Norma Fleck Award

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The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award founded in May 1999 by the Fleck Family Foundation and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and presented to the year's best non-fiction book for a youth audience. Each year's winner receives CDN$10,000.

The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.[1]

Awards and winners

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Norma Fleck Award winners and finalists[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1999 Andy Turnbull and Debora Pearson By Truck to the North: My Winter Adventure Winner
Gena K. Gorrell Catching Fire: The Story of Firefighting Finalist
Barbara Greenwood The Last Safehouse: A Story of the Underground Railroad Finalist
Larry Verstraete Accidental Discoveries: From Laughing Gas to Dynamite Finalist
Mary Wallace The Inuksuk Book Finalist
2000 Simon Tookoome and Sheldon Oberman The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North Winner
Sarah Ellis The Young Writer's Companion Finalist
Linda Maybarduk The Dancer Who Flew: A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev Finalist
Irene Morck Five Pennies: A Prairie Boy's Story Finalist
2001 Gena K. Gorrell Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale Winner
Linda Granfield Pier 21: Gateway of Hope Finalist
Ann Love and Jane Drake The Kids Book of the Far North Finalist
Ronald Orenstein New Animal Discoveries Finalist
Candace Savage Born to be a Cowgirl: A Spirited Ride Through the Old West Finalist
2002 Jack Batten The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat Winner
Karen Levine Hana's Suitcase Finalist
Susan Musgrave Nerves Out Loud: Critical Moments in the Lives of Seven Teen Girls Finalist
Jane Pavanel The Sex Book: An Alphabet of Smarter Love Finalist
John Wilson Righting Wrongs: The Story of Norman Bethune Finalist
2003 Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden As Long as the Rivers Flow Winner
Kathy Conlan Under the Ice Finalist
Chan Hon Goh with Cary Fagan Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina's Life Finalist
Candace Savage Wizards: An Amazing Journey through the Last Great Age of Magic Finalist
Roderick Stewart Wilfrid Laurier: A Pledge for Canada Finalist
2004 Val Ross The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories Winner
Nicolas Debon Four Pictures by Emily Carr Finalist
Anne Dublin Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything Finalist
Reva Marin Oscar: The Life and Music of Oscar Peterson Finalist
John Wilson Discovering the Arctic: The Story of John Rae Finalist
2005 Shari Graydon In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You Winner
Hazel Hutchins A Second Is a Hiccup Finalist
Marthe Jocelyn A Home for Foundlings Finalist
Kathy Kacer The Underground Reporters Finalist
Ange Zhang Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution Finalist
2006 Bill Slavin and Jim Slavin Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Mad Winner
Deborah Ellis Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk About AIDS Finalist
Nadja Halilbegovich My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary Finalist
Susan Hughes Coming to Canada: Building a Life in a New Land Finalist
Kathy Kacer Hiding Edith: A True Story Finalist
2007 Jan Thornhill I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids' Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death Winner
Barbara Greenwood Factory Girl Finalist
Celia Godkin Fire! The Renewal of a Forest Finalist
Jane Springer Genocide Finalist
Herb Shoveller Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together Finalist
2008 Hugh Brewster At Vimy Ridge: Canada's Greatest World War I Victory Winner
Robert Bateman with Nancy Kovacs, illus. by Robert Bateman Birds of Prey: An Introduction Finalist
Sue Ann Alderson, illus. by Millie Ballance The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer Finalist
Jan Thornhill This Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warming Finalist
Kate Evans Weird Weather: Everything You Didn't Want to Know About Climate Change but Probably Should Find Out Finalist
2009 Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland The Bite of the Mango Winner
Mary Wallace Inuksuk Journey: An Artist at the Top of the World Finalist
Susan Hughes, illus. by Willow Dawson No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed As Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure Finalist
Katie Smith Milway, illus. by Eugenie Fernandes One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference Finalist
Elizabeth MacLeod Royal Murder: The Deadly Intrigue of Ten Sovereigns Finalist
2010 Priscilla Galloway with Dawn Hunter Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road Winner [3]
Charis Cotter Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors Finalist
William Gilkerson A Thousand Years of Pirates Finalist
Kathy Kacer and Sharon E. McKay Whispers from the Ghettos Finalist
Scot Ritchie Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills Finalist
2011 Susan Hughes Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science Winner
Hadley Dyer Watch This Space: Designing, Defending and Sharing Public Spaces Finalist
Elin Kelsey Not Your Typical Book About the Environment Finalist
Daniel Loxton Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be Finalist
Jody Nyasha Warner Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged Finalist
2012 Susan Vande Griek Loon Winner
Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan Finalist [4]
Susan Hughes Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World Finalist [4]
Marthe Jocelyn Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives Finalist [4]
Dora Lee, illus. by Margot Thompson Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature Finalist [4]
2013 Deborah Ellis Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War Winner
Deborah Hodge Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport Finalist
Monica Kulling Going Up! Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top Finalist
Bill Swan Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death – The Story of Steven Truscott Finalist
2014 Rona Arato The Last Train: A Holocaust Story Winner
Deborah Ellis Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids Finalist
Elizabeth Macleod and Frieda Wishinsky A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World Finalist
Ken Setterington Branded by the Pink Triangle Finalist
Eric Walters My Name Is Blessing Finalist
2015 Kira Vermond Why We Live Where We Live Winner
Hugh Brewster From Vimy to Victory: Canada's Fight to the Finish in World War I Finalist [5]
Sarah Elton Starting from Scratch: What You Should Know about Food and Cooking Finalist [5]
Larry Loyie with Wayne K. Spear and Constance Brissenden Residential Schools, With the Words and Images of Survivors: A National History Finalist [5]
David J. Smith If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers Finalist [5]
2016 Cory Silverberg Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book About Bodies, Feelings, and You Winner [6]
Paula Ayer Foodprints: The Story of What We Eat Finalist
Maria Birmingham A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars Finalist
Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War Finalist
Edward Keenan The Art of the Possible: An Everyday Guide to Politics Finalist
2017 Elizabeth Macleod Canada Year by Year Winner
Antonia Banyard and Paula Ayer Water Wow! An Infographic Exploration Finalist
Kristina Rutherford Level the Playing Field: The Past, Present, a Future of Women's Pro Sports Finalist
Laura Scandiffio Fight to Learn: The Struggle to Go to School Finalist
Jan Thornhill The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk Finalist
2018 Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women Winner
Jane Drake and Ann Love Rewilding: Giving Nature a Second Chance Finalist
Sarah Elton Meatless? A Fresh Look at What You Eat Finalist
James Gladstone When Planet Earth Was New Finalist
Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) The Sockeye Mother Finalist
2019 James Gladstone and Karen Reczuch Turtle Pond Winner [7]
Erica Fyvie and Bill Slavin Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle Finalist [8]
Wab Kinew and Joe Morse Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes Finalist [8]
Rob Laidlaw Bat Citizen: Defending the Ninjas of the Night Finalist [8]
Merrie-Ellen Wilcox After Life: Ways We Think About Death Finalist [8]
2020 Serah-Marie McMahon and Alison Matthews David Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, & Murdered Through History Winner
Carolyn Fisher Cells: An Owner's Handbook Finalist [9]
Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson Picking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket Finalist [9]
Rachel Poliquin Beastly Puzzles: A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game Finalist [9]
Ashley Spires Fairy Science Finalist [9]
2021 Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance Winner
Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson), illus. by Natasha Donovan The Eagle Mother Finalist
Tanya Lloyd Kyi, illus. by Drew Shannon This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tackling Unconscious Bias Finalist
Rina Singh, illus. by Marianne Ferrer 111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl Finalist
Kyla Vanderklug Crows: Genius Birds Finalist
2022 Christian Allaire, illus. by Jacqueline Li The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures Winner [10]
Erica Fyvie, illus. by Ian Turner Mad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our Heads Finalist [11]
Dr. Lindsay Herriot and Kate Fry (ed.) Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words Finalist [11]
Kathy Stinson, illus. by François Thisdale The Girl Who Loved Giraffes and Became the World's First Giraffologist Finalist [11]
Robbie Waisman with Susan McClelland Boy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor Finalist [11]
2023 Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation Winner [12]
Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Julia Kyi, illus. by Vivian Rosas Better Connected: How Girls Are Using Social Media for Good Finalist [13]
Elise Gravel with Mykaell Blais, illus. by Elise Gravel Pink, Blue, and You! Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes Finalist
Laura Alary, illus. by Andrea Blinick Sun in my Tummy Finalist
Gregor Craigie, illus. by Kathleen Fu Why Humans Build Up: The Rise of Towers, Temples and Skyscrapers Finalist

