Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award
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Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award
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Kate Watson Hackmatack Project Coordinator PO Box 34055 Scotia Square RPO Halifax, NS B3J 3S1 Tel: 902 424-3774 Fax: 902 424-0613 hackmatack@hackmatack.ca www.hackmatack.caThe Hackmatack program is designed to promote reading among children in grades 4-6 and – like the Silver Birch, Red Cedar and other children’s choice awards – to recognize the reading preferences of young readers. Children read from a list of 10 fiction and 10 non-fiction English-language titles and cast their votes in April. A French category was added in 2002. In 2007, the French category was expanded to include both French fiction and French non-fiction. The winners are announced in May. The award takes its name from the aboriginal word for tamarack or larch, a tree that grows in all four Atlantic provinces.
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Award Recipients
Year | Detail | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | English Fiction | Jennifer McGrath Kent, Chocolate River Rescue. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 2007. |
| 2009 | English Non-Fiction | Ann Love and Jane Drake, Sweet! The Delicious Story of Candy. Illustrated by Claudia Dávila. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2007. |
| 2009 | French Fiction | Alain M. Bergeron, Capitaine Static. Illustrated by Sampar. Montreal: Les Éditions Québec Amérique, 2007. |
| 2009 | French Non-Fiction | Annie Groovie, Délirons avec Léon! (#2). Montreal: Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle, 2007. |
| 2008 | English Fiction | Julie Lawson, No Safe Harbour: The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 2006. |
| 2008 | English Non-fiction | Kathy Kacer, Hiding Edith. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2006. |
| 2008 | French Fiction | Denis M. Boucher, Le monstre du Lac Baker. Moncton, NB: Éditions de la Francophonie, 2006. |
| 2008 | French Non-fiction | Melvin Gallant, Ti-Jean-le-Rusé. Illustrated by Michel Duguay. Moncton, NB: Bouton d'or Acadie, 2006. |
| 2007 | English Fiction | Pamela Porter, The Crazy Man. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005. |
| 2007 | English Non-fiction | Elizabeth MacLeod, Harry Houdini: A Magical Life. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2005. |
| 2007 | French Fiction | Diane Bergeron, L’atlas perdu. Illustrated by Sampar. Saint-Lambert, QC: Soulières Éditeur, 2004. |
| 2007 | French Non-fiction | Annie Groovie, Léon et les expressions. Montreal: Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle, 2004. |
| 2006 | Fiction | Natale Ghent, No Small Thing. Toronto: HarperTrophy Canada, 2004. |
| 2006 | Non-fiction | Linda Bailey, Adventures in the Ice Age. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2004. |
| 2006 | French | Diane Carmel Léger, La butte à Pétard. Illustrated by Michel Léger. Moncton, NB: Bouton d'or Acadie, 2004. |
| 2005 | Fiction | Deborah Ellis, Mud City. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2003. |
| 2005 | Non-fiction | Diane Swanson, Tunnels! Toronto: Annick Press, 2003. |
| 2005 | French | Alain M. Bergeron, Zak, le fantôme. Saint-Lambert, QC: Soulières éditeur, 2003. |
| 2004 | Fiction | Alan Cumyn, The Secret Life of Owen Skye. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2002 |
| 2004 | Non-fiction | Karen Levine, Hana’s Suitcase. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2002. |
| 2004 | French | Lucia Cavezzali, Opération Juliette. Montreal: Les Éditions Hurtubise HMH, 2002. |
| 2003 | Fiction | Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2000. |
| 2003 | Non-fiction | Linda Bailey, Adventures with the Vikings. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2001. |
| 2003 | French | Marthe Pelletier, Chante pour moi, Charlotte. Illustrated by Rafael Sottolichio. Montréal: Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle, 2001. |
| 2002 | Fiction | Sharon E. McKay, Charlie Wilcox. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 2000. |
| 2002 | Non-fiction | Vivien Bowers, Wow Canada! Exploring This Land From Coast to Coast to Coast. Illustrated by Dan Hobbs and Diane Eastman. Toronto: Owl Books/Greey de Pencier, 1999. |
| 2002 | French | François Barcelo, Premier trophée pour Momo de Sinro. Montreal: Les Éditions Québec Amérique Jeunesse, 2000. |
| 2001 | Fiction | Kathy Kacer, The Secret of Gabi’s Dresser. Toronto: Second Story Press, 1999. |
| 2001 | Non-fiction | Andy Turnball and Debora Pearson, By Truck to the North: My Arctic Adventure. Toronto: Annick Press, 1998. |
| 2000 | Fiction | Kenneth Oppel, Sunwing. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1999. |
| 2000 | Non-fiction | Sheree Fitch, If You Could Wear My Sneakers. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1997. |