online guide to canadian writing: awards: canada council children's lit awards

Canada Council Children's Literature Awards

In 1975, the Canada Council established English and French-language prizes of $5000 for the best books by Canadian writers and illustrators. In 1987 this award became the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature.

The Canada Council Children's Literature Prize for English-Language Writing

1986: Janet Lunn. Shadow in Hawthorn Bay
1985: Cora Taylor. Julie
1984: Jan Hudson. Sweetgrass
1983: sean o huigin. The Ghost Horse of the Mounties
1982: Monica Hughes. Hunter in the Dark
1981: Monica Hughes. The Guardian of Isis
1980: Christie Harris. The Trouble with Princesses
1979: Barbara Smucker. Days of Terror
1978: Kevin Major. Hold Fast
1977: Jean Little. Listen for the Singing
1976: Myra Paperny. The Wooden People
1975: Bill Freeman. Shantymen of Cache Lake

The Canada Council Children's Literature Prize for English-Language Illustration

1986: Barbara Reid. Have You Seen Birds? by Joanne Oppenheim
1985: Terry Gallagher. Murdo's Story by Murdo Scribe
1984: Marie-Louise Gay. Lizzy's Lion by Dennis Lee
1983: Laszlo Gal. The Little Mermaid by Margaret Maloney
1982: Vlasta van Kampen. ABC/123: The Canadian Alphabet and Counting Book
1981: Heather Woodall. Ytek and the Arctic Orchid by Garnet Hewitt
1980: Elizabeth Cleaver. Petrouchka
1979: Laszlo Gal. The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Janet Lunn
1978: Ann Blades. A Salmon for Simon by Betty Waterton