| Year
|
Author
|
Title
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
| 1999
|
Andy Turnbull and Debora Pearson
|
By Truck to the North: My Winter Adventure
|
Winner
|
|
| Gena K. Gorrell
|
Catching Fire: The Story of Firefighting
|
Finalist
|
|
| Barbara Greenwood
|
The Last Safehouse: A Story of the Underground Railroad
|
Finalist
|
|
| Larry Verstraete
|
Accidental Discoveries: From Laughing Gas to Dynamite
|
Finalist
|
|
| Mary Wallace
|
The Inuksuk Book
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2000
|
Simon Tookoome and Sheldon Oberman
|
The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North
|
Winner
|
|
| Sarah Ellis
|
The Young Writer's Companion
|
Finalist
|
|
| Linda Maybarduk
|
The Dancer Who Flew: A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev
|
Finalist
|
|
| Irene Morck
|
Five Pennies: A Prairie Boy's Story
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2001
|
Gena K. Gorrell
|
Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale
|
Winner
|
|
| Linda Granfield
|
Pier 21: Gateway of Hope
|
Finalist
|
|
| Ann Love and Jane Drake
|
The Kids Book of the Far North
|
Finalist
|
|
| Ronald Orenstein
|
New Animal Discoveries
|
Finalist
|
|
| Candace Savage
|
Born to be a Cowgirl: A Spirited Ride Through the Old West
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2002
|
Jack Batten
|
The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat
|
Winner
|
|
| Karen Levine
|
Hana's Suitcase
|
Finalist
|
|
| Susan Musgrave
|
Nerves Out Loud: Critical Moments in the Lives of Seven Teen Girls
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jane Pavanel
|
The Sex Book: An Alphabet of Smarter Love
|
Finalist
|
|
| John Wilson
|
Righting Wrongs: The Story of Norman Bethune
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2003
|
Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden
|
As Long as the Rivers Flow
|
Winner
|
|
| Kathy Conlan
|
Under the Ice
|
Finalist
|
|
| Chan Hon Goh with Cary Fagan
|
Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina's Life
|
Finalist
|
|
| Candace Savage
|
Wizards: An Amazing Journey through the Last Great Age of Magic
|
Finalist
|
|
| Roderick Stewart
|
Wilfrid Laurier: A Pledge for Canada
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2004
|
Val Ross
|
The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories
|
Winner
|
|
| Nicolas Debon
|
Four Pictures by Emily Carr
|
Finalist
|
|
| Anne Dublin
|
Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything
|
Finalist
|
|
| Reva Marin
|
Oscar: The Life and Music of Oscar Peterson
|
Finalist
|
|
| John Wilson
|
Discovering the Arctic: The Story of John Rae
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2005
|
Shari Graydon
|
In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You
|
Winner
|
|
| Hazel Hutchins
|
A Second Is a Hiccup
|
Finalist
|
|
| Marthe Jocelyn
|
A Home for Foundlings
|
Finalist
|
|
| Kathy Kacer
|
The Underground Reporters
|
Finalist
|
|
| Ange Zhang
|
Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2006
|
Bill Slavin and Jim Slavin
|
Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Mad
|
Winner
|
|
| Deborah Ellis
|
Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk About AIDS
|
Finalist
|
|
| Nadja Halilbegovich
|
My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary
|
Finalist
|
|
| Susan Hughes
|
Coming to Canada: Building a Life in a New Land
|
Finalist
|
|
| Kathy Kacer
|
Hiding Edith: A True Story
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2007
|
Jan Thornhill
|
I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids' Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death
|
Winner
|
|
| Barbara Greenwood
|
Factory Girl
|
Finalist
|
|
| Celia Godkin
|
Fire! The Renewal of a Forest
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jane Springer
|
Genocide
|
Finalist
|
|
| Herb Shoveller
|
Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2008
|
Hugh Brewster
|
At Vimy Ridge: Canada's Greatest World War I Victory
|
Winner
|
|
| Robert Bateman with Nancy Kovacs, illus. by Robert Bateman
|
Birds of Prey: An Introduction
|
Finalist
|
|
| Sue Ann Alderson, illus. by Millie Ballance
|
The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jan Thornhill
|
This Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warming
|
Finalist
|
|
| Kate Evans
|
Weird Weather: Everything You Didn't Want to Know About Climate Change but Probably Should Find Out
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2009
|
Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland
|
The Bite of the Mango
|
Winner
|
|
| Mary Wallace
|
Inuksuk Journey: An Artist at the Top of the World
|
Finalist
|
|
| Susan Hughes, illus. by Willow Dawson
|
No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed As Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure
|
Finalist
|
|
| Katie Smith Milway, illus. by Eugenie Fernandes
|
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
|
Finalist
|
|
| Elizabeth MacLeod
|
Royal Murder: The Deadly Intrigue of Ten Sovereigns
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2010
|
Priscilla Galloway with Dawn Hunter
|
Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road
|
Winner
|
[3]
|
| Charis Cotter
|
Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors
|
Finalist
|
|
| William Gilkerson
|
A Thousand Years of Pirates
|
Finalist
|
|
| Kathy Kacer and Sharon E. McKay
|
Whispers from the Ghettos
|
Finalist
|
|
| Scot Ritchie
|
Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2011
|
Susan Hughes
|
Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science
|
Winner
|
|
| Hadley Dyer
|
Watch This Space: Designing, Defending and Sharing Public Spaces
|
Finalist
|
|
| Elin Kelsey
|
Not Your Typical Book About the Environment
|
Finalist
|
|
| Daniel Loxton
|
Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jody Nyasha Warner
|
Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2012
|
Susan Vande Griek
|
Loon
|
Winner
|
|
| Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter
|
Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan
