Governor General's Award (illustration) checklist
Every Governor General's Award (illustration) book on our site, newest first. Print it and tick off the ones you have read.
| Read | Year | Title | By | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | This Land Is a Lullaby | Tonya Simpson | Winner | |
| 2025 | Bog Myrtle | Sid Sharp | Finalist | |
| 2025 | It Bears Repeating | Tanya Tagaq | Finalist | |
| 2025 | Oasis | Guojing | Finalist | |
| 2025 | The Rock and the Butterfly | Kathy Stinson | Finalist | |
| 2024 | Skating Wild on an Inland Sea | Jean E. Pendziwol | Winner | |
| 2024 | Do You Remember? | Sydney Smith | Finalist | |
| 2024 | I'm Afraid, Said the Leaf | Danielle Daniel | Finalist | |
| 2024 | One Giant Leap | Thao Lam | Finalist | |
| 2024 | The Gulf | Adam de Souza | Finalist | |
| 2023 | When You Can Swim | Jack Wong | Winner | |
| 2023 | Boobies | Nancy Vo | Finalist | |
| 2023 | Mr. S | Monica Arnaldo | Finalist | |
| 2023 | Still This Love Goes On | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Finalist | |
| 2023 | The Skull | Jon Klassen | Finalist | |
| 2022 | The Sour Cherry Tree | Naseem Hrab | Winner | |
| 2022 | Mina | Matthew Forsythe | Finalist | |
| 2022 | The Big Bath House | Kyo Maclear | Finalist | |
| 2022 | Time Is a Flower | Julie Morstad | Finalist | |
| 2022 | kā-āciwīkicik / The Move | Doris George and Don K. Philpot | Finalist | |
| 2021 | On the Trapline | David A. Robertson | Winner | |
| 2021 | Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know | Brittany Luby | Finalist | |
| 2021 | Out Into the Big Wide Lake | Paul Harbridge | Finalist | |
| 2021 | The Library Bus | Bahram Rahman | Finalist | |
| 2021 | The Wind and the Trees | Todd Stewart | Finalist | |
| 2020 | The Barnabus Project | The Fan Brothers | Winner | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like a River | Jordan Scott | Finalist | |
| 2020 | Our Little Kitchen | Jillian Tamaki | Finalist | |
| 2020 | Swift Fox All Along | Rebecca Thomas | Finalist | |
| 2020 | Weekend Dad | Naseem Hrab | Finalist | |
| 2019 | Small in the City | Sydney Smith | Winner | |
| 2019 | Albert's Quiet Quest | Isabelle Arsenault | Finalist | |
| 2019 | Birdsong | Julie Flett | Finalist | |
| 2019 | How to Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps | Nicola Winstanley | Finalist | |
| 2019 | King Mouse | Cary Fagan | Finalist | |
| 2018 | They Say Blue | Jillian Tamaki | Winner | |
| 2018 | Africville | Shauntay Grant | Finalist | |
| 2018 | At the Pond | Werner Zimmermann | Finalist | |
| 2018 | Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes | Wab Kinew | Finalist | |
| 2018 | Ocean Meets Sky | Eric Fan and Terry Fan | Finalist | |
| 2017 | When We Were Alone | David Robertson | Winner | |
| 2017 | Short Stories for Little Monsters | Marie-Louise Gay | Finalist | |
| 2017 | The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk | Jan Thornhill | Finalist | |
| 2017 | Town is by the Sea | Joanne Schwartz | Finalist | |
| 2017 | When the Moon Comes | Paul Harbridge | Finalist | |
| 2016 | Tokyo Digs a Garden | Jon-Erik Lappano | Winner | |
| 2016 | A Hungry Lion or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals | Lucy Ruth Cummins | Finalist | |
| 2016 | Ooko | Esmé Shapiro | Finalist | |
| 2016 | The Branch | Mireille Messier | Finalist | |
| 2016 | The White Cat and the Monk | Jo Ellen Bogart | Finalist | |
| 2015 | Sidewalk Flowers | JonArno Lawson | Winner | |
| 2015 | A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories | John Martz | Finalist | |
| 2015 | Bug in a Vacuum | Mélanie Watt | Finalist | |
| 2015 | Jack, the King of Ashes | Andy Jones | Finalist | |
| 2015 | The Good Little Book | Kyo Maclear | Finalist | |
| 2014 | This One Summer | Mariko Tamaki | Winner | |
| 2014 | Any Questions? | Marie-Louise Gay | Finalist | |
| 2014 | Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin | Chieri Uegaki | Finalist | |
| 2014 | Julia, Child | Kyo Maclear | Finalist | |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Memory | Nina Laden | Finalist | |
| 2013 | Northwest Passage | Stan Rogers | Winner | |
