Norma Fleck Award

|+Norma Fleck Award winners and finalists{{Cite web |title=Previous Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction Winners and Finalists |url=https://bookcentre.ca/fleck-previous-winners-and-finalists |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=The Canadian Children's Book Centre}}

!Year

!Author

!Title

!Result

!Ref.

! rowspan="5" |1999

|{{sortname|last=Turnbull|first=Andy}} and Debora Pearson

|By Truck to the North: My Winter Adventure

|Winner

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|Catching Fire: The Story of Firefighting

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Last Safehouse: A Story of the Underground Railroad|2=The Last Safehouse: A Story of the Underground Railroad}}

|Finalist

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|Accidental Discoveries: From Laughing Gas to Dynamite

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Inuksuk Book|2=The Inuksuk Book}}

|Finalist

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! rowspan="4" |2000

|{{sortname|last=Tookoome|first=Simon}} and Sheldon Oberman

|{{Sort|1=Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North|2=The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North}}

|Winner

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|{{sort|1=Young Writer's Companion|2=The Young Writer's Companion}}

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Dancer Who Flew: A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev|2=The Dancer Who Flew: A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev}}

|Finalist

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|Five Pennies: A Prairie Boy's Story

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2001

|{{sortname|last=Gorrell|first=Gena K.}}

|Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale

|Winner

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|Pier 21: Gateway of Hope

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Kids Book of the Far North|2=The Kids Book of the Far North}}

|Finalist

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|New Animal Discoveries

|Finalist

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|Born to be a Cowgirl: A Spirited Ride Through the Old West

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2002

|{{sortname|last=Batten|first=Jack}}

|{{sort|1=Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat|2=The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat}}

|Winner

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|Hana's Suitcase

|Finalist

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|Nerves Out Loud: Critical Moments in the Lives of Seven Teen Girls

|Finalist

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|{{Sort|1=Sex Book: An Alphabet of Smarter Love|2=The Sex Book: An Alphabet of Smarter Love}}

|Finalist

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|Righting Wrongs: The Story of Norman Bethune

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2003

|{{sortname|last=Loyie|first=Larry}} with Constance Brissenden

|As Long as the Rivers Flow

|Winner

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|Under the Ice

|Finalist

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|Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina's Life

|Finalist

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|Wizards: An Amazing Journey through the Last Great Age of Magic

|Finalist

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|Wilfrid Laurier: A Pledge for Canada

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2004

|{{sortname|last=Ross|first=Val}}

|{{sort|1=Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories|2=The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories}}

|Winner

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|Four Pictures by Emily Carr

|Finalist

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|Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything

|Finalist

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|Oscar: The Life and Music of Oscar Peterson

|Finalist

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|Discovering the Arctic: The Story of John Rae

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Graydon|first=Shari}}

|In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You

|Winner

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|{{Sort|1=Second Is a Hiccup|2=A Second Is a Hiccup}}

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Home for Foundlings|2=A Home for Foundlings}}

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Underground Reporters|2=The Underground Reporters}}

|Finalist

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|Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2006

|{{sortname|last=Slavin|first=Bill}} and Jim Slavin

|Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Mad

|Winner

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|Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk About AIDS

|Finalist

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|My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary

|Finalist

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|Coming to Canada: Building a Life in a New Land

|Finalist

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|Hiding Edith: A True Story

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2007

|{{sortname|last=Thornhill|first=Jan}}

|I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids' Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death

|Winner

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|Factory Girl

|Finalist

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|Fire! The Renewal of a Forest

|Finalist

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|Genocide

|Finalist

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|Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Brewster|first=Hugh}}

|At Vimy Ridge: Canada's Greatest World War I Victory

|Winner

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|Birds of Prey: An Introduction

|Finalist

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|{{Sort|Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer|The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer}}

|Finalist

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|This Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warming

|Finalist

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|Weird Weather: Everything You Didn't Want to Know About Climate Change but Probably Should Find Out

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Kamara|first=Mariatu}} with Susan McClelland

| {{sort |1=Bite of the Mango|2=The Bite of the Mango}}

|Winner

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|Inuksuk Journey: An Artist at the Top of the World

|Finalist

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|No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed As Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure

|Finalist

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|One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference

|Finalist

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|Royal Murder: The Deadly Intrigue of Ten Sovereigns

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Galloway|first=Priscilla}} with Dawn Hunter

|Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2010-11-12 |title=Awards: Canadian Children's Literature Awards |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1329 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Shelf Awareness }}

|Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Thousand Years of Pirates|2=A Thousand Years of Pirates}}

|Finalist

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|Whispers from the Ghettos

|Finalist

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|Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Hughes|first=Susan}}

|Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science

|Winner

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|Watch This Space: Designing, Defending and Sharing Public Spaces

|Finalist

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|Not Your Typical Book About the Environment

|Finalist

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|Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be

|Finalist

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|Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2012

|{{sortname|last=Griek|first=Susan Vande}}

|Loon

|Winner

|

|Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |date=2012-06-20 |title=Finalists Announced for the 2012 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards |url=https://bookcentre.ca/news/finalists_ccbc_awards_2012 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US}}

|Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World

|Finalist

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|Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives

|Finalist

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|Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature

|Finalist

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! rowspan="4" |2013

|{{sortname|last=Ellis|first=Deborah}}

|Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War

|Winner

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|Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport

|Finalist

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|Going Up! Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top

|Finalist

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|Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death – The Story of Steven Truscott

