Governor-General's Awards for Children's Literature
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Carolilne Pignat(Text) Jirina Marton(Illustration) |
Greener Grass: the Famine Years Bella's Tree |
| 2008 | John Ibbitson(Text) Stephane Jorisch(Illustration) |
The Landing The Owl and the Pussycat |
| 2007 | Iain Lawrence(Text) Duncan Weller(Illustration) |
Gemini Summer The Boy from the Sun |
| 2006 | William Gilkerson(Text) Leo Yerxa(Illustration) |
Pirate's Passage Ancient Thunder |
| 2005 | Pamela Porter (Text) Rob Gonsalves (Illustration) |
The Crazy Man Imagine a Day |
| 2004 | Kenneth Oppel (Text) Stephane Jorisch (Illustration) |
Airborn Jabberwocky |
| 2003 | Glen Huser (Text) Allen Sapp (Illustration) |
Stitches The Song Within My Heart by David Bouchard |
| 2002 | Martha Brooks (Text) Wallace Edwards (Illustration) |
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl Alphabeasts |
| 2001 | Arthur Slade (Text) Mireille Levert (Illustration) |
Dust An Island in the Soup |
| 2000 | Deborah Ellis (Text) Marie-Louise Gay (Illustration) |
Looking for X Yuck, a Love Story |
| 1999 | Rachna Gilmore (Text) Gary Clement (Illustration) |
A Screaming Kind of a Day The Great Poochini |
| 1998 | Janet Lunn (Text) Kady MacDonald Denton (Illustration) |
The Hollow Tree A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes |
| 1997 | Kit Pearson (Text) Barbara Reid (Illustration) |
Awake and Dreaming The Party |
| 1996 | Paul Yee (Text) Eric Beddows (Illustration) |
Ghost Train The Rooster's Gift |
| 1995 | Tim Wynne-Jones (Text) Ludmila Zeman (Illustration) |
The Maestro The Last Quest of Gilgamesh |
| 1994 | Julie Johnston (Text) Murray Kimber (Illustration) |
Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story |
| 1993 | Tim Wynne-Jones (Text) Mireille Levert (Illustration) |
Some of the Kinder Planets Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming |
| 1992 | Julie Johnston (Text) Ron Lightburn (Illustration) |
Hero of Lesser Causes Waiting for the Whales |
| 1991 | Sarah Ellis (Text) Joanne Fitzgerald (Illustration) |
Pick-Up Sticks Doctor Kiss Says Yes |
| 1990 | Michael Bedard (Text) Paul Morin (Illustration) |
Redwork The Orphan Boy |
| 1989 | Diana Wieler (Text) Robin Muller (Illustration) |
Bad Boy The Magic Paintbrush |
| 1988 | Welwyn Wilton Katz (Text) Kim LaFave (Illustration) |
The Third Magic Amo's Sweater |
| 1987 | Morgan Nyberg (Text) Marie-Louise Gay (Illustration) |
Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army Rainy Day Magic |
| 1986 | Janet Lunn (Text) Barbara Reid (Illustration) |
Shadow in Hawthorn Bay Have You Seen Birds? |
| 1985 | Cora Taylor (Text) Terry Gallagher (Illustration) |
Julie Murdo's Story |
| 1984 | Jan Hudson (Text) Marie-Louise Gay (Illustration) |
Sweetgrass Lizzy's Lion |
| 1983 | Sean O'Huigin (Text) Laszlo Gal (Illustration) |
The Ghost Horse of the Mounties The Little Mermaid |
| 1982 | Monica Hughes (Text) Vlasta Van Kampen (Illustration) |
Hunter in the Dark ABC/123: the Canadian Alphabet and Counting Book |
| 1981 | Monica Hughes (Text) Heather Woodall (Illustration) |
The Guardian of Isis Ytek and the Arctic Orchid: an Inuit Legend |
| 1980 | Christie Harris (Text) Elizabeth Cleaver (Illustration) |
The Trouble with Princesses Petrouchka |
| 1979 | Barbara Smucker (Text) Laszlo Gal (Illustration) |
Days of Terror The Twelve Dancing Princesses |
| 1978 | Kevin Major (Text) Ann Blades (Illustration) |
Hold Fast A Salmon for Simon |
| 1977 | Jean Little (Text) | Listen for the Singing |
| 1976 | Myra Paperny (Text) | The Wooden People |
| 1975 | Bill Freeman (Text) | Shantymen of Cache Lake |
Note: From 1975-1987 the award was known as the Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes.
