Golden oak award winners and nominees 2003–2018€¦ · Sarah L. Thomson and Rob Gonsalves Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing The Middle Ground Zoe Whittall Orca Book Publishers

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Golden oak award™ winners and nominees

2003–2018

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A Celebration of Canadian Authors, Illustrators, and Publishers


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2018

2017

★ adrift at sea: a Vietnamese Boy’s story of survival ★

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Tuan Ho & Brian Deines

Pajama Press

All the Dirt: A History of Getting CleanKatherine Ashenburg & Capucine Mazille

Annick Press

Blood and Belonging Vicki Delany

Orca Book Publishers

The Bootlegger’s Goddaughter Melodie Campbell


Fight to Learn: The Struggle to Go to SchoolLaura Scandiffio

Annick Press

John McCrae: Beyond Flanders FieldsSusan Raby-Dunne

Heritage House

No TraceBrenda ChapmanGrass Roots Press

Town is by the Sea Joanne Schwartz & Sydney Smith

Groundwood Books

10 Ships That Rocked the WorldGillian Richardson, Kim Rosen

Annick Press

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War

Michel Chikwanine, Jessica Dee Humphreys, Claudia Dávila

Kids Can Press, Ltd.

Epic GameWilliam Kowalski


Exposed: RetributionJudith Graves


Give Me Wings: How a Choir of Former Slaves Took on the World

Kathy LowingerAnnick Press

★ missing nimâmâ ★Melanie Florence, François Thisdale

Clockwise Press

Next Round: A Young Athlete’s Journey to Gold

John SprayPajama Press

A Year of Borrowed MenMichelle Barker, Renné Benoit

Pajama Press


2016

2015

The End of The Line Sharon E. McKay

Annick Press

Escape From Tibet: A True StoryNick Gray, Laura Scandiffio

Annick Press

Juba GoodVicki Delany


The Last Train: A Holocaust StoryRona Arato

Owlkids Books Inc.

The Magician of Auschwitz Kathy Kacer, Gillian Newland

Second Story Press

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. LarsenSusin NielsenTundra Books

★ residential schools: with the words and images of survivors ★

Larry Loyie, Wayne K. Spear, and Constance Brissenden

Indigenous Education Press

When the Worst Happens: Extraordinary Stories of Survival

Tanya Lloyd Kyi, David ParkinAnnick Press

★ every day is malala day ★Rosemary McCarneySecond Story Press

Rick Hansen: A Life in MotionDon Quinlan

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

When I Get Older: The Story Behind “Wavin’ Flag”

K’Naan, Rudy GutierrezTundra Books

The Clear-OutDeborah Ellis

Grass Roots Press

Rainbow Crow : Nagweyaabi-aandegDavid Bouchard, David Jean

Red Deer Press

The Hard FallBrenda ChapmanGrass Roots Press

Sentenced To Life At Seventeen: The Story of David Milgaard

Cynthia J. FaryonJames Lorimer & Company

Just GoneWilliam Kowalski



2013

A Stranger At HomeChristy Jordan-Fenton, Liz Amini-Holmes

Annick Press Ltd.

Behind Enemy Lines: World War IICarol Matas

Scholastic Canada Ltd.

Remembering The TitanicFrieda Wishinsky

Scholastic Inc.

★ Home invasion ★Joy Fielding

Grass Roots Press

In The Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It UpMonica Kulling, David Parkins

Tundra Books

MatatuEric Walters, Eva Campbell


No Ordinary DayDeborah Ellis

Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Sable Island: The Wandering SandbarWendy Kitts

Nimbus Publishing Limited

2014

Big League Dreams: Baseball Hall of Fame’s First African-Canadian, Fergie Jenkins

Richard BrignallJames Lorimer & Company

Contingency PlanLou Allin


Emily IncludedKathleen McDonnellSecond Story Press

GuiltyNorah McClintock


My Name is ParvanaDeborah Ellis

Groundwood Books

Something NobleWilliam Kowalski


The Secret of the Village FoolRebecca Upjohn, Renné Benoit

Second Story Press

★ The stamp Collector ★Jennifer Lanthier, François Thisdale



2011

The Barrio KingsWilliam Kowalski


The Children of AfricvilleChristine WelldonNimbus Publishing

The Christmas Tree: Two Tales for the Holidays

David Adams RichardsPenguin Group Canada

★ Courage and Compassion: Ten Canadians Who Made A Difference ★

Rona AratoMaple Tree Press

Imagine a PlaceSarah L. Thomson and Rob Gonsalves

Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

The Middle GroundZoe Whittall


Stolen ChildMarsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Scholastic Canada, Ltd.