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2014

|{{sortname|last=Arato|first=Rona}}

|{{sort|1=Last Train: A Holocaust Story|2=The Last Train: A Holocaust Story}}

|Winner

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|Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World|2=A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World}}

|Finalist

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|Branded by the Pink Triangle

|Finalist

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|My Name Is Blessing

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2015

|{{sortname|last=Vermond|first=Kira}}

|Why We Live Where We Live

|Winner

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|From Vimy to Victory: Canada's Fight to the Finish in World War I

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Becky |date=2015-09-10 |title=Marianne Dubuc, Eric Walters, Cybele Young among 2015 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards finalists |url=https://quillandquire.com/childrens-publishing/2015/09/10/marianne-dubuc-eric-walters-cybele-young-among-2015-canadian-childrens-book-centre-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

|Starting from Scratch: What You Should Know about Food and Cooking

|Finalist

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|Residential Schools, With the Words and Images of Survivors: A National History

|Finalist

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|If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2016

|{{sortname|last=Silverberg|first=Cory}}

|Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book About Bodies, Feelings, and You

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2016-11-18 |title=Sex is a Funny Word wins Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction |url=https://www2.ocadu.ca/news/sex-is-a-funny-word-wins-norma-fleck-award-for-canadian-childrens-non-fiction |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=OCAD University}}

|Foodprints: The Story of What We Eat

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars|2=A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars}}

|Finalist

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|Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Art of the Possible: An Everyday Guide to Politics|2=The Art of the Possible: An Everyday Guide to Politics}}

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2017

|{{sortname|last=Macleod|first=Elizabeth}}

|Canada Year by Year

|Winner

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|Water Wow! An Infographic Exploration

|Finalist

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|Level the Playing Field: The Past, Present, a Future of Women's Pro Sports

|Finalist

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|Fight to Learn: The Struggle to Go to School

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Tragic Tale of the Great Auk|2=The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk}}

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2018

|{{sortname|last=Charleyboy|first=Lisa}} and Mary Beth Leatherdale

|{{Sort|NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women|#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women}}

|Winner

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|Rewilding: Giving Nature a Second Chance

|Finalist

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|Meatless? A Fresh Look at What You Eat

|Finalist

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|When Planet Earth Was New

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Sockeye Mother|2=The Sockeye Mother}}

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2019

|{{sortname|last=Gladstone|first=James|nolink=1}} and Karen Reczuch

|Turtle Pond

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2012-11-26 |title=Awards: Canadian Children's Literature |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1877 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

|Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=Norma Fleck Children's Non-Fiction Award (2019) |url=https://kids.49thshelf.com/Lists/Members/2019-36/Norma-Fleck-Children-s-Non-Fiction-Award-2019 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=49th Kids}}

|Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes

|Finalist

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|Bat Citizen: Defending the Ninjas of the Night

|Finalist

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|After Life: Ways We Think About Death

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2020

|{{sortname|last=McMahon|first=Serah-Marie}} and Alison Matthews David

|Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, & Murdered Through History

|Winner

|

|Cells: An Owner's Handbook

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=Emma |date=2020-09-15 |title=The 2020 Shortlists for the Canadian Children's Book Centre Book Awards Celebrate the Best in Canadian Books for Young People |url=http://bookcentre.ca/news/2020-ccbc-book-awards-shortlists |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US}}

|Picking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket

|Finalist

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|Beastly Puzzles: A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game

|Finalist

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|Fairy Science

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2021

|{{sortname|last=Pheasant-Neganigwane|first=Karen}}

|Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance

|Winner

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|{{sort|1=Eagle Mother|2=The Eagle Mother}}

|Finalist

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|This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tackling Unconscious Bias

|Finalist

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|111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl

|Finalist

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|Crows: Genius Birds

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2022

|{{sortname|last=Allaire|first=Christian}}, illus. by Jacqueline Li

|{{Sort|1=Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures|2=The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2022 |title=The 2022 CCBC Book Awards Celebrate Excellence in Literature for Young People |url=https://bookcentre.ca/news/2022-ccbc-book-awards-winners |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=The Canadian Children's Book Centre}}

|Mad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our Heads

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=CCBC Book Awards announces 2022 shortlist |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/ccbc-book-awards-announces-2022-shortlist/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Quill & Quire|date=8 September 2022 }}

|Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words

|Finalist

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|{{sort|1=Girl Who Loved Giraffes and Became the World's First Giraffologist|2=The Girl Who Loved Giraffes and Became the World's First Giraffologist}}

|Finalist

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|Boy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2023

|Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson

|The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2023-10-23 |title=Vancouver's Kim Spencer wins three 2023 Canadian Children's Book Centre Book Awards |url=https://www.straight.com/living/vancouvers-kim-spencer-wins-three-2023-canadian-childrens-book-centre-book-awards |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=The Georgia Straight |language=en}}

|Better Connected: How Girls Are Using Social Media for Good

|Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Shortlists for the CCBC Book Awards Honour Excellence in Canadian Books for Young People |url=https://www.bookcentre.ca/news/2023-shortlists-for-the-ccbc-book-awards#fleck |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=CCBC |language=en-ca}}

|Pink, Blue, and You! Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes

|Finalist

|Sun in my Tummy

|Finalist

|Why Humans Build Up: The Rise of Towers, Temples and Skyscrapers

|Finalist