Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize

The Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize is a Canadian literary prize that has existed since 2003 and is part of the BC Book Prizes . It is awarded annually in April to the best author and illustrator of the best illustrated children's book, picture story book and best illustrated non-fiction book.

The award is shared between the author and the illustrator. Awardees do not need to be Canadian citizens, but have to have lived in British Columbia , Canada , or the Yukon Territory for at least three of the past five years . The books can also have been published in other regions or countries. The award was announced in 2002 and was first awarded in 2003. A shortlist is published in March each year. A handful of the finalists, around 25 percent, are selected for another honor: participation in their reading trips, i.e. a one-week trip through the province to present their books in schools and in public libraries during April.

The award was established three months after the death of children's book writer Christie Harris . At the same time, it was the first new prize category since the establishment of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize in 1987, which was previously also intended to cover picture books.

Winners and nominees

2003

• Salmon Creek - by Annette LeBox , illustrated by Karen Reczuch
• Amber Waiting - by Nan Gregory , illustratad by Kady Macdonald Denton
• How Sleep Found Tabitha - by Maggie de Vries , illustrated by Sheena Lott
• The Klondike Cat - by Julie Lawson , illustrated by Paul Mombourquette
• Solomon's Tree - by Andrea Spalding , illustrated by Janet Wilson

2004

• Stanley's Party - by Linda Bailey , illustrated by Bill Slavin
• Adventures in Ancient China - by Linda Bailey , illustrated by Bill Slavin
• Arizona Charlie and the Klondike Kid - by Julie Lawson , illustrated by Kasia Charko
• Suki's Kimono - by Chieri Uegaki , illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch
• Sunny - by Robin Mitchell Cranfield and Judith Steedman

2005

• Goodbye to Griffith Street - by Marilynn Reynolds , illustrated by Renné Benoit
• The Moccasins - by Earl Einarson , illustrated by Julie Flett
• Owls - by Adrienne Mason , illustrated by Nancy Gray Ogle
• Ride 'em Cowboy - by Stefan Czernecki
• When They Are Up - by Richard Thompson and Maggee Spicer , illustrated by Kirsti Anne Wakelin

2006

• The Blue Jean Book: The Story Behind the Seams - by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
• Bamboo - by Paul Yee , illustrated by Shaoli Wang
• The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada - by Diane Silvey , illustrated by John Manth
• The Milkman - by Carol Foskett Cordsen , illustrated by Douglas B. Jones
• Picturescape - by Elisa Gutiérrez

2007

• Tale of a Great White Fish: A Sturgeon Story - by Maggie de Vries , illustrated by Renné Benoit
• Abby's Birds - by Ellen Schwartz , illustrated by Sima Elizabeth Shefrin
• The Kids Book of Canadian Immigration - by Deborah Hodge , illustrated by John Mantha
• The Queen's Feet - by Sarah Ellis , illustrated by Dusan Petricic
• Zoe and the Fawn - by Catherine Jameson , illustrated by Julie Flett

2008

• A Sea-Wishing Day - by Robert Heidbreder , illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
• The Day It All Blew Away - by Lisa Cinar
• Elf the Eagle - by Ron Smith , illustrated by Ruth Campbell
• Jeffrey and Sloth - by Kari-Lynn Winters , illustrated by Ben Hodson
• Pink - by Nan Gregory , illustrated by Luc Melanson

2009

• The King Has Goat Ears - by Katarina Jovanovic , illustrated by Philippe Beha
• Good-bye Marianne - by Irene N. Watts, illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker
• Polar Worlds: Life at the Ends of the Earth - by Robert Bateman
• Rosie and Buttercup - by Chieri Uegaki , illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch
• Stanley At Sea - by Linda Bailey , illustrated by Bill Slavin

2010

• Maggie Can't Wait - by Frieda Wishinsky , illustrated by Dean Griffiths
• Bubble Homes and Fish Farts - by Fiona Bayrock , illustrated by Carolyn Conahan
• Ella's Umbrellas - by Jennifer Lloyd , illustrated by Ashley Spiers
• On My Walk - by Kari-Lynn Winters , illustrated by Christina Leist
• Vanishing Habitats - by Robert Bateman

2011

• Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet - by Julie Flett
• The Cowboy Fisherman - by Seiji Hiroe
• Fraser Bear: A Cub's Life - by Maggie de Vries , illustrated by Renné Benoit
• The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest - by Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read , illustrated by Ian McAllister
• Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm - by Deborah Hodge , illustrated by Brian Harris

2012

• When I Was Small - by Sara O'Leary
• Dalen & Gole: Scandal in Port Angus - by Mike Deas , illustrated by Kim La Fave
• Grandpa's Girls - by Nicola I. Campbell
• Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been? - by Dan Bar-el, illustrated by Rae Maté
• Shake Awakes - by Robert Heidbreder, illustrated by Marc Mongeau

2013

2013 Maggie's Chopsticks - by Alan Woo , illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

• Gift Days - by Kari-Lynn Winters , illustrated by Stephen Taylor
• Hey Canada! - by Vivien Bowers , illustrated by Milan Pavlovic
• Rainbow Shoes - by Tiffany Stone, illustrated by Stefan Czernecki
• What's Up, Bear ?: A Book About Opposites - by Frieda Wishinsky, illustrated by Sean L. Moore

2014

How To - written and illustrated by Julie Morstad

• The Great Bear Sea: Exploring the Marine Life of a Pacific Paradise - Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read, illustrated by Ian McAllister
• Not Your Typical Dragon - by Dan Bar-el, illustrated by Tim Bowers
• When I Was Eight - by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
• Wild Berries - Written and illustrated by Julie Flett

2015

Dolphin SOS - written by Roy Miki and Slavia Miki, illustrated by Julie Flett

• Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin - Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Qin Leng
• The Most Magnificent Thing - Written and illustrated by Ashley Spiers
• Norman, speak! - by Caroline Adderson , illustrated by Qin Leng
• Stop, thief! - by Heather Tekavec, illustrated by Pierre Pratt

2016

Peace is an Offering - written by Annette LeBox , illustrated by Stephanie Graegin

2017

My Heart Fills With Happiness - written by Monique Gray Smith , illustrated by Julie Flett

2018

The Nameless City: The Stone Heart - by Faith Erin Hicks

Web links

• BC Book Prizes
• Christie Harries Illustrated Children's Literature Prize

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BC Book Prizes: Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize - official Web site
2. ↑ http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/tour/
3. ↑ http://www.tomfolio.com/AuthorInfo/authors/ChristieHarris.asp

Remarks

1. ↑ Winners are marked in bold .