Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award
Ontario Arts Council and Canadian Booksellers Association.
Established 1976, in honor of Ruth Schwartz, a Toronto bookseller. Presented annually for a Canadian book published during the previous year. The books are judged by children, from a short list compiled by booksellers. Beginning in 1994, two awards were given; one for a picture book, and one for a young adult (fiction or nonfiction) title.
- 1997
- Picture Book: Paul Yee, illustrated by Harvey Chan, Ghost Train
- Young Adult: Kit Pearson, Awake and Dreaming
- 1996
- Picture Book: Geoff Butler, The Killick: A Newfoundland Story
- Young Adult: Welwyn Wilton Katz, Out of the Dark
- 1995
- Picture Book: Barbara Greenwood and Heather Collins, A Pioneer Story: The Daily Life of a Canadian Family in 1840
- Young Adult: Julie Johnston, Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me
- 1994
- Picture Book: Michael Kusugak and Vladyanna Krykorka, Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails
- Young Adult: O.R. Melling, The Hunter's Moon
- 1993 - Phoebe Gilman, Something from Nothing
- 1992 - Paul Yee, Roses Sing on New Snow
- 1991 - William Bell, Forbidden City
- 1990 - Diana Wieler, Bad Boy
- 1989 - Janet Lunn, Amos's Sweater
- 1988 - Cora Taylor, The Doll (U.S. title: Yesterday's Doll)
- 1987 - Barbara Reid, Have You Seen Birds? (Text: Joanne Oppenheim)
- 1986 - Robert Munsch, Thomas' Snowsuit
- 1985 - Jean Little, Mama's Going To Buy You a Mockingbird
- 1984 - Tim Wynne-Jones, Zoom at Sea
- 1983 - Jan Truss, Jasmin
- 1982 - Claire MacKay and Marsha Hewitt, One Proud Summer
- 1981 - Suzanne Martel, The King's Daughter
- 1980 - Barbara Smucker, Days of Terror
- 1979 - Kevin Major, Hold Fast
- 1978 - Dennis Lee, Garbage Delight
- 1977 - Robert Thomas Allen, The Violin
- 1976 - Mordecai Richler, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
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