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These prestigious awards were given each year until 2003 to the Canadian authors and illustrators who, with their words and pictures, inspire the imagination of the reader.

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Best Books for: Young Readers | Middle Readers | Young Adults

Year	Title	Author
Best Books for Young Readers
2003	Pippin the Christmas Pig	Jean Little
2002	Under a Prairie Sky	Anne Laurel Carter
2001	The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button	Celia Barker Lottridge
2000	The Chicken Cat	Stephanie McLellan
1999	Claire's Gift	Maxine Trottier & Rajka Kupesic
1998	Fog Cat	Marilyn Helmer
1997	Biscuits in the Cupboard	Barbara Nichol
1996	The Fabulous Song	Don Gillmor
1995	How Smudge Came	Nan Gregory
1994	Thor	W. D. Valgardson
1993	Brewster Rooster	Berny Lucas
1992	There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen	Sheree Fitch
Best Books for Middle Readers
2003	The Several Lives of Orphan Jack	Sarah Ellis
2002	The Secret Life of Owen Skye	Alan Cumyn
2001	Everything on a Waffle	Polly Horvath
2000	Willow and Twig	Jean Little
1999	Sunwing	Kenneth Oppel
1998	The Nose From Jupiter	Richard Scrimger
1997	The House of Wooden Santas	Kevin Major
1996	Discovering the Iceman	Shelley Tanaka
1995	Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case	Mordecai Richler
1994	A Pioneer Story: The Daily Life of a Canadian Family in 1840	Barbara Greenwood
1993	Co-Winners - A Little Tiger In The Chinese Night Last Leaf First Snowflake To Fall	Song Nan Zhang Leo Yerxa
1992	The Story of Canada	Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore
Best Books for Young Adults
2003	Tom Finder	Martine Leavitt
2002	The Word For Home	Joan Clark
2001	Dust	Arthur Slade
2000	The Secret Under My Skin	Janet McNaughton
1999	Being with Henry	Martha Brooks
1998	Zack	William Bell
1997	Silverwing	Kenneth Oppel
1996	Uncle Ronald	Brian Doyle
1995	The Dream Carvers	Joan Clark
1994	Out of the Blue	Sarah Ellis
1993	RanVan The Defender	Diana Wieler