McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award facts for kids
The McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award is associated with Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards and was first sponsored by McNally Robinson Booksellers in 1997 and since then has been given in two categories: Young Adult and Children. It is presented to the two Manitoba writers whose books for young people are judged the best written. The two winning authors each receive a cash award.
Winners
Pre 1997 winners
- 1995 — Margaret Buffie, The Dark Garden
- 1996 — Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon, Tiktala
Young Adult category
- 1997 — Diana Wieler, RanVan: Magic Nation
- 1998 — Diana Wieler, Drive
- 1999 — Martha Brooks, Being with Henry
- 2000 — Linda Holeman, Raspberry House Blues
- 2001 — Eva Wiseman, My Canary Yellow Star
- 2002 — Linda Holeman, Search of the Moon King’s Daughter
- 2003 — Duncan Thornton, The Star-Glass
- 2004 — Margaret Buffie, The Finder
- 2005 — Diane Juttner Perreault, Breath of the Dragon
- 2006 — Larry Verstraete, Lost Treasures: True Stories of Discovery
Children category
- 1997 — Sheldon Oberman, By the Hanukkah Light
- 1998 — No award given
- 1999 — Colleen Sydor, Smarty Pants
- 2000 — No award given
- 2001 — Sheldon Oberman, The Wisdom Bird
- 2002 — No award given
- 2003 — Connie Colker Steiner, Shoes for Amélie
- 2004 — No award given
- 2005 — Colleen Sydor, Camilla Chameleon
- 2006 — Colleen Sydor, Raising a Little Stink
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