Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize

The Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize is awarded annually as the BC Book Prize for Canadian authors and illustrator of picture books, picture story books, and illustrated non-fiction books. The prize is shared by the author and the illustrator, who must be a resident of British Columbia or Yukon.[1] It was announced in 2002 and first awarded in 2003.[2] A handful of finalists (roughly 25%) are also selected for another award: participation in the expenses-paid BC Book Prizes on Tour, a week-long tour across the province to present their books at schools and libraries each April.

History

The prize was announced three months after the death of Christie Harris, and was the first new BC Book Prize category since the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize was introduced in 1987.[3]

Winners and finalists

Year	Author(s)	Illustrator(s)	Title	Result	Ref.
2003	Annette LeBox	Karen Reczuch	Salmon Creek	Winner
	Maggie De Vries	Sheena Lott	How Sleep Found Tabitha	Finalist
	Nan Gregory	Kady MacDonald Denton	Amber Waiting
	Julie Lawson	Paul Mombourquette	The Klondike Cat
	Andrea Spalding	Janet Wilson	Solomon's Tree
2004	Linda Bailey	Bill Slavin	Stanley's Party	Winner
	Linda Bailey	Bill Slavin	Adventures in Ancient China	Finalist
	Julie Lawson	Kasia Charko	Arizona Charlie and the Klondike Kid
	Robin Mitchell and Judith Steedman	Robin Mitchell	Sunny
	Chieri Uegaki	Stéphane Jorisch	Suki's Kimono
2005	Marilynn Reynolds	Renné Benoit	Goodbye to Griffith Street	Winner
	Stefan Czernecki	Stefan Czernecki	Ride 'em Cowboy	Finalist
	Earl Einarson	Julie Flett	The Moccasins
	Adrienne Mason	Nancy Gray Ogle	Owls
	Richard Thompson and Maggee Spicer	Kirsti Anne Wakelin	When They Are Up
2006	Tanya Lloyd Kyi		The Blue Jean Book: The Story Behind the Seams	Winner
	Carol Foskett Cordsen	Douglas B. Jones	The Milkman	Finalist
	Elisa Gutiérrez	Elisa Gutiérrez	Picturescape
	Diane Silvey	John Manth	The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
	Paul Yee	Shaoli Wang	Bamboo
2007	Maggie De Vries	Renné Benoit	Tale of a Great White Fish: A Sturgeon Story	Winner	[4]
	Sarah Ellis	Dušan Petričić	The Queen's Feet	Finalist
	Deborah Hodge	John Mantha	The Kids Book of Canadian Immigration
	Catherine Jameson	Julie Flett	Zoe and the Fawn
	Ellen Schwartz	Sima Elizabeth Shefrin	Abby's Birds
2008	Robert Heidbreder	Kady MacDonald Denton	A Sea-Wishing Day	Winner
	Lisa Cinar	Lisa Cinar	The Day It All Blew Away	Finalist
	Nan Gregory	Luc Melanson	Pink
	Ron Smith	Ruth Campbell	Elf the Eagle
	Kari-Lynn Winters	Ben Hodson	Jeffrey and Sloth
2009	Katarina Jovanovic	Philippe Beha	The King Has Goat Ears	Winner
	Linda Bailey	Bill Slavin	Stanley At Sea	Finalist
	Robert Bateman	Robert Bateman	Polar Worlds: Life at the Ends of the Earth
	Chieri Uegaki	Stéphane Jorisch	Rosie and Buttercup
	Irene N. Watts	Kathryn E. Shoemaker	Good-bye Marianne
2010	Frieda Wishinsky	Dean Griffiths	Maggie Can't Wait	Winner
	Robert Bateman	Robert Bateman	Vanishing Habitats	Finalist
	Fiona Bayrock	Carolyn Conahan	Bubble Homes and Fish Farts
	Jennifer Lloyd	Ashley Spires	Ella's Umbrellas
	Kari-Lynn Winters	Christina Leist	On My Walk
2011	Julie Flett	Julie Flett	Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet	Winner
	Maggie De Vries	Renné Benoit	Fraser Bear: A Cub's Life	Finalist	[5]
	Seiji Hiroe	Seiji Hiroe	The Cowboy Fisherman
	Deborah Hodge	Brian Harris	Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm
	Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read	Ian McAllister	The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest
2012	Sara O'Leary	Julie Morstad	When I Was Small	Winner	[6]
	Dan Bar-el	Rae Maté	Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been?	Finalist	[7]
	Nicola I. Campbell	Kim LaFave	Grandpa's Girls
	Mike Deas	Mike Deas	Dalen & Gole: Scandal in Port Angus
	Robert Heidbreder	Marc Mongeau	Shake Awakes
2013	Alan Woo	Isabelle Malenfant	Maggie's Chopsticks	Winner	[8]