Watching JimmyNancy HartryTundra Books

2012

Canadian Railroad TrilogyGordon Lightfoot and Ian Wallace


Fatty LegsChristy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

and Liz Amini-HolmesAnnick Press

Highway of HeroesKathy Stinson


No Safe PlaceDeborah Ellis


Our Earth: How Kids Are Saving the PlanetJanet Wilson

Second Story Press

★ out of darkness: The Jeff Healey Story ★

Cindy WatsonDundurn Press

The Second WifeBrenda Chapman

Raven Books/Orca Book Publishers

Viola Desmond Won’t Be BudgedJody Nyasha Warner and Richard RudnickiGroundwood Books/House of Anansi Press


2010

Brave Deeds: How One Family Saved Many From the Nazis

Ann AlmaGroundwood Books

Call Me AramMarsha Forchuk Skrypuch and Muriel Wood


ImpactJames C. Dekker


Lunch With Lenin and Other StoriesDeborah Ellis


★ one Hen: How one small loan made a Big Difference ★

Katie Smith Milway and Eugenie FernandesKids Can Press

Word NerdSusin NielsenTundra Books

2009

I.D.Vicki Grant


Hiding EdithKathy Kacer

Second Story Press

Naomi’s TreeJoy Kogawa


★ libertad ★Alma Fullerton


The BirdmanVeronika Martenova Charles

Tundra Books

My Wedding Dress: True-Life Tales Of Lace, Laughter, Tears And Tulle

Edited by Susan Whelehan and Anne Laurel Carter

Vintage Canada


2007

★ The Crazy man ★Pamela Porter

Groundwood Books

Earth MagicDionne BrandKids Can Press

My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo DiaryNadja Halilbegovich

Kids Can Press

Paul Moves OutMichel Rabagliati

Drawn & Quarterly

ShatteredEric Walters

Viking (Penguin Books)

Terry Fox: A Story of HopeMaxine Trottier

Scholastic Canada

2008

Aram’s ChoiceMarsha Skrypuch


Dave Cooks the TurkeyStuart McLean

Penguin

Factory GirlBarbara Greenwood

Kids Can Press

★ i am a Taxi ★Deborah Ellis

Groundwood Books

June Callwood: A Life of ActionAnne Dublin

Second Story Press

Safe HouseJames Heneghan



2006

Fires!Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Annick Press

★ The Heaven shop ★ Deborah Ellis


Maria ChapdelaineLouis HemonTundra Books

Rachel: The Maybe HouseLynne Kositsky

Penguin Canada

Rescue Of NanooseMary Borrowman

Horsdal & Schubert

Rosie’s Dream CapeZelda FreedmanRonsdale Press

2005

Beginnings: Stories of Canada’s Pastedited by Ann Walsh

Ronsdale

Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything

Anne DublinSecond Story

★ Tales From the isle of spice ★Richardo Keens-Douglas

Annick

Tom FinderMartine LeavittRed Deer Press

The Tunnel King: The True Story of Wally Floody and the Great Escape

Barbara HehnerHarperTrophy Canada

TruthTanya Lloyd Kyi

Orca


2003

The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat

Jack BattenTundra Books

The BreadwinnerDeborah Ellis

Groundwood Books

Murder on the LooseEllen Godfrey

Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1998

The Lives Behind the LinesLynn Johnston

Andrews McMeel

★ Hana’s suitcase ★Karen Levine

Second Story Press

Yukon Adventures: The Lure of GoldRachel Mansfield

Laubach Literacy of Canada

Vinyl Café: UnpluggedStuart McLean

Penguin

52 Days by Camel: My Sahara AdventureLawrie Raskin and Debora Pearson

Annick Press

Simple RecipesMadeleine Thien

McLelland & Stewart

Voices of Canadian LiteracyLee Weinstein (Editor)

John Howard Society of Canada

2004

If I Knew, Don’t You Think I’d Tell You?Jann Arden

Insomniac Press

Another Place at the Table: My Mother’s StoryMary Cook

Creative Bound

Rapid Ray: The Story of Ray LewisJohn CooperTundra Books

Close to Spider Man: StoriesIvan E. Coyote

Arsenal Pulp Press

★ Parvana’s Journey ★Deborah Ellis

Groundwood Books

As Long as the Rivers FlowLarry Loyie

Groundwood Books

White LilyTing-xing Ye

Doubleday Canada

Dead Man’s Gold and Other StoriesPaul Yee

Groundwood Booksv

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Golden oak award winners and nominees 2003–2018€¦ · Sarah L. Thomson and Rob Gonsalves Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing The Middle Ground Zoe Whittall Orca Book Publishers