Governor-General's Awards for Children's Literature
Governor-General's Awards for Children's Literature
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Established 1975. Until 1987, the awards were called the Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes. Awards are presented to the best books by Canadian citizens, whether published in Canada or elsewhere. Recipients are selected by two separate juries, one for English-language books, and one for French-language books. Initially, awards were presented for best writing. Awards for illustration were added in 1977/78.
1998
Text - Janet Lunn,The Hollow Tree (Alfred A. Knopf Canada)
Illustration - Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (Kids Can Press)
1997
Text - Kit Pearson, Awake and Dreaming
Illustration - Barbara Reid, The Party
1996
Text - Paul Yee, Ghost Train
Illustration - Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift (Text: Pam Conrad)
1995
Text - Tim Wynne-Jones, The Maestro
Illustration - Ludmila Zeman. The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
1994
Text - Julie Johnston, Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me
Illustration - Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story (Text: Jim McGugan)
1993
Text - Tim Wynne-Jones, Some of the Kinder Planets
Illustration - Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming (Text: Sharon Jennings)
1992
Text - Julie Johnston, Hero of Lesser Causes
Illustration - Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales (Text: Sheryl McFarlane)
1991
Text - Sarah Ellis, Pick-Up Sticks
Illustration - Joanne Fitzgerald, Doctor Kiss Says Yes (Text: Teddy Jam)
1990
Text - Michael Bedard, Redwork
Illustration - Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy (Text: Tololwa M. Mollel)
1989
Text - Diana Wieler, Bad Boy
Illustration - Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush
1988
Text - Welwyn Wilton Katz, The Third Magic
Illustration - Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater (Text: Janet Lunn)
1987
Text - Morgan Nyberg, Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army
Illustration - Marie-Louise Gay, Rainy Day Magic
1986
Text - Janet Lunn, Shadow in Hawthorn Bay
Illustration - Barbara Reid, Have You Seen Birds? (Text: Joanne Oppenheim)
1985
Text - Cora Taylor, Julie
Illustration - Terry Gallagher, Murdo's Story (Text: Murdo Scribe)
1984
Text - Jan Hudson, Sweetgrass
Illustration - Marie-Louise Gay, Lizzy's Lion (Text: Dennis Lee)
1983
Text - sean o huigin, The Ghose Horse of the Mounties
Illustration - Laszlo Gal, The Little Mermaid (Text: Margaret Crawford Maloney)
1982
Text - Monica Hughes, Hunter in the Dark
Illustration - Vlasta Van Kampen, ABC/123: the Canadian Alphabet and Counting Book
1981
Text - Monica Hughes, The Guardian of Isis
Illustration - Heather Woodall, Ytek and the Arctic Orchid: an Inuit Legend (Text: Garnet Hewitt)
1980
Text - Christie Harris, The Trouble with Princesses
Illustration - Elizabeth Cleaver, Petrouchka
1979
Text - Barbara Smucker, Days of Terror
Illustration - Laszlo Gal, The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Text: Janet Lunn)
1978
Text - Kevin Major, Hold Fast
Illustration - Ann Blades, A Salmon for Simon (Text: Betty Waterton)
1977
Text - Jean Little, Listen for the Singing
1976
Text - Myra Paperny, The Wooden People
1975
Text - Bill Freeman, Shantymen of Cache Lake
1998
Text - Angèle Delaunois, Variations sur un même «t'aime» (Éditions Héritage)
Illustration - Pierre Pratt, Monsieur
Ilétaitunefois, text by Rémy Simard (Annick
Press)
1997
Text - Michel Noël, Pien
Illustration - Stéphane Poulin, Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée (Text: Danielle Marcotte)
1996
Text - Gilles Tibo, Noémie - Le Secret de Madame Lumbago
Illustration - No Award
1995
Text - Sonia Sarfati, Comme une peau de chagrin
Illustration - Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau
1994
Text - Suzanne Martel, Une belle journée pour mourir
Illustration - Pierre Pratt, Mon chien est un éléphant
1993
Text - Michelle Marineau, La Route de Chlifa
Illustration - Stéphane Jorisch, Le monde salon jean de ...
1992
Text - Christiane Duchesne, Victor
Illustration - Gilles Tibo, Simone et la ville de carton
1991
Text - François Gravel, Deux heures et demi avant Jasmine
Illustration - Sheldon Cohen, Un champion (Text: Roch Carrier)
1990
Text - Christiane Duchesne, La Vraie Histoire du chien de Clara Vic
Illustration - Pierre Pratt, Les fantaisies de l'oncle Henri
1989
Text - Charles Montpetit, Temps Mort
Illustration - Stéphane Poulin, Benjamin et la saga de oreillers
1988
Text - Michèle Marineau, Cassiopée, ou, L'êté polonais
Illustration - Philippe Béha, Les Jeux de Pic-mots
1987
Text - David Schinkel and Yves Beauchesne, Le Don
Illustration - Darcia Labrosse, Venir au monde
1986
Text - Raymond Plante, Le derneir des raisins
Illustration - Stéphane Poulin, Album de famille and As-tu vu Joséphine?
1985
Text - Robert Soulières, Casse-tête chinois
Illustration - Roger Paré, L'alphabet
1984
Text - Daniel Sernine, Le cercle violet
Illustration - Marie-Louise Gay, Drôle d'école (Rond comme ton visage, Blanc comme neige, Petit et grand, Un Léopard dans mon placard)
1983
Text - Denis Côté, Hockeyeurs Cybernétiques
Illustration - Philippe Béha, Petit ours (Grand-maman, Où est ma tétine?, Mon bébé-soeur, Quand ça va mal) (Text: Sylvie Assathiany and Louise Pelletier)
1982
Text - Ginette Anfousse, Fabien 1: Un loup pour Rose and Fabien 2: Une nuit au pays des malices
Illustration - Darcia Labrosse, Agnès et le singulier bestiare (Text: Marie José Thériault)
1981
Text - Suzanne Martel, Nos amis robots
Illustration - Joanne Ouellet, Les Papinacois (Text: Michel Noël)
1980
Text - Bertrand Gauthier, Hébert Luée
Illustration - Miyuki Tanobi, Les gens de mon pays (Text: Gilles Vigneault)
1979
Text - Courte-Queue, Gabrielle Roy
Illustration - Roger Paré, Une fenêtre dans ma tête (Text: Raymond Plante)
1978
Text and Illustration - Ginette Anfousse, La chicane and La varicelle
1977
Text - Denise Houle, Lune de neige
Illustration - Claude Lafortune, L'évangile en papier (Text: Henriette Major)
1976
Text - Bernadette Renaud, Emilie, la baignoire à pattes
1975
Text - Louise Aylwin, Raminagradu: Histoires ordinaires pour enfants extraordinaire
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