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At the Speed of Gus

At the Speed of Gus

By Richard Scrimger

  • Short-listed, IBBY Canada, Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities, 2025
Simon Sort of Says

Simon Sort of Says

By Erin Bow

  • Winner, Cybils (Children's and Young Adults Bloggers' Literary Awards), Middle-Grade Fiction, 2023
  • Short-listed, IBBY Canada, Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities, 2025
  • Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2024
  • Long-listed, National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2023
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2024
  • Commended, Newbery Honor Book, 2024
  • Commended, Schneider Family Book Award, Honor Book, 2024
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2023
That's My Sweater!

That's My Sweater!

By Jessika von Innerebner

  • Winner, Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize, 2023
  • Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2024
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
A Bucket of Stars

A Bucket of Stars

By Suri Rosen

  • Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2024
  • Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2024
The Superteacher Project

The Superteacher Project

By Gordon Korman

  • Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2024
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2024
Autumn Bird and the Runaway

Autumn Bird and the Runaway

By Melanie Florence
By Richard Scrimger

  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2024
  • Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2024
  • Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2024
  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
We Belong Here

We Belong Here

By Frieda Wishinsky
Illustrated by Ruth Ohi

  • Short-listed, IODE Jean Throop Award, 2024
Still My Tessa

Still My Tessa

By Sylv Chiang
Illustrated by Mathias Ball

  • Winner, CBC Kids Reads, 2024
When You Can Swim

When You Can Swim

By Jack Wong

  • Winner, Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature - Illustration, 2023
  • Short-listed, Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award, 2024
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
P.S. Tell No One

P.S. Tell No One

By Vikki VanSickle
Illustrated by Holly Allerellie

  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2024
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
Jude Saves the World

Jude Saves the World

By Ronnie Riley

  • Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2024
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2024
Winterkill

Winterkill

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2024
  • Short-listed, Kobzar Literary Award, 2024
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
The Fort

The Fort

By Gordon Korman

  • Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2024
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
How to Be a Goldfish

How to Be a Goldfish

By Jane Baird Warren

  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2024
  • Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2023
  • Short-listed, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2023
  • Short-listed, Jean Little First-Novel Award, 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
I Can, Too!

I Can, Too!

By Karen Autio
Illustrated by Laura Watson

  • Winner, The Word Awards - Books, General Market Fiction, Children, 2023
  • Short-listed, The Word Awards - Debra Fieguth Social Justice Award, 2023
  • Commended, CBC Kids Reads, 2023
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, Picture Books, 2022
Eight Days

Eight Days

By Teresa Toten

  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2024
  • Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2023
  • Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2023
  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2023
  • Nominated, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, Junior Fiction, 2022
Honey and Me

Honey and Me

By Meira Drazin

  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
  • Commended, Sydney Taylor Book Award Honour Book, 2023
Do You Wonder?

Do You Wonder?

By Wallace Edwards

  • Short-listed, IODE Jean Throop Award, 2023
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2024
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
The Brass Charm

The Brass Charm

By Monique Polak
Illustrated by Marie Lafrance

  • Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
It's My Body!

It's My Body!

By Elise Gravel

  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
  • Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2022
The Three Billy Goats Gruff

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

By Mac Barnett
Illustrated by Jon Klassen

  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
The Underpants

The Underpants

By Tammi Sauer
Illustrated by Joren Cull

  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
Meet Me in Mumbai

Meet Me in Mumbai

By Sabina Khan

  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2023
A Long Way Home

A Long Way Home

By Jean Little
Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2022
I Love You More

I Love You More

By Emil Sher
Illustrated by Barbara Reid

  • Short-listed, IODE Jean Throop Award, 2023
  • Commended, CBC Kids Book Club Picks, 2023
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2022
Taking the Ice

Taking the Ice

By Lorna Schultz Nicholson

  • Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2023
  • Short-listed, Sundogs, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2022
Unplugged

Unplugged

By Gordon Korman

  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2021
Waiting Under Water

Waiting Under Water

By Riel Nason

  • Winner, Mrs. Dunster's Award for Fiction, New Brunswick Book Awards, 2020
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2023
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020
Lala's Words

Lala's Words

By Gracey Zhang

  • Winner, Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award, 2022
  • Short-listed, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
Traitors Among Us

Traitors Among Us

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

  • Short-listed, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
Meet David Suzuki (Scholastic Canada Biography)

Meet David Suzuki (Scholastic Canada Biography)

By Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas

  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2023
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets: Honourable Mention, 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2022
Notorious

Notorious

By Gordon Korman

  • Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2021
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020
Fast Friends

Fast Friends

By Heather M O'Connor
Illustrated by Claudia Dávila

  • Winner, TD Grade One Giveaway Book, 2022
  • Winner, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2021
  • Short-listed, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2021
  • Short-listed, IODE Jean Throop Award, 2021
  • Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 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
Sparks! Double Dog Dare (Sparks! #2)

Sparks! Double Dog Dare (Sparks! #2)

By Ian Boothby
Illustrated by Nina Matsumoto

  • Winner, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2021
Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Willie O'Ree

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Willie O'Ree

By Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas

  • Runner-up, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2022
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2021
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2020
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020
Race with Me!

Race with Me!

By Andre De Grasse
By Robert Budd
Illustrated by Joseph Osei Bonsu

  • Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2022
  • Nominated, OLA Silver Birch Award Express Award, Non-fiction, 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
I Can Fix It!