|
Finalist
|
[4]
|
| Susan Hughes
|
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
|
Finalist
|
[4]
|
| Marthe Jocelyn
|
Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives
|
Finalist
|
[4]
|
| Dora Lee, illus. by Margot Thompson
|
Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature
|
Finalist
|
[4]
|
| 2013
|
Deborah Ellis
|
Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War
|
Winner
|
|
| Deborah Hodge
|
Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport
|
Finalist
|
|
| Monica Kulling
|
Going Up! Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top
|
Finalist
|
|
| Bill Swan
|
Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death – The Story of Steven Truscott
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2014
|
Rona Arato
|
The Last Train: A Holocaust Story
|
Winner
|
|
| Deborah Ellis
|
Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids
|
Finalist
|
|
| Elizabeth Macleod and Frieda Wishinsky
|
A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World
|
Finalist
|
|
| Ken Setterington
|
Branded by the Pink Triangle
|
Finalist
|
|
| Eric Walters
|
My Name Is Blessing
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2015
|
Kira Vermond
|
Why We Live Where We Live
|
Winner
|
|
| Hugh Brewster
|
From Vimy to Victory: Canada's Fight to the Finish in World War I
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| Sarah Elton
|
Starting from Scratch: What You Should Know about Food and Cooking
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| Larry Loyie with Wayne K. Spear and Constance Brissenden
|
Residential Schools, With the Words and Images of Survivors: A National History
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| David J. Smith
|
If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| 2016
|
Cory Silverberg
|
Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book About Bodies, Feelings, and You
|
Winner
|
[6]
|
| Paula Ayer
|
Foodprints: The Story of What We Eat
|
Finalist
|
|
| Maria Birmingham
|
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine
|
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
|
Finalist
|
|
| Edward Keenan
|
The Art of the Possible: An Everyday Guide to Politics
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2017
|
Elizabeth Macleod
|
Canada Year by Year
|
Winner
|
|
| Antonia Banyard and Paula Ayer
|
Water Wow! An Infographic Exploration
|
Finalist
|
|
| Kristina Rutherford
|
Level the Playing Field: The Past, Present, a Future of Women's Pro Sports
|
Finalist
|
|
| Laura Scandiffio
|
Fight to Learn: The Struggle to Go to School
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jan Thornhill
|
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2018
|
Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
|
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
|
Winner
|
|
| Jane Drake and Ann Love
|
Rewilding: Giving Nature a Second Chance
|
Finalist
|
|
| Sarah Elton
|
Meatless? A Fresh Look at What You Eat
|
Finalist
|
|
| James Gladstone
|
When Planet Earth Was New
|
Finalist
|
|
| Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson)
|
The Sockeye Mother
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2019
|
James Gladstone and Karen Reczuch
|
Turtle Pond
|
Winner
|
[7]
|
| Erica Fyvie and Bill Slavin
|
Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle
|
Finalist
|
[8]
|
| Wab Kinew and Joe Morse
|
Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes
|
Finalist
|
[8]
|
| Rob Laidlaw
|
Bat Citizen: Defending the Ninjas of the Night
|
Finalist
|
[8]
|
| Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
|
After Life: Ways We Think About Death
|
Finalist
|
[8]
|
| 2020
|
Serah-Marie McMahon and Alison Matthews David
|
Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, & Murdered Through History
|
Winner
|
|
| Carolyn Fisher
|
Cells: An Owner's Handbook
|
Finalist
|
[9]
|
| Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson
|
Picking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket
|
Finalist
|
[9]
|
| Rachel Poliquin
|
Beastly Puzzles: A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game
|
Finalist
|
[9]
|
| Ashley Spires
|
Fairy Science
|
Finalist
|
[9]
|
| 2021
|
Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
|
Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance
|
Winner
|
|
| Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson), illus. by Natasha Donovan
|
The Eagle Mother
|
Finalist
|
|
| Tanya Lloyd Kyi, illus. by Drew Shannon
|
This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tackling Unconscious Bias
|
Finalist
|
|
| Rina Singh, illus. by Marianne Ferrer
|
111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl
|
Finalist
|
|
| Kyla Vanderklug
|
Crows: Genius Birds
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2022
|
Christian Allaire, illus. by Jacqueline Li
|
The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures
|
Winner
|
[10]
|
| Erica Fyvie, illus. by Ian Turner
|
Mad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our Heads
|
Finalist
|
[11]
|
| Dr. Lindsay Herriot and Kate Fry (ed.)
|
Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words
|
Finalist
|
[11]
|
| Kathy Stinson, illus. by François Thisdale
|
The Girl Who Loved Giraffes and Became the World's First Giraffologist
|
Finalist
|
[11]
|
| Robbie Waisman with Susan McClelland
|
Boy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
|
Finalist
|
[11]
|
| 2023
|
Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson
|
The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation
|
Winner
|
[12]
|
| Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Julia Kyi, illus. by Vivian Rosas
|
Better Connected: How Girls Are Using Social Media for Good
|
Finalist
|
[13]
|
| Elise Gravel with Mykaell Blais, illus. by Elise Gravel
|
Pink, Blue, and You! Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes
|
Finalist
|
| Laura Alary, illus. by Andrea Blinick
|
Sun in my Tummy
|
Finalist
|
| Gregor Craigie, illus. by Kathleen Fu
|
Why Humans Build Up: The Rise of Towers, Temples and Skyscrapers
|
Finalist
|
