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BLUE SPRUCE AWARD™ WINNERS AND NOMINEES

2002–2017

Official Wholesaler

A Celebration of Canadian Authors, Illustrators, and Publishers

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/forestofreading @forestofreading

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2017

2016

The Artist and MeShane Peacock, Sophie Casson

Owlkids Books

The Good Little BookKyo Maclear, Marion Arbona

Tundra Books

Harry and WalterKathy Stinson, Qin Leng

Annick Press

If I Had a GryphonVikki VanSickle, Cale Atkinson

Tundra Books

InvisibillMaureen Fergus, Dušan Petričić

Tundra Books

★ The Night Gardener ★Eric Fan and Terry Fan

Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

Snap!Hazel Hutchins, Dušan Petričić

Annick Press

Sometimes I Feel Like a FoxDanielle Daniel

Groundwood Books

Stanley at SchoolLinda Bailey, Bill Slavin

Kids Can Press Ltd.

The Wolf-BirdsWillow DawsonOwlkids Books

Butterfly ParkElly MacKay

Running Press/Publisher’s Group Canada

The Cardinal and the CrowMichael Moniz

Simply Read Books

Fishermen Through and ThroughColleen Sydor, Brooke Kerrigan

Red Deer Press

Henry Holton Takes the IceSandra Bradley, Sara PalaciosPenguin Young Readers; Dial

★ If Kids Ruled the World ★Linda Bailey, David Huyck

Kids Can Press

In a Cloud of DustAlma Fullerton, Brian Deines

Pajama Press

Sam’s Pet TemperSangeeta Bhadra, Marion Arbona

Kids Can Press

Stop, Thief!Heather Tekavec, Pierre Pratt

Kids Can Press

Super Red Riding HoodClaudia DávilaKids Can Press

We’re All Friends HereNancy Wilcox Richards, Tom Goldsmith

Scholastic Canada Ltd.

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2014

2015

A Good TradeAlma Fullerton, Karen Patkau

Pajama Press

I Dare You Not To YawnHelene Boudreau, Serge Bloch

Candlewick Press

If You Hold A SeedElly MacKay

Running Press

In The Tree HouseAndrew Larsen, Dusan Petricic

Kids Can Press

Mr. Zinger’s HatCary Fagan, Dusan Petricic

Tundra Books

★ Oddrey ★Dave WhamondOwlkids Books

Sky ColorPeter H. ReynoldsCandlewick Press

This Is Not My HatJon Klassen

Candlewick Press

Uncle Wally’s Old Brown ShoeWallace Edwards

Orca Book Publishers

Willow Finds A WayLana Button, Tania Howells

Kids Can Press

★ The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten ★

Maureen Fergus, Mike Lowery Kids Can Press

The Highest Number In The World Roy Macgregor, Geneviève Després

Tundra Books

Kenta and The Big WaveRuth Ohi

Annick Press

Loula Is Leaving for AfricaAnne VilleneuveKids Can Press

The Man with the ViolinKathy Stinson, Dušan Petričić

Annick Press

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine DressChristine Baldacchino, Isabelle Malenfant

Groundwood Books

The Most Magnificent ThingAshley Spires

Kids Can Press

My Blue Is HappyJessica Young, Catia Chien

Random House

Oddrey and the New KidDave Whamond

Owlkids

Young Frank, ArchitectFrank Viva 

Abrams

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2012

A Flock of ShoesSarah Tsiang, Qin Leng

Annick Press

★ Giraffe and Bird ★Rebecca Bender

Dancing Cat Books/Cormorant Books

Kiss Me! (I’m a Prince!)Heather McLeod, Brooke Kerrigan

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

The Little HummingbirdMichael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

D&M Publishers/Greystone Books

Making the Moose Out of LifeNicholas Oldland

Kids Can Press

Noni Says NoHeather Hartt-Sussman, Geneviève Côté

Tundra Books

One Hockey NightDavid Ward, Brian Deines

Scholastic Canada/North Winds Press

Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth!

Marie-Louise GayGroundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Small SaulAshley Spires

Kids Can Press

Stanley’s Little SisterLinda Bailey, Bill Slavin

Kids Can Press

2013

The Busy BeaverNicholas Oldland

Kids Can Press Ltd.

Don’t Laugh at GiraffeRebecca BenderPajama Press Inc.

