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The Governor General's Awards are given annually in recognition of extraordinary achievement by Canadian authors in several categories. The Governor General's Awards are "Canada's pre-eminent national literary awards." Winners in each category receive a cash award of $25,000.
The latest winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature (Text) is featured below along with a complete list of all past winners of the award. We also provide links to the dozens of other book awards featured on Happy Dead Trees.
The latest winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature (Text) 2007 - Gemeni Summer by Iain Lawrence (2008 winner will be announced Fall 2008)
All Governor General's Award Winners for Children's Literature (Text) 1987 - Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army by Morgan Nyberg
1988 - The Third Magic by Welwyn Wilton Katz
1989 - Bad Boy by Diana Wieler
1990 - Redwork by Michael Bedard
1991 - Pick-up Sticks by Sarah Ellis
1992 - Hero of Lesser Causes by Julie Johnston
1993 - Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Wynne-Jones
1994 - Adam and Eve and Pinch-me by Julie Johnston
1995 - The Maestro by Tim Wynne-Jones
1996 - Ghost Train by Paul Yee
1997 - Awake and Dreaming by Kit Pearson
1998 - The Hollow Tree by Janet Lunn
1999 - A Screaming Kind of Day by Rachna Gilmore
2000 - Looking for X by Deborah Ellis
2001 - Dust by Arthur Slade
2002 - True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brooks
2003 - Stitches by Glen Huser
2004 - Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
2005 - The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter
2006 - Pirate's Passage by William Gilkerson
2007 - Gemeni Summer by Iain Lawrence
2008 - Will be announced late November
The Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction > > >
The Official Website of the Governor General's Award (Canada)
(Visit our Book Awards Index for a complete list of the dozens of book awards listed on Happy Dead Trees.)
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"The advantage of the animal over the vegetable kingdom is obvious. The cabbage, should its environment tend to become worse, must live it out, or die; the rabbit may move on in quest of a better."
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