References

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  1. ^ "Sask., Man. writers win for children's books". cbc.ca, November 11, 2010.
  2. ^ "Previous Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction Winners and Finalists". The Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "Awards: Canadian Children's Literature Awards". Shelf Awareness . 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  4. ^ a b c d "Finalists Announced for the 2012 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards". Canadian Children's Book Centre. 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  5. ^ a b c d Robertson, Becky (2015-09-10). "Marianne Dubuc, Eric Walters, Cybele Young among 2015 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards finalists". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  6. ^ "Sex is a Funny Word wins Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction". OCAD University. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  7. ^ "Awards: Canadian Children's Literature". Shelf Awareness. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  8. ^ a b c d "Norma Fleck Children's Non-Fiction Award (2019)". 49th Kids. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  9. ^ a b c d Hunter, Emma (2020-09-15). "The 2020 Shortlists for the Canadian Children's Book Centre Book Awards Celebrate the Best in Canadian Books for Young People". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  10. ^ "The 2022 CCBC Book Awards Celebrate Excellence in Literature for Young People". The Canadian Children's Book Centre. September 29, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d "CCBC Book Awards announces 2022 shortlist". Quill & Quire. 8 September 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  12. ^ "Vancouver's Kim Spencer wins three 2023 Canadian Children's Book Centre Book Awards". The Georgia Straight. 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  13. ^ "The 2023 Shortlists for the CCBC Book Awards Honour Excellence in Canadian Books for Young People". CCBC. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
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