I Can Fix It!

By Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Michael Martchenko

  • Short-listed, IODE Jean Throop Award, 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game

Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game

By J. Torres
Illustrated by Tim Levins

  • Short-listed, Sundogs, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2022
  • Short-listed, Dragon Prize (Comics for Young Readers), 2022
  • Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2021
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2021
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2021
The Good Fight

The Good Fight

By Ted Staunton
Illustrated by Josh Rosen

  • Long-listed, City of Toronto Book Award, 2021
  • Commended, OLA Light Reads, Great Stories List, 2022
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets: Honourable Mention, 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2021
Linked

Linked

By Gordon Korman

  • Winner, Sydney Taylor Family Book Award, 2022
  • Winner, National Jewish Book Award, 2021
  • Short-listed, Cybils (Children's and Young Adults Bloggers' Literary Awards), Middle-Grade Fiction, 2021
  • Nominated, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2022
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets Top Ten, 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
War Stories

War Stories

By Gordon Korman

  • Winner, Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature , 2021
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2021
Trapped in Hitler's Web

Trapped in Hitler's Web

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

  • Short-listed, Northern Lights, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2021
Sparks!

Sparks!

By Ian Boothby
Illustrated by Nina Matsumoto

  • Winner, Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize, 2019
  • Winner, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2019
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2018
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018
Don't Tell the Nazis

Don't Tell the Nazis

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

  • Winner, 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
Not Me

Not Me

By Elise Gravel

  • Short-listed, Joan Betty Stuchner - Oy Vey! - Funniest Children's Book Award, 2020
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2021
  • Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2020
The Unteachables

The Unteachables

By Gordon Korman

  • Winner, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2021
  • Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2021
  • Short-listed, Joan Betty Stuchner - Oy Vey! - Funniest Children's Book Award, 2020
  • Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction - Honour Book, 2019
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019
It Seemed Like a Good Idea . . . : Canadian Feats, Facts and Flubs

It Seemed Like a Good Idea . . . : Canadian Feats, Facts and Flubs

By Ted Staunton
By Will Staunton

  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2022
  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2021
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2021
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2020
Dragon Assassin

Dragon Assassin

By Arthur Slade

  • Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2021
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2022
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2021
The Candle and the Flame

The Candle and the Flame

By Nafiza Azad

  • Short-listed, Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2020
  • Short-listed, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2020
  • Short-listed, YALSA William C. Morris YA Debut Award, 2020
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020
Haunted: The House Next Door

Haunted: The House Next Door

By Joel A Sutherland

  • Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2019
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018
The Canadian Kids' Guide to Outdoor Fun

The Canadian Kids' Guide to Outdoor Fun

By Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Claudia Dávila

  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2021
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Recommended Read, 2021
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club - Top 10 Recommended Read, 2020
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2019
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019
Stand on the Sky

Stand on the Sky

By Erin Bow

  • Winner, Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature - Text, 2019
  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2021
  • Short-listed, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2020
  • Short-listed, IODE Canada Violet Downey Award, 2020
  • Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2020
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019
Nibi's Water Song

Nibi's Water Song

By Sunshine Quem Tenasco
Illustrated by Chief Lady Bird

  • Short-listed, IODE Toronto Jean Throop Award, 2020
  • Long-listed, First Nation Communities READ Award, 2020
  • Commended, Indigenous Picture Book Collection, IBBY Canada, 2021
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020
Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Elsie MacGill

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Elsie MacGill

By Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas

  • 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
Bear for Breakfast

Bear for Breakfast

By Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Jay Odjick

  • Long-listed, First Nation Communities READ Award, 2020
  • Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2019
It's Not All Rainbows

It's Not All Rainbows

By Jessika von Innerebner
Illustrated by Jessika von Innerebner

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

Finding Cooper

By Stacey Matson

  • 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

My Deal with the Universe

By Deborah Kerbel

  • 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
The Journey of Little Charlie

The Journey of Little Charlie

By Christopher Paul Curtis

  • Winner, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2019
  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
  • Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2020
  • Short-listed, National Book Award, Young People's Literature Category, 2018
  • Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Text, 2018
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
  • Commended, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, 2018
  • Commended, New York Public Library Best Books, 2018
  • Commended, The Horn Book Fanfare - Best Books , 2018
  • Commended, School Library Journal Best Books, 2018
  • Commended, Parents' Choice Award - Gold, 2018
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

By Sabina Khan

  • Short-listed, Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize (BC), 2020
  • Short-listed, OLA White Pine Award, Fiction, 2019
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets: Honourable Mention, 2019
Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Tom Longboat

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Tom Longboat

By Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas

  • Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2019
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club - Top 10 Recommended Read, 2020
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019
Keep Up, Katmai

Keep Up, Katmai

By Pili Palm-Leis
Photographs by Barrett Hedges

  • Commended, OLA Best Bets: Honourable Mention, 2019
Cross Fire: An Exo Novel

Cross Fire: An Exo Novel

By Fonda Lee

  • Winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2019
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
The Madman of Piney Woods (Scholastic Gold)

The Madman of Piney Woods (Scholastic Gold)

By Christopher Paul Curtis

  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2016
  • Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2014
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2015
Say Something!

Say Something!

By Peter H. Reynolds

  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019