

to the top

 

- 1998 -

Winner

The Buried City of Pompeii, by Shelley Tanaka illustrated by Greg Ruhl. Scholastic

Honour

Crime Science, by Vivien Bowers illustrated by Martha Newbigging. Owl Books

Finalists

Crime Science, by Vivien Bowers. Illustrated by Martha Newbigging. Owl Books

Circus, by Linda Granfield. Groundwood / Douglas & McIntyre

The Kids Book of Canada, by Barbara Greenwood.Illustrated by Jock MacRae.Kids Can

Listen to Us: The World's Working Children, by Jane Springer. Groundwood / Douglas &
McIntyre

Bug Bites,. by Diane Swanson. Whitecap Books

The Buried City of Pompeii, by Shelley Tanaka. Illustrated by Greg Ruhl. Scholastic / Madison

to the top

 

- 1997 -

Winner

On Board the Titanic, by Shelley Tanaka. Illustrated by Ken Marschall. Scholastic

Honour

Discovering the Iceman, by Shelley Tanaka. Illustrated by Laurie McGaw. Scholastic

Finalists

Cybersurfer: the Owl Internet Guide for Kids, by Nyala Ahmad. Illustrated by Martha Newbigging. Owl Books

Discovering the Iceman, by Shelley Tanaka. Illustrated by Laurie McGaw. Scholastic

Forts of Canada, by Ann-Maureen Ownes and Jane Yealland. Illustrated by Don Kilby. Kids Can

Kids Campfire Book, by Jane Drake and Ann Love. Illustrated by Heather Collins. Kids Can

On Board the Titanic, by Shelley Tanaka. Illustrated by Ken Marshcall. Scholastic

to the top

 

- 1996 -

Winner

In Flanders Fields, by Linda Granfield. Lester/Stoddart

Honour

Ladybug Garden, by Celia Godkin. Fitzhenry and Whiteside

Let's Play, by Camilla Gryski. Illustrated by Dusan Petricic. Kids Can

Finalists

A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare, by Lois Burdett. Black Moss

Apes, by Eric S. Grace. Key Porter

Great Moments in Canadian Baseball, by Brian. Kendall. Lester/Stoddart

Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, by Anne Newlands. Firefly

Heather's Amazing Discovery; a True Story of Paleontology, by Deborah Griffiths. Courtenay & District Museum

HERSTORY II: Women from Canada's Past, Sussan Merrit. Vanwell

How Monkeys Make Chocolate, by Adrian Forsyth. Owl

In Flanders Fields, by Linda Granfield. Lester/Stoddart

Ladybug Garden, by Celia Godkin. Fitzhenry

Let's Play, by Camilla Gryski. Kids Can

Oceans, by Adrienne Mason. Kids Can

Pay Dirt: the Search for Gold in B.C., by Laura Langston. Orca

Sky Dancers: the Amazing World of Canadian Birds, by Diane Swanson. Whitecap

Solids, Liquids and Gases, by Ontario Science Centre. Kids Can

The Illustrated Father Goose, by Shelley Tanaka. Little Brown

The Kids Canadian Bird Book, by Pamela Hickman. Kids Can

The Kids Canadian Tree Book, by Pamela Hickman. Kids Can

The Moon, by Paulette Bourgeois. Kids Can Press

The Sun, by Paulette Bourgeois. Kids Can Press

The United Nations, by Desmond Morton. Kids Can

Those Aren't Teddy Bears in Our Parks, by Kathleen Keefe. Bruin

Towers and tunnels, by Etta Kaner. Kids Can

What's a Zoo Do? by Jonathan.Webb. Key Porter

Why is Soap So Slippery? by Catherine Ripley. Owl

Wild in the City, by Jan Thornhill Owl

to the top

 

- 1995 -

Winner

A Pioneer Story, by Barbara Greenwood, Illustrated by Heather Collins. Kids Can

Honour

A Kids Guide to the Brain, by Sylvia Funston and Jay Ingram. Illustrated by Gary Clement. Greey de Pencier

to the top

 

- 1994 -

Winner

On the Shuttle: Eight Days in Space, by Barbara Bondar. Greey de Pencier
Cowboy: a Kid's Album, by Linda Granfield. Groundwood

Honour

A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night, by Song Nan Zhang. Tundra

to the top

 

- 1993 -

Winner

The Story of Canada, by Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore. Illustrated by Alan Daniel. Lester/Key Porter

Honour

Buried in Ice: the Mystery of a Lost Arctic Expedition, by Owen Beattie and John Geiger; with Shelley Tanaka. Random House

to the top

 

- 1992 -

Winner

A Tree in a Forest, by Jan Thornhill. Greey de Pencier, 1991

Honour

Buried in Garbage,by Bobbie Kalman and Janine Schaub. Crabtree

Discover Bones, by Lesley Grant. Illustrated by Tina Holdcroft. Kids Can

to the top

 

- 1991 -

Winner

Hands On, Thumbs Up, by Camilla Gryski. Ilustrated by Pat Cupples. Kids Can

Honour

Trash Attack, by Candace Savage. Illustrated by Steve Beinicke. Douglas and McIntyre

Weather Watch by Valerie Wyatt. Illustrated by Pat Cupples. Kids Can

to the top

 

- 1990 -

Winner

Wolf Island, by Celia Godkin. Fitzhenry and Whiteside

Honour

Amazing Paper Book, by Paulette Bourgeois. Illustrated by Linda Hendry. Kids Can

Discover Mysteries of the Past and Present, by Katherine Grier. Illustrated by Pat Cupples. Kids Can

The Fur Traders, by Robert Livesy and A.G. Smith. Stoddart

to the top

 

 


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