The finalists for the 2015 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards have been announced. There are awards for books in both French and English. Below I have included only the English titles. The full list can be seen here.

 

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

 

Any Questions? by Marie-Louise Gay

A Brush Full of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison by Margriet Ruurs

  

From Vimy to Victory: Canada’s Fight to the Finish in World War I by Hugh Brewster

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

 

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

 

Dolphin SOS by Roy Miki and Slavia Miki, illustrated by Julie Flett

From There to Here by Laurel Croza, illustrated by Matt James

 

Hope Springs by Eric Walters, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

 

The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

Nancy Knows by Cybèle Young

 

Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction

 

From Vimy to Victory: Canada’s Fight to the Finish in World War I by Hugh Brewster

If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers by David J. Smith, illustrated by Steve Adams

 

Residential Schools, With the Words and Images of Survivors: A National History by Larry Loyie with Wayne K. Spear and Constance Brissenden

Starting from Scratch: What You Should Know about Food and Cooking by Sarah Elton, illustrated by Jeff Kulak

Why We Live Where We Live by Kira Vermond, illustrated by Julie McLaughlin

 

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People

  

Arrow through the Axes by Patrick Bowman

Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

The Gospel Truth by Caroline Pignat

 

Underground Soldier by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Unspeakable by Caroline Pignat

 

John Spray Mystery Award

  

About That Night by Norah McClintock

Dead Man’s Switch by Sigmund Brouwer

Julian by William Bell

 

The Show to End All Shows by Cary Fagan

The Voice Inside My Head by S. J. Laidlaw

 

Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy

  

The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel

The Nethergrim by Matthew Jobin

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

 

Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong

The Story of Owen by E. K. Johnston

 

Amy Mathers Teen Book Award

  

The Art of Getting Stared At by Laura Langston

Blues for Zoey by Robert Paul Weston

The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts

 

The Gospel Truth by Caroline Pignat

What We Hide by Marthe Jocelyn