| 2013 | How To | Julie Morstad | Finalist | |
| 2013 | Miss Mousie's Blind Date | Tim Beiser | Finalist | |
| 2013 | Oy, Feh, So? | Cary Fagan | Finalist | |
| 2013 | The Dark | Lemony Snicket | Finalist | |
| 2012 | Virginia Wolf | Kyo Maclear | Winner | |
| 2012 | Big City Bees | Maggie de Vries | Finalist | |
| 2012 | House Held Up by Trees | Ted Kooser | Finalist | |
| 2012 | In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up | Monica Kulling | Finalist | |
| 2012 | Picture a Tree | Barbara Reid | Finalist | |
| 2011 | Ten Birds | Cybèle Young | Winner | |
| 2011 | Along a Long Road | Frank Viva | Finalist | |
| 2011 | Fishing with Gubby | Gary Kent | Finalist | |
| 2011 | Migrant | Maxine Trottier | Finalist | |
| 2011 | Red Wagon | Renata Liwska | Finalist | |
| 2010 | Cats' Night Out | Caroline Stutson | Winner | |
| 2010 | I Know Here | Laurel Croza | Finalist | |
| 2010 | Owls See Clearly at Night | Julie Flett | Finalist | |
| 2010 | The Quiet Book | Deborah Underwood | Finalist | |
| 2010 | Uirapuru | P. K. Page | Finalist | |
| 2009 | Bella's Tree | Janet Russell | Winner | |
| 2009 | Alego | Ningiukulu Teevee | Finalist | |
| 2009 | Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog | Tim Beiser | Finalist | |
| 2009 | My Great Big Mamma | Olivier Ka | Finalist | |
| 2009 | The Imaginary Garden | Andrew Larsen | Finalist | |
| 2008 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Edward Lear | Winner | |
| 2008 | My Letter to the World and Other Poems | Emily Dickinson | Finalist | |
| 2008 | Shin-chi's Canoe | Nicola I. Campbell | Finalist | |
| 2008 | The Emperor's Second Hand Clothes | Martin Wald | Finalist | |
| 2008 | Yellow Moon, Apple Moon | Pamela Porter | Finalist | |
| 2007 | The Boy from the Sun | Duncan Weller | Winner | |
| 2007 | Marja's Skis | Jean E. Pendziwol | Finalist | |
| 2007 | My New Shirt | Cary Fagan | Finalist | |
| 2007 | The Blue Hippopotamus | Phoebe Gilman | Finalist | |
| 2007 | The Painted Circus | Wallace Edwards | Finalist | |
| 2006 | Ancient Thunder | Leo Yerxa | Winner | |
| 2006 | Casey at the Bat | Ernest Lawrence Thayer | Finalist | |
| 2006 | Earth Magic | Dionne Brand | Finalist | |
| 2006 | Let's Go for a Ride | Maxwell Newhouse | Finalist | |
| 2006 | The Birdman | Veronika Martenova Charles | Finalist | |
| 2005 | Imagine a Day | Sarah L. Thomson | Winner | |
| 2005 | City Angel | Eileen Spinelli | Finalist | |
| 2005 | Maria Chapdelaine | Louis Hémon | Finalist | |
| 2005 | Mixed Beasts | Kenyon Cox | Finalist | |
| 2005 | The Highwayman | Alfred Noyes | Finalist | |
| 2004 | Jabberwocky | Lewis Carroll | Winner | |
| 2004 | A Very Unusual Dog | Dorothy Joan Harris | Finalist | |
| 2004 | Dawn Watch | Jean E. Pendziwol | Finalist | |
| 2004 | Peg and the Yeti | Kenneth Oppel | Finalist | |
| 2004 | Stella, Princess of the Sky | Marie-Louise Gay | Finalist | |
| 2003 | The Song Within My Heart | David Bouchard | Winner | |
| 2003 | Four Pictures by Emily Carr | Nicolas Debon | Finalist | |
| 2003 | Imagine a Night | Sarah L. Thomson | Finalist | |
| 2003 | Sindbad's Secret: From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights | Ludmila Zeman | Finalist | |
| 2003 | The Subway Mouse | Barbara Reid | Finalist | |
| 2002 | Alphabeasts | Wallace Edwards | Winner | |
| 2002 | Dragonfly Kites / Kíweegínapíseek | Tomson Highway | Finalist | |
| 2002 | Stella, Fairy of the Forest | Marie-Louise Gay | Finalist | |
| 2002 | The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon | Janie Jaehyun Park | Finalist | |
| 2002 | When Pigs Fly | Valerie Coulman | Finalist | |
| 2001 | An Island in the Soup | Mireille Levert | Winner | |
| 2001 | Mallory and the Power Boy | Pete Marlowe | Finalist | |
| 2001 | The Wolf of Gubbio | Michael Bedard | Finalist | |
| 2001 | We'll All Go Sailing | Maggee Spicer | Finalist | |
| 2001 | Wild Bog Tea | Annette LeBox | Finalist | |
| 2000 | Yuck, A Love Story | Don Gillmor | Winner | |
| 2000 | Hannah's Collections | Marthe Jocelyn | Finalist | |
| 2000 | Pa's Harvest | Jan Andrews | Finalist | |
