Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award
Annual Canadian literary award / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award is a literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian children's book. The book must be written in English and published in Canada during the preceding year (and nominated by the end of November). The writer must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada.[1]
The Book of the Year for Children Award is administered and presented by the Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques (CLA).[1] It was inaugurated in 1947 by an award to Roderick Haig-Brown for Starbuck Valley Winter[lower-alpha 1] and it has been presented to one book every year without exception from 1963.[2]
The companion CLA Young Adult Book Award has been presented annually from 1981.[3] As of 2016, two Book of the Year for Children criteria are "appeal to children up to and including age 12" and "creative (i.e., original) writing (i.e., fiction, poetry, narrative, non-fiction, retelling of traditional literature)".[1] Corresponding criteria for the YA Book Award are "[appeal] to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18" and "fiction (novel, collection of short stories, or graphic novel)".[3] Two books have won both the children's and young-adult awards (below).