Ella May and the Wishing StoneCary Fagan, Geneviève Côte

Tundra Books

Here Comes Hortense!Heather Hartt-Sussman, Georgia Graham

Tundra Books

JoJo the GiantJane Barclay, Esperança Melo

Tundra Books

★ Kate and Pippin ★Martin Springett, Isobel Springett

Puffin Canada/Penguin Group

LarfAshley Spires

Kids Can Press Ltd.

Really and TrulyÉmilie Rivard, Anne-Claire Delisle

OwlKids Books Inc.

SplintersKevin SylvesterTundra Books

You Are StardustElin Kelsey, Soyeon Kim

OwlKids Books Inc.

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2010

★ Boo Hoo Bird★ ★Jeremy Tankard

Scholastic Canada

Bradley McGogg, The Very Fine FrogTim Beiser and Rachel Berman

Tundra Books

Crocodiles Play!Robert Heidbreder and Rae Maté

Tradewind Books

Farley Follows His NoseLynn C Johnston and Beth Cruikshank

The Bowen Press / HarperCollinsCanada

The King Has Goat EarsKatarina Jovanovic and Phillipe Béha

Tradewind Books

The King’s TasterKenneth Oppel

Paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou FancherHarperCollinsCanada

Stanley’s Beauty ContestLinda Bailey and Bill Slavin

Kids Can Press

There’s a Cow Under My Bed!Valerie Sherrard and David Jardine

Creative Book Publishing

When Stella Was Very, Very SmallMarie-Louise Gay

Groundwood Books

You’re Mean, Lily JeanFrieda Wishinsky and Kady MacDonald Denton

Scholastic Canada

2011

Big Bear HugNicholas Oldland

Kids Can Press

C’mere Boy!Sharon Jennings and Ashley Spires

Kids Can Press

Have I Got a Book for You!Mélanie Watt

Kids Can Press

The Imaginary GardenAndrew Larsen and Irene Luxbacher

Kids Can Press

Jack the BearChristina Leist

Simply Read Books

★ My Think-A-Ma-Jink ★Dave Whamond

Owlkids

Perfect SnowBarbara Reid

Scholastic Canada, Ltd.

Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a LionJane Barclay and Renné Benoit

Tundra Books

VioletTania Duprey Stehlik and Vanja Jovanovic

Second Story Press

Willow’s WhispersLana Button and Tania Howells

Kids Can Press

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2009

Buttercup’s Lovely DayCarolyn Beck

Orca Book Publishers

★ Chester ★Mélanie Watt

Kids Can Press

Clancy with the PuckChris Mizzoni

Raincoast Books

Eliot Jones, Midnight SuperheroAnne Cottringer

Scholastic Canada Ltd

It’s Moving DayPamela HickmanKids Can Press

Making Grizzle GrowRachna Gilmour

Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd

MattlandHazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert

Annick Press

My New ShirtCary Fagan

Tundra Books

Stanley at SeaLinda Bailey

Kids Can Press

Such a PrinceDan Bar-el

Clarion

2008

The Farm TeamLinda Bailey, Bill Slavin

Kids Can Press

Fox Walked AloneBarbara Reid

Northwinds Press/Scholastic Canada Ltd.

Grumpy Birdby Jeremy Tankard

Scholastic Press

In My BackyardMargriet Ruurs, Ron Broda

Tundra Books

Jeffrey and SlothKari-Lynn Winters, Ben Hodson

Orca Book Publishers

Lily and the Paper ManRebecca Upjohn, Renné Benoit

Second Story Press

The ListHazel Hutchins, Maria van Lieshout

Annick Press

Please, Louise!by Frieda Wishinsky and Marie-Louise Gay

Goundwood Books

A Sack Full of Feathersby Debby Waldman, Cindy Revell

Orca Book Publishers

★ Scaredy Squirrel Makes A Friend ★Mélanie Watt

Kids Can Press

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2006

Ben Over NightSarah Ellis, Kim LaFaveFitzhenry & Whiteside

Beneath The BridgeHazel Hutchins, Ruth Ohi

Annick Press

Bigbeard’s HookEvan Solomon, Bill Slavin

Viking Canada, 2005

★ The Boy Who Loved Bananas ★George Elliott, Andrej Krystoforski

Kids Can Press

GummytoesSean Cassidy, Sean Cassidy

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Leon’s SongStephanie McLellan, Dianna Bonder

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Mile High Apple PieLaura Langston, Lindsey Gardiner

