Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award

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