The Diamond Willow Awards

2007

Nominees

Jurassic Poop: What Dinosaurs (And Others) Left Behind by Jacob Berkowitz illustrated by Steve Mack (Kids Can Press)
Crazy About Canada! Amazing Things Kids Want To Know by Vivien Bowers illustrated by Dianne Eastman (Maple Tree Press)
The Mystery Of The Graffiti Ghoul by Marty Chan (Thistledown)
Hamish X And The Cheese Pirates by Seán Cullen, illustrated by Johann Wessels (Puffin Canada)
Terror At Turtle Mountain by Penny Draper (Coteau Books)
Tabasco, The Saucy Raccoon by Lyn Hancock illustrated by Loraine Kemp (Sono Nis Press)
Jared Lester, Fifth-Grade Jester by Tanya Lloyd Kyi illustrated by Martha Newbigging (Annick Press)
Thumb On A Diamond by Ken Roberts illustrated by Leanne Franson (Groundwood/House of Anansi)
Trouble On Tarragon Island by Nikki Tate (Sono Nis Press)
Christmas At Wapos Bay by Jordan Wheeler and Dennis Jackson (Coteau Books)

2006

Winner

Walking With the Dead by L. M. Falcone (Kids Can Press)

2005

Nominees

Mob, Clem Martini, Kids Can Press
Esther, Sharon McKay, Penguin
Airborn, Kenneth Oppel, HarperCollins
Slangalicious: Where We Got That Crazy Lingo, Gillian O'Reilly, Annick
Last Sam's Cage, David A. Poulsen, Key Porter Books
Week of the Horse, Jocelyn Reekie, Raincoast Books
Initiation, Virginia Frances Schwartz, Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Ultra Hush-Hush: Espionage and Special Missions, Stephen Shapiro, Annick Press
Sam's Light, Valerie Sherrard, Dundurn Press
Chanda's Secret, Allan Stratton, Annick Press