Award Winners

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Willie O'Ree
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2020
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020

Fast Friends
- Short-listed, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2021
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2020
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2020

Not Me
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2020

Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2021
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2021

Dragon Assassin
- Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2021
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2021

Haunted: The House Next Door
- Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2019
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Elsie MacGill
- Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2021
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2020
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019

Nibi's Water Song
- Short-listed, IODE Toronto Jean Throop Award, 2020
- Long-listed, First Nation Communities READ Award, 2020
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020

Bear for Breakfast
- Long-listed, First Nation Communities READ Award, 2020
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2019

Finding Cooper
- Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2020
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020

My Deal with the Universe
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2020
- Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2020
- Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2020
- Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018

Don't Tell the Nazis
- Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2020
- Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
- Short-listed, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2019
- Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2019
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018

Amazing Hockey Stories: P.K. Subban
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2020

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Tom Longboat
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2019
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club - Top 10 Recommended Read, 2020
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019


Haunted: Field of Screams
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Amazing Hockey Stories: Hayley Wickenheiser
- Short-listed, OLA Yellow Cedar Award, Non-Fiction, 2019
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Underneath the Sidewalk
- Winner, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2019

Canadian Survival (Countdown to Danger)
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2019
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Ten Recommended Reads, 2019

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Viola Desmond
- Winner, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2019
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2019
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2019
- Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2018
- Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018

Fox and Squirrel Help Out
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2018
- Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018

Picture the Sky
- Winner, CBC Fan Choice Award, 2018
- Short-listed, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
- Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2017
- Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017

Mine!
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2019
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018

At the Pond
- Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Illustration, 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
- Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018

The Vimy Oaks
- Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2019
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018
- Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2018
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
- Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017

Bounced
- Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

The Heart's Song
- Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
- Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017

Amazing Hockey Stories: Connor McDavid
- Nominated, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018

Summer's End
- Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
- Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

Braids!
- Winner, Rainforest of Reading Award, 2018
- Winner, Reuben Award for Best Illustrated Book, National Cartoonists Society, 2017
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

Dear Canada: These Are My Words
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
- Commended, CBC Best Books of the Year, 2016

Icarus Down
- Winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2017
- Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
- Commended, CBC Children's Book Panel Recommendation, 2016