Bodley Head/Random House

Penelope And The Humongous BurpSheri Radford, Christine Tripp

Lobster Press

Rainy Days With BearMaureen Hull, Leanne Franson

Lobster Press

Stella Princess Of The SkyMarie Louise Gay

Groundwood

2007

Camilla ChameleonColleen Sydor, Pascale Constantin

Kids Can Press

Clara and the BossyRuth Ohi

Annick Press

Earth to AudreySusan Hughes, Stéphane Poulin

Kids Can Press

Penelope and the MonstersSheri Radford, Christine Tripp

Lobster Press

★ Scaredy Squirrel ★Mélanie Watt

Kids Can Press

Sophie and the Sea MonsterDon Gillmor, Michael Martchenko

Scholastic Canada

Stanley’s Wild RideLinda Bailey, Bill Slavin

Kids Can Press

Taming Horrible HarryLili Chartrand, Rogé

Tundra Books

Wake up, Henry Rooster!Margriet Ruurs, Sean Cassidy

Fitzhenry and Whiteside

Where’s My Hockey Sweater?Gilles Tibo, Bruno St-Aubin

Scholastic Canada

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2004

An Alien in My HouseShenaaz Nanji, Chum G. McLeod

Second Story

The F TeamAnne Laurel Carter, Rose Cowles

Orca

Hank and FergusSusin Nielsen-Fernlund, Louise-Andre Laliberte

Orca

How Hot Was It?Jane Barclay, Janice Donato

Lobster Press

It Couldn’t Be WorseVlasta Van Kampen

Annick

Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big SnowPhoebe Gilman

Scholastic

Sink or SwimValerie Coulman, Roge

Lobster Press

★ Stanley’s Party ★Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin

Kids Can Press

The Subway MouseBarbara Reid

Scholastic

You Can’t Rush a CatKarleen Bradford, Leslie Elizabeth Watts

Orca

2005

A Very Unusual DogDorothy Joan Harris, Kim LaFaveNorth Winds Press/Scholastic

Bagels from BennyAubrey Davis, Dušan Petričić

Kids Can Press

Camels Always DoLynn Manuel, Kasia Charko

Orca

★ Drumheller Dinosaur Dance ★Robert Heidbreder, Bill Slavin

and Esperança MeloKids Can Press

Our Canadian FlagMaxine Trottier, Brian Deines

North Winds Press/Scholastic

Perfect ManTroy Wilson, Dean Griffiths

Orca

Suki’s KimonoChieri Uegaki, Stéphane Jorisch

Kids Can Press

The Sidewalk RescueHazel Hutchins, Ruth Ohi

Annick Press

This is the DogSheryl McFarlane, Chrissie Wysotski

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Too Many Books!Gilles Tibo, Bruno St-Aubin

Scholastic Canada

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2002

The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World

Linda Bailey, Alan and Lea DanielKids Can Press

Big BenSarah Ellis, Kim La FaveFitzhenry and Whiteside

Caribou SongTomson Highway, Brian Deines

Harper Collins

Emma’s Cold DayMargriet Ruurs, Barbara Spurll

Stoddart Kids

It’s Raining It’s PouringAndrea Spalding, Leslie Elizabeth Watts

Orca Books

M is for Maple: A Canadian AlphabetMike Ulmer, Melanie Rose

Sleeping Bear Press

No Two SnowflakesSheree Fitch, Janet Wilson

Orca Books

Oma’s QuiltPaulette Bourgeois, Stephane Jorisch

Kids Can Press

What The Animals Were Waiting ForJonathan London, Paul Morin

Scholastic

★ When Pigs Fly ★Valerie Coulman, Roge

Lobster Press

2003

AlphabeastsWallace Edwards

Kids Can Press

Badger’s New HouseRobin Muller

Scholastic Canada

Courage to FlyTroon Harrison, Zhong-Yang Huang

Red Deer Press

Full Moon RisingJoanne Taylor, Susan Tooke

Tundra Books

Give Maggie a ChanceFrieda Wishinsky, Dean Griffiths

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

The Name of the ChildMarilynn Reynolds, Don Kilby

Orca Book Publishers

The Rumor: A Jataka Tale from IndiaJan Thornhill

Maple Tree Press

Stella: Fairy of the ForestMarie-Louise Gay

Groundwood Books

When the Giant Stirred: Legend of a Volcanic Island

Celia GodkinFitzhenry & Whiteside

★ Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet ★Matt Napier, Melanie Rose

Sleeping Bear Press