TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
The TD Canadian Children's Literature Award is an annual Canadian literary award, presented to the year's best work of children's literature. Sponsored by TD Bank Financial Group and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the award carries a monetary prize of $30,000.[1] On September 11th, 2018 it was announced that the monetary prize was increased from $30,000 to $50,000.[2][3]
Two awards are presented annually, one each for English language and French language works. The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award.[1]
Winners[]
English[]
- 2005 - , Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum
- 2006 - Pamela Porter, The Crazy Man
- 2007 - Sarah Ellis, Odd Man Out
- 2008 - Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton
- 2009 - and Kim LaFave, Shin-chi's Canoe
- 2010 - Arthur Slade, The Hunchback Assignments
- 2011 - Erin Bow, Plain Kate
- 2012 - , Stones for My Father
- 2013 - Polly Horvath, One Year in Coal Harbour
- 2014 - Kathy Stinson, The Man with the Violin
- 2015 - Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener
- 2016 - Melanie Florence & , Missing Nimâmâ
- 2017 - Jan Thornhill, The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
- 2018 - (writer) and Sydney Smith (illustrator), Town is by the Sea
- 2019 - , Ebb and Flow
- 2020 - Julie Flett, Birdsong, published by Greystone Books
French[]
- 2005 - and Anne Villeneuve, Le nul et la chipie
- 2006 - François Gravel and , David et le salon funéraire
- 2007 - , L'envers de la chanson : des enfants au travail 1850-1950
- 2008 - Gilles Vigneault and Stéphane Jorisch, Un cadeau pour Sophie
- 2009 - Anne Villeneuve, Chère Traudi
- 2010 - and , Le géranium
- 2011 - Linda Amyot, La fille d'en face
- 2012 - and , La saison des pluies
- 2013 - Michel Noël, À la recherche du bout du monde
- 2014 - Andrée Poulin, La plus grosse poutine du monde
- 2015 - Marianne Dubuc, L'autobus
- 2016 - , L'arbragan
- 2017 - Larry Tremblay and Guillaume Perreault, Même pas vrai
- 2018 - Marianne Dubuc, Le chemin de la montagne
- 2019 - , Anatole qui ne séchait jamais
- 2020 - Jacques Goldstyen, L’étoiles
References[]
- ^ a b "Sask., Man. writers win for children's books". cbc.ca, November 11, 2010.
- ^ "Wendy Orr, Cherie Demaline, and Monique Gray Smith among CCBC Award finalists". Quill and Quire. September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ "Changes to the 2018 TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards - Canadian Children's Book Centre". Canadian Children's Book Centre. September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- Canadian children's literary awards
- Awards established in 2005
- 2005 establishments in Canada