The Red Cedar Awards
2005-2006
Nominees
Fiction
Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge, by Maxine Trottier (Scholastic)
Charlie Wilcox's Great War by Sharon E. McKay (Penguin)
Dance of the Stones by Andrea Spalding (Orca Books)
Just Call Me Joe by Frieda Wishinsky (Orca Books)
Last Days in Africville, by Dorothy Perk (Sandcastle (Beach Holme))
Leaving the Log House, by Ainslie Manson (Orca Books)
Lisa, Book One: Overland to Cariboo by Priscilla Galloway (Penguin)
Mud City, by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books)
Muinji'j Becomes a Man by Saqamaw Mi'sel Joe (Breakwater)
Mysterious Mummer by L.M. Falcone (Kids Can Press)
Night Spies by Kathy Kacer (Second Story Press)
Raven Quest by Sharon Stewart (Scholastic)
Run, by Eric Walters (Penguin Canada)
Shadows of Disaster by Cathy Beveridge (Ronsdale Press)
Storm Blast by Curtis Parkinson (Tundra Books)
Non-Fiction
Achoo! the Most Interesting Book You'll ever Read about Germs, by Trudee Romanek; ill. Rose Cowles (Kids Can Press)
Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius, by Elizabeth MacLeod (Kids Can Press)
Archers, Alchemists and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed, by Priscilla Galloway; ill. Martha Newbigging (Annick Press)
Emily Carr: At the Edge of the World by Jo Ellen Bogart; ill. Maxwell Newhouse (Tundra Books)
Famous Dead Canadians by Joanne Stanbridge (Scholastic)
Inventions: FAQ, by Valerie Wyatt; ill. Matthew Fernandes (Kids Can Press)
Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know by Shari Graydon; ill. Warren Clark (Annick Press)
Popular Mechanics For Kids: The Best Book of Bikes by Amy Pinchuk (Maple Tree Press)
The Amazing International Space Station by the editors of YES Mag (Kids Can Press)
The Kids Book of Black Canadian History, by Rosemary Sadlier ill. Wang Qijun (Kids Can Press)
The Martial Arts Book, by Laura Scandiffio; ill. Nicholas Debon (Annick Press)
Survivors! True Death-Defying Escapes by Larry Verstraete (Scholastic)
True Stories form the Edge: Escapes! by Laura Scandiffio, (Annick Press)
Ultra Hush-Hush: Espionage and Special Missions, by Stephen Shapiro and Tina Forrester; ill. David Craig (Annick Press)
2004-2005
Fiction
Parvana's Journey Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books)
Non-Fiction
Hana's Suitcase Karen Levine (Second Story Press)
Shortlist
Fiction
Jeannie and the Gentle Giants by Luanne Armstrong (Ronsdale Press)
Olden Days Locket by Penny Chamberlain (Sono Nis Press)
Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books)
Flood by James Heneghan (Douglas & McIntryre)
TJ and the Cats by Hazel Hutchins (Orca Book Publishers)
Birdie for Now by Jean Little (Orca Book Publishers)
Tess by Jocelyn Reekie (Raincoast Books)
Noses are Red by Richard Scrimger (Tundra Books)
Ghost Voyages II by Cora Taylor (Coteau Books)
The Bachelors by Don Trembath (Orca Book Publishers)
Ricky by Eric Walters (HarperCollins Canada)
Road Trip by Eric Walters (Orca Book Publishers)
Finding Sophie by Irene Watts (Tundra Books)
Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories by Paul Yee with pictures by Harvey Chan (Groundwood
Books)
Non-Fiction
Adventures in Ancient Greece by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Bill Slavin (Kids Can Press)
Only in Canada:From the Colossal to the Kooky by Vivien Bowers, illustrated by Dianne
Eastman (Maple Tree Press)
First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane by Peter Busby,
paintings by David Craig (Scholastic)
Under the Ice by Kathy Conlan (Kids Can Press)
Breaking Free: The Story of William Kurelek by May Cutler, paintings by William Kurelek
(Tundra Books)
Body Talk: The Straight Facts on Fitness, Nutrition and Feeling Great About Yourself by
Ann and Julie Douglas, illustrations by Claudia Davila (Maple Tree Press)
Canada Invents by Susan Hughes, illustrated by Paul McCusker (Maple Tree Press)
Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine (Second Story Press)
Real Stories from the Rink by Brian McFarlane, illustrated by Steve Nease (Tundra Books)
The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start by Elizabeth Macleod (Kids Can Press)
Earthquake by Cynthia Nicolson (Kids Can Press)
Hurricane by Cynthia Nicolson (Kids Can Press)
Zzz: The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Sleep by Trudee Romanek, illustrated
by Rose Cowles (Kids Can Press)
Skating for Power and Speedby Sean Rossiter and Paul Carson (Greystone Books)
Space FAQ by Valerie Wyatt, illustrated by Matthew Fernandes (Kids Can Press)
2003-2004
Fiction Category
If I Just Had Two Wings by Virginia Frances Schwartz(Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Non-Fiction Category
Ha! Ha! Ha! 1000+ Jokes, Riddles, Facts, and More written by Lyn Thomas illustrated by
Dianne Eastman
(Maple Tree Press)
2001-2002
Fiction Category
Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins)
Non-Fiction Category
WOW! Canada: Exploring This Land from Coast to
Coast to Coast by Vivien Bowers (Owl Books)
Nominees
Fiction
Beowulf by Welwyn Wilton Katz; Laszlo Gal illustrator (Groundwood)
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte Press)
A Gift for Ampato by Susan Vande Griek (Groundwood)
Grave Secrets by Sylvia McNicoll (Stoddart Kids)
How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark? by Linda Bailey (Kids Can Press)
The Hydrofoil Mystery by Eric Walters (Penguin)
Kit: The Adventures of a Raccoon by Shirley Woods (Groundwood)
Lionheart's Scribe: The Third Book of the Crusades by Karleen Bradford
(HarperCollins)
Love Lies Bleeding by Barbara Haworth-Attard (Roussan)
My Anastasia by Sharon Stewart (Scholastic)
The Secret of Gabi's Dresser by Kathy Kacer (Second Story Press)
The Smugglers by Iain Lawrence (Random House)
Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins)
Non-Fiction
Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life by Elizabeth MacLeod (Kids Can Press)
Albertosaurus: Death of a Predator by Monique Keiran (Raincoast Books)
Canada's Maple Leaf by Anne-Maureen Owens & Jane Yealland (Kids Can Press)
Earthlings: An Alien Studies the Human Body by Valerie Wyatt (Kids Can Press)
First on the Moon (I Was There series) by Barbara Hehner (Scholastic/Madison Press)
High Flight: A Story of World War II by Linda Granfield (Tundra Books)
The Inuksuk Book by Mary Wallace (Owl Books)
Meet the Group of Seven by David Wistow & Kelly McKinley (Kids Can Press)
Secrets of the Mummies (I Was There series) by Shelley Tanaka (Scholastic/Madison
Press)
The Shaman's Nephew by Simon Tookoome & Sheldon Oberman; paintings by Simon
Tookoome (Stoddart Kids)
The World of Marine Mammals by Adrienne Mason (Orca Books)
Wow, Canada! by Vivien Bowers (Owl Books)
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