	Vivien Bowers	Milan Pavlovic	Hey Canada!	Finalist	[9]
	Tiffany Stone	Stefan Czernecki	Rainbow Shoes
	Kari-Lynn Winters	Stephen Taylor	Gift Days
	Frieda Wishinsky	Sean L. Moore	What's Up, Bear?: A Book About Opposites
2014	Julie Morstad	Julie Morstad	How To	Winner
	Dan Bar-el	Tim Bowers	Not Your Typical Dragon	Finalist	[10]
	Julie Flett	Julie Flett	Wild Berries
	Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton	Gabrielle Grimard	When I Was Eight
	Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read	Ian McAllister	The Great Bear Sea: Exploring the Marine Life of a Pacific Paradise
2015	Roy Miki and Slavia Miki	Julie Flett	Dolphin SOS	Winner
	Caroline Adderson	Qin Leng	Norman, Speak!	Finalist
	Ashley Spires	Ashley Spires	The Most Magnificent Thing
	Heather Tekavec	Pierre Pratt	Stop, Thief!
	Chieri Uegaki	Qin Leng	Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
2016	Annette LeBox	Stephanie Graegin	Peace Is an Offering	Winner	[11]
	Robert Heidbreder	Qin Leng	Song for a Summer Night: A Lullaby	Finalist
	Jude Isabella	Simone Shin	The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle
	Sara O'Leary	Julie Morstad	This is Sadie
	Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd	Roy Henry Vickers	Orca Chief
2017	Monique Gray Smith	Julie Flett	My Heart Fills with Happiness	Winner	[12]
	Julie Morstad	Julie Morstad	Today	Finalist	[13]
	Margriet Ruurs	Nizar Ali Badr	Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey
	Nikki Tate	Nikki Tate	Deep Roots: How Trees Sustain Our Planet
	Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd	Roy Henry Vickers	Peace Dancer
2018	Faith Erin Hicks	Faith Erin Hicks	The Nameless City: The Stone Heart	Winner	[14]
	Nicola I. Campbell	Julie Flett	A Day with Yayah	Finalist	[15]
	S.E. Hume	Jessica Bromley Bartram	Charles
	Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read	Ian McAllister	Wolf Island
	Bill Richardson	Roxanna Bikadoroff	The Alphabet Thief
2019	Ian Boothby	Nina Matsumoto	Sparks!	Winner
	Cale Atkinson	Cale Atkinson	Sir Simon: Super Scarer	Finalist	[16]
	Aidan Cassie	Aidan Cassie	Sterling, Best Dog Ever
	Faith Erin Hicks	Faith Erin Hicks	The Nameless City: The Divided Earth
	Margriet Ruurs	Robert Bateman	Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature
2020	Kyo Maclear	Julie Morstad	It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way	Winner	[17]
	Jen Croll	Aneta Pacholska	Bad Boys of Fashion: Style Rebels and Renegades Through the Ages	Finalist
	Julie Flett	Julie Flett	Birdsong
	Heather Smith	Rachel Wada	The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden
	Nancy Vo	Nancy Vo	The Ranger
2021	Rina Singh	Ellen Rooney	Grandmother School	Winner	[18]
	Linda Bailey	Joy Ang	Princesses Versus Dinosaurs	Finalist	[19]
	Bonnie Sherr Klein	Élisabeth Eudes-Pascal	Beep Beep Bubbie
	Danny Ramadan	Anna Bron	Salma the Syrian Chef
	Jordan Scott	Sydney Smith	I Talk Like a River
2022	Julie Morstad	Julie Morstad	Time is a Flower	Winner
	Whitney Gardner	Whitney Gardner	Long Distance	Finalist
	Kallie George	Elly McKay	The Secret Fawn
	Shane Goth	Yong Ling Kang	The Midnight Club
	David A. Robertson	Julie Flett	On the Trapline
2023	Jessika Von Innerebner	Jessika Von Innerebner	That's My Sweater!	Winner	[20]
	Linda Bailey	Isabelle Follath	Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock	Finalist	[21]
	Nathan Fairbairn	Michele Assarasakorn	PAWS: Mindy Makes Some Space
	Guojing	Guojing	The Flamingo
	Buffy Sainte-Marie	Julie Flett	Still This Love Goes On
2024	Jordan Scott	Sydney Smith	My Baba’s Garden	Winner	[22]
	E. G. Alaraj	Martyna Czub	When Stars Arise	Shortlist	[23]
	Lorna Schultz Nicholson	Ellen Rooney	What to Bring
	Kirsten Pendreigh	Crystal Smith	Maybe a Whale
	David A. Robertson	Maya McKibben	The Song That Called Them Home

References

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External links

• Christie Harries Illustrated Children's Literature Prize Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, official website
• BC Book Prizes