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The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award is given annually for, logically enough, the best book for children written by a Canadian - or landed immigrant - and published in the last year. The latest winner of the The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award is featured below along with a complete list of all past winners of the award. We also provide a link to our index of all book awards featured on Happy Dead Trees.
The Latest Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year For Children 2010 - Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry [2011 award will be made early 2011] All past Winners of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year For Children 1947 - Starbuck Valley Winter by Roderick Haig-Brown
1948 - Kristli's Trees by Mabel Dunham
1949 - No Award
1950 - Franklin of the Arctic by Richard S. Lambert
1951 - No Award
1952 - The Sun Horse by Catherine Anthony Clark
1953-1955 - No Award
1956 - Train For Tiger Lily by Louise Riley
1957 - Glooskap's Country and Other Indian Tales by Cyrus Macmillan
1958 - Lost In The Barrens by Farley Mowat
1959 - The Dangerous Cove by John F. Hayes
1960 - The Golden Phoenix and Other Fairy Tales From Quebec by Maruis Barbeau and Michael Hornyansky
1961 - The St. Lawrence by William Toye
1962 - No Award
1963 - The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
1964 - The Whale People by Roderick Haig-Brown
1965 - Tales Of Nanabozho by Dorothy M. Reid
1966 Tikta'liktak: An Eskimo Legend by James Houston The Double Knights: More Tales From Around the World by James McNeill
1967 - Raven's Cry by Christie Harris
1968 - The White Archer: An Eskimo Legend by James Houston
1969 - And Tomorrow the Stars: The Story of John Cabot by Kay Hill
1970 - Sally Go Round the Sun: Three Hundred Children's Songs, Rhymes and Games by Edith Fowke
1971 - Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence by William Toye
1972 - Mary Of Mile 18 by Ann Blades
1973 - The Marrow of the World by Ruth Nichols
1974 - The Miraculous Hind: A Hungarian Legend by Elizabeth Cleaver
1975 - Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee
1976 - Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler
1977 - Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princess by Christie Harris
1978 - Garbage Delight by Dennis Lee
1979 - Hold Fast by Kevin Major
1980 - River Runners: A Tale of Hardship and Bravery by James Houston
1981 - The Violin-Maker's Gift by Donn Kushner
1982 - The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn
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