The Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award

2007

Children’s Picture Books

Winner

Scaredy Squirrel, written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt (Kids Can Press)

Shortlist

Ancient Thunder, written and illustrated by Leo Yerxa (Groundwood Books)
The Farm Team, written by Linda Bailey and illustrated by Bill Slavin (Kids Can Press)
Fox Walked Alone, written and illustrated by Barbara Reid (North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada)
Scaredy Squirrel, written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt (Kids Can Press)
Snow, written by Joan Clark and illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (Groundwood Books)

Young Adult/Middle Reader Books

Winner

I Am a Taxi, by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books)

Shortlist

I Am a Taxi, by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books)
Megiddo's Shadow, by Arthur Slade (HarperCollins Canada)
Odd Man Out, by Sarah Ellis (Groundwood Books)
Rex Zero and the End of the World, by Tim Wynne-Jones (Groundwood Books)
Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen, by Glen Huser (Groundwood Books)

2005

Best Children’s Picture Book Category

Monkey Business written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards, (Kids Can Press)

Young Adult/Middle Reader Category

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins Canada)

Picture Books - Nominees

A Very Unusual Dog written by Dorothy Joan Harris illustrated by Kim LaFave (North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada)
Drumheller Dinosaur Dance written by Robert Heidbreder illustrated by Bill Slavin and Esperança Melo (Kids Can Press)
Monkey Business written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards (Kids Can Press)
Peg and the Yeti written by Kenneth Oppel and illustrated by Barbara Reid (HarperCollins Canada)
Stella, Princess of the Sky written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood Books)

Young Adult/Middle Reader Books - Nominees

After Sylvia by Alan Cumyn (Groundwood Books)
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins Canada)
The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Miss Smithers by Susan Juby (HarperCollins Canada)
The Pepins and Their Problems by Polly Horvath (Groundwood Books)

2004

Picture Book Category

The Subway Mouse by Barbara Reid(North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada)


Young Adult/Middle Reader Category

Boy O'Boy by Brian Doyle(Groundwood Books)

Shortlist

Good Night Sam written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood Books)
Lighthouse: A Story of Remembrance Written by Robert Munsch Illustrated by Janet Wilson
(North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada)
Pippin the Christmas Pig written by Jean Little illustrated by Werner Zimmerman (North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada)
Suki's Kimono written by Chieri Uegaki illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch (Kids Can Press)
The Subway Mouse written and illustrated by Barbara Reid (North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada)



2002

Picture Book Category

Oma's Quilt written by Paulette Bourgeois illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch (Kids Can Press)

Young Adult/Middle Reader Category

Seven for a Secret by Mary Sheppard (Groundwood Books)

2000

Picture Book Category

Marie-Louise Gay. Stella Star of the Sea. Groundwood Books

Young Adult Category

Kenneth Oppel. Sunwing. HarperCollins