The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award is presented annually by the Canadian Association of Children's Librarians to the author of an outstanding children's book published during the previous calendar year. The book must be suitable for children up to age fourteen and have been published in Canada by an author who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada. Selection is made by a committee of the CLA with input from the membership. The award is presented at the CLA annual conference in June.
The award has been on the go since 1947, making one of the oldest continous children's literary awards in the world. This years winner, Christopher Paul Curtis's (right), Elijah of Buxton, also won a 2008 Coretta Scott King Award.
2010 - Watching Jimmy, Nancy Hartry (Tundra Books)
| 2009 | Anne Laurel Carter, The Shepherd’s Granddaughter. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2008. | |
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| 2008 | 2008 Winner: Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2007. Other Shortlisted Becca at Sea by Deidre Baker (Groundwood Books) |
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| 2007 | Hadley Dyer Johnny Kellock Died Today. Toronto: HarperTrophyCanada, 2006. | |
| 2006 | Pamela Porter The Crazy Man. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005. | |
| 2005 | Anne Laurel Carter Last Chance Bay. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2004. | |
| 2004 | Brian Doyle Boy O’ Boy. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2003. | |
| 2003 | Karen Levine Hana’s Suitcase. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2002. | |
| 2002 | Jean Little Orphan at My Door. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 2001. | |
| 2001 | Nan Gregory Wild Girl & Gran. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Calgary: Red Deer Press, 2000. | |
| 2000 | Kenneth Oppel Sunwing. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 1999. | |
| 1999 | Tim Wynne-Jones Stephen Fair. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1998 | |
| 1998 | Kenneth Oppel Silverwing. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. | |
| 1997 | Brian Doyle Uncle Ronald. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1996. | |
| 1996 | Maxine Trottier The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing. Illustrated by Al Van Mil. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1995. | |
| 1995 | Cora Taylor Summer of the Mad Monk. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1994. | |
| 1994 | Tim Wynne-Jones Some of the Kinder Planets. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1993. | |
| 1993 | Celia Barker Lottridge Ticket To Curlew. Illustrated by Wendy Wolsak-Frith. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1992. | |
| 1992 | Kevin Major Eating Between The Lines. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1991. | |
| 1991 | Michael Bedard Redwork. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990. | |
| 1990 | Kit Pearson The Sky is Falling. Markham, ON: Viking Kestrel, 1989. | |
| 1989 | Brian Doyle Easy Avenue. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1988. | |
| 1988 | Kit Pearson A Handful of Time. Markham, ON: Viking Kestrel, 1987 | |
| 1987 | Janet Lunn Shadow in Hawthorn Bay. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1986. | |
| 1986 | Cora Taylor Julie. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1985. | |
| 1985 | Jean Little Mama's Going To Buy You a Mockingbird. Toronto: Penguin Books, 1984. | |
| 1984 | Jan Hudson Sweetgrass. Edmonton: Tree Frog Press, 1984. | |
| 1983 | Brian Doyle Up To Low. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1982. | |
| 1982 | Janet Lunn The Root Cellar. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1981. | |
| 1981 | Donn Kushner The Violin Maker's Gift. Illustrated by Doug Panton. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1980. | |
| 1980 | James Houston River Runners: A Tale of Hardship and Bravery. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1979. | |
| 1979 | Kevin Major Hold Fast. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1978. | |
| 1978 | Dennis Lee Garbage Delight. Illustrated by Frank Newfeld. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1977. | |
| 1977 | Christie Harris Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses. Illustrated by Douglas Tait. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. | |
| 1976 | Mordecai Richler Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1975. | |
| 1975 | Dennis Lee Alligator Pie. Illustrated by Frank Newfeld. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1974. | |
| 1974 | Elizabeth Cleaver The Miraculous Hind: A Hungarian Legend. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. | |
| 1973 | Ruth Nichols The Marrow of the World. Illustrated by Trina Schart. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1972. | |
| 1972 | Ann Blades Mary of Mile 18. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1971. | |
| 1971 | William Toye Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence. Illustrated by Laszlo Gal. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. | |
| 1970 | Edith Fowke Sally Go Round the Sun: 300 Songs, Rhymes and Games of Canadian Children. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969. | |
| 1969 | Kay Hill And Tomorrow The Stars: The Story of John Cabot. New York: Dodd Mead and Co., 1968. | |
| 1968 | James Houston The White Archer: An Eskimo Legend. Toronto: Academic Press, 1967. | |
| 1967 | Christie Harris Raven's Cry. Illustrated by Bill Reid. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1966. | |
| 1966 | James Houston Tikta'liktak: An Eskimo Legend. Toronto: Longmans, 1965. | |
| 1966 | James McNeill The Double Knights: More Tales from Round the World. Illustrated by Theo Dimson. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1964 | |
| 1965 | Dorothy M. Reid Tales of Nanabozho. Illustrated by Donald Grant. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1963. | |
| 1964 | Roderick Haig-Brown The Whale People. Illustrated by Mary Weiler. London: Collins, 1962. | |
| 1963 | Sheila Burnford The Incredible Journey. Illustrated by Carl Burger. Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. | |
| 1961 | William Toye The St. Lawrence. Illustrated by Leo Rampen. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1959. | |
| 1960 | Marius Barbeau | |
| 1959 | John F. Hayes The Dangerous Cove: A Story of the Early Days in Newfoundland. Illustrated by Fred Finely. Vancouver: Copp Clark, 1957. | |
| 1958 | Farley Mowat Lost in the Barrens. Illustrated by Charles Geer. Toronto: Little, Brown and Co., 1956. | |
| 1957 | Cyrus Macmillan Glooskap's Country and other Indian Tales. Illustrated by John A. Hall. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1955. | |
| 1956 | Louise Riley Train for Tiger Lily. Illustrated by Christine Price. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1954. | |
| 1952 | Catherine Anthony Clark The Sun Horse. Illustrated by Clare Bice. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1951. | |
| 1950 | Richard S. Lambert Franklin of the Arctic: A Life of Adventure. Maps by Julius Griffith. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1949. | |
| 1949 | Mabel Dunham Kristli's Trees. Illustrated by Selwyn Dewdney. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1948. | |
| 1947 | Roderick Haig-Brown Starbuck Winter Valley. Illustrated by Charles Defeo. New York: William Morrow, 1943. |
