Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE Jean Throop Book Award
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Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE
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Suite 205, 40 St. Clair Avenue East Toronto, ON M4T 1M9 Tel: 416.925.5078 Fax: 416.925.5127 iodetoronto@bellnet.caSince 1974 the Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE has presented an award intended to encourage the publication of books for children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. The award and accompanying cash prize of $2,000 are given annually to either an illustrator or an author of a book judged to contribute to children’s reading, and is chosen by a Committee set up by the Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE. The award-winner must be a Canadian citizen, resident in Toronto or the surrounding area, and the book must be published in Canada. Deadline for submission is November 1. This award is announced in February, annually.
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Submitted by lily on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 12:05.
Award Recipients
Year | Detail | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Linda Granfield, Remembering John McCrae: Soldier, Doctor, Poet. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2009. | |
| 2008 | Charles Pachter, M is for Moose: A Charles Pachter Alphabet. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2008. | |
| 2007 | Elizabeth Quan, Once Upon a Full Moon. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2007. | |
| 2006 | Ian Krykorka, Carl the Christmas Carp. Illustrated by Vladyana Krykorka. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2006. | |
| 2005 | Ian Wallace, Mavis and Merna. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005. | |
| 2004 | Kenneth Oppel, Peg and the Yeti. Illustrated by Barbara Reid. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2004. | |
| 2003 | Aubrey Davis, Bagels from Benny. Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2003. | |
| 2002 | Marie Day, Edward the “Crazy Man”. Toronto: Annick Press, 2002. | |
| 2001 | Vlasta van Kampen, A Drop of Gold. Toronto: Annick Press, 2001. | |
| 2000 | Stephen Strauss (Author) and Matthew Fernandes (Illustrator) on behalf of “The Fernandes 4”, How Big is Big? Toronto: Key Porter Kids, 1999. | |
| 1999 | Michael Bedard (Author) and Les Tait (Illustrator), The Clay Ladies. Tundra Books, 1999. | |
| 1998 | Marilyn Helmer (Author) and Paul Mombourquette (Illustrator), Fog Cat. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1998. | |
| 1997 | Ian Wallace, A Winter's Tale. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1997. | |
| 1996 | David Booth, The Dust Bowl. Illustrated by Karen Reczuch. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1996. | |
| 1995 | Linda Granfield (Author) and Janet Wilson (Illustrator), In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae. Toronto: Stoddart/Lester, 1995. | |
| 1994 | Joanne Findon (Author) and Ted Nasmith (Illustrator), The Dream of Aengus. Toronto: Lester Publishing, 1994. | |
| 1993 | Celia Barker Lottridge, Ten Small Tales. Illustrated by Joanne Fitzgerald. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1993. | |
| 1992 | Janet Lunn & Christopher Moore (Authors) and Alan Daniel (Illustrator), The Story of Canada. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1992. | |
| 1991 | Michael Bedard (Author) and Regolo Ricci (Illustrator), The Nightingale. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1991. | |
| 1990 | Editor | David Booth, Voices on the Wind. Illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1990. |
| 1989 | Illustrator | Brenda Clark, Little Fingerling by Monica Hughes. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1989. |
| 1988 | Illustrator | Eric Beddows, Night Cars by Teddy Jam. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1988. |
| 1987 | Caroline Parry, Let's Celebrate!. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1987. | |
| 1986 | Illustrator | Barbara Reid, Have You Seen Birds? by Joanne Oppenheim. Richmond Hill, ON: North Winds Press, 1986. |
| 1985 | Robin Muller, The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1985. | |
| 1984 | Ian Wallace, Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1984. | |
| 1983 | Tim Wynne-Jones, Zoom at Sea. Illustrated by Ken Nutt. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1983. | |
| 1982 | Kathy Stinson, Red is Best. Illustrated by Robin Baird Lewis. Toronto: Annick Press, 1982. | |
| 1981 | Bernice Thurman Hunter, That Scatterbrain Booky. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic-TAB, 1981. | |
| 1980 | Illustrator | Olena Kassian, The Hungry Time by Selwyn Dewdney. Toronto: James Lorimer, 1980; Afraid of the Dark by Barry Dickson. Toronto: James Lorimer, 1980. |
| 1979 | Janet Lunn, The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Illustrated by Laszlo Gal. Toronto: Methuen, 1979. | |
| 1978 | Illustrator | Laszlo Gal, The Shirt of the Happy Man by Mariella Bertelli. Toronto: Kids Can Press,1977; My Name is Not Odessa Yarker by Marion Engel. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1977; Why the Man in the Moon is Happy by Ronald Melzak. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. |
| 1977 | William Toye, The Loon's Necklace. Illustrated by Elizabeth Cleaver. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1977. | |
| 1976 | Aviva Layton, How the Kookaburra Got His Laugh. Illustrated by Robert Smith. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. | |
| 1975 | William Kurelek, A Prairie Boy's Winter. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1975. | |
| 1974 | Dennis Lee, Alligator Pie. Illustrated by Frank Newfeld. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1974. |