| 2000 | The Market Wedding | Cary Fagan | Finalist | |
| 2000 | The Snow Queen | Ken Setterington | Finalist | |
| 1999 | The Great Poochini | Gary Clement | Winner | |
| 1999 | Brave Highland Heart | Heather Kellerhals-Stewart | Finalist | |
| 1999 | Dragon New Year | David Bouchard | Finalist | |
| 1999 | I Know an Old Laddie | Jean Little | Finalist | |
| 1999 | Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights | Ludmila Zeman | Finalist | |
| 1998 | A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes | Kady MacDonald Denton | Winner | |
| 1998 | Music for the Tsar of the Sea | Celia Barker Lottridge | Finalist | |
| 1998 | The Fox's Kettle | Laura Langston | Finalist | |
| 1998 | The Great Race | David Bouchard | Finalist | |
| 1998 | The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other Stories | Barrie Baker | Finalist | |
| 1997 | The Party | Barbara Reid | Winner | |
| 1997 | Flying Dimitri | Blair Drawson | Finalist | |
| 1997 | Rumpelstiltskin | Wilhelm Grimm | Finalist | |
| 1997 | The Angel Tree | Robin Muller | Finalist | |
| 1997 | The First Red Maple Leaf | Ludmila Zeman | Finalist | |
| 1996 | The Rooster's Gift | Pam Conrad | Winner | |
| 1996 | Gruntle Piggle Takes Off | Jean Little | Finalist | |
| 1996 | Sody Salleratus | Aubrey Davis | Finalist | |
| 1996 | The Wise Washerman – A Folktale from Burma | Deborah Froese | Finalist | |
| 1996 | Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe! | Julie Lawson | Finalist | |
| 1995 | The Last Quest of Gilgamesh | Ludmila Zeman | Winner | |
| 1995 | Aska's Sea Creatures | David Day | Finalist | |
| 1995 | Just Stay Put | Gary Clement | Finalist | |
| 1995 | The Killick: A Newfoundland Story | Geoff Butler | Finalist | |
| 1995 | Woodland Christmas | Frances Tyrrell | Finalist | |
| 1994 | Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story | Jim McGugan | Winner | |
| 1994 | La Diablesse and the Baby | Richardo Keens-Douglas | Finalist | |
| 1994 | Polar, the Titanic Bear | Daisy Corning Stone Spedden | Finalist | |
| 1994 | There Was An Old Man...: A Collection of Limericks | Edward Lear | Finalist | |
| 1994 | Who | Richard Thompson | Finalist | |
| 1993 | Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming | Sharon Jennings | Winner | |
| 1993 | Beethoven Lives Upstairs | Barbara Nichol | Finalist | |
| 1993 | Brewster Rooster | Berny Lucas | Finalist | |
| 1993 | Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall | Leo Yerxa | Finalist | |
| 1993 | There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen! | Sheree Fitch | Finalist | |
| 1992 | Waiting for the Whales | Sheryl McFarlane | Winner | |
| 1992 | Hickory, Dickory, Dock | Robin Muller | Finalist | |
| 1992 | The Big Storm | Rhea Tregebov | Finalist | |
| 1992 | When Jeremiah Found Mrs. Ming | Sharon Jennings | Finalist | |
| 1992 | Zoom Upstream | Tim Wynne-Jones | Finalist | |
| 1991 | Doctor Kiss Says Yes | Teddy Jam | Winner | |
| 1991 | A Happy New Year's Day | Roch Carrier | Finalist | |
| 1991 | Coyote Winter | Jacquelinne White | Finalist | |
| 1991 | Peter and the Wolf | Michèle Lemieux | Finalist | |
| 1991 | The Travelling Musicians | P. K. Page | Finalist | |
| 1990 | The Orphan Boy | Paul Morin | Winner | |
| 1990 | Seasons | Warabé Aska | Finalist | |
| 1990 | The Huron Carol | Frances Tyrrell | Finalist | |
| 1989 | The Magic Paintbrush | Robin Muller | Winner | |
| 1989 | A Gift from Saint Francis | Joanna Cole | Finalist | |
| 1989 | The Wildlife 123 | Jan Thornhill | Finalist | |
| 1988 | Amos's Sweater | Janet Lunn | Winner | |
| 1988 | Angel and the Polar Bear | Marie-Louise Gay | Finalist | |
| 1988 | How the Devil Got His Cat | Mary Alice Downie | Finalist | |
| 1988 | Sleepers | Dayal Kaur Khalsa | Finalist | |
| 1988 | The Wildlife ABC | Jan Thornhill | Finalist | |
| 1987 | Rainy Day Magic | Marie-Louise Gay | Winner | |
| 1987 | Exploring the Night Sky | Terence Dickinson | Finalist | |
| 1987 | Flights of Magic | John Steffler | Finalist | |
| 1987 | The Enchanted Tapestry | Robert D. San Souci | Finalist |
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