Mr. Christie's Book Awards

The Mr. Christie's Book Awards (French: Prix du livre M. Christie) was a Canadian literary prize awarded by Christie, Brown & Company, a division of Nabisco. The awards were discontinued in 2004.^[1] The awards were generally considered to be the "Giller Prize for children's authors".^[2]

History

The awards were established to promote excellence in Canadian children's literature. The recipients were required to be Canadian citizens or permanent residents.^[3] The prize was first awarded in 1990.^[4] Initially, awards were given for text and illustrations in English and French language books, a total of four categories. In 1993, the categories for text were divided based on age: one for ages 8 or less and one for ages 9 to 14. In 1994, it was decided that text and illustrations would no longer be judged separately and the number of age categories was increased to three: age 7 and under, ages 8 to 11 and ages 12 to 16.^[1]

Winners

English-language winners

Mr. Christie's Book Award winners^[3]

Year	Category	Contributor(s)	Title	Ref.
1990	Illustration	Ian Wallace, written by Celia Barker Lottridge	The Name of the Tree
	Text	Kit Pearson	The Sky Is Falling
1991	Illustration	Kady MacDonald Denton, written by Betty Gibson	The Story of Little Quack
	Text	Brian Doyle	Covered Bridge
1992	Illustration	Barbara Reid	Zoe series
	Text	Dennis Lee	The Ice Cream Store
1993	Illustration	Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet, illus. by Yvette Moore	A Prairie Alphabet
	Text, 8 and under	Sheree Fitch	There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen
	Text, 9 to 14	Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore	The Story of Canada
1994	7 and under	Berny Lucas, illus. by Russ Willms	Brewster Rooster
	8 to 11	Leo Yerxa	Last Leaf First Snowflake To Fall
		Song Nan Zhang	A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night
	12 and up	Diana Wieler	RanVan the Defender
1995	7 and under	W. D. Valgardson, illus. by Ange Zhang	Thor
	8 to 11	Barbara Greenwood, illus. by Heather Collins	A Pioneer Story: The Daily Life of a Canadian Family in 1840
	12 and up	Sarah Ellis	Out of the Blue
1996	7 and under	Nan Gregory, illus. by Ron Lightburn	How Smudge Came
	8 to 11	Mordecai Richler, illus. by Norman Eyolfson	Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case
	12 and up	Joan Clark	The Dream Carvers
1997	7 and under	Don Gillmor, illus. by Marie-Louise Gay	The Fabulous Song
	8 to 11	Shelley Tanaka, illus. by Laurie McGaw	Discovering the Iceman
	12 and up	Brian Doyle	Uncle Ronald
1998	7 and under	Barbara Nichol, illus. by Philippe Béha	Biscuits in the Cupboard
	8 to 11	Kevin Major with Imelda George (wood carvings) and Ned Pratt (photography)	The House of the Wooden Santas
	12 and up	Kenneth Oppel	Silverwing
1999	7 and under	Marilyn Helmer, illus. by Paul Mombourquette	Fog Cat
	8 to 11	Richard Scrimger	The Nose From Jupiter
	12 and up	William Bell	Zack
2000	7 and under	Maxine Trottier and Rajka Kupesic	Claire’s Gift
	8 to 11	Kenneth Oppel	Sunwing
	12 and up	Martha Brooks	Being with Henry
2001	7 and under	Stephanie McLellan, illus. by Sean Cassidy	The Chicken Cat	[2]
	8 to 11	Jean Little	Willow & Twig	[2]
	12 and up	Janet McNaughton	The Secret Under My Skin	[2]
2002	7 and under	Celia Barker Lottridge, illus. by Joanne Fitzgerald	The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button
	8 to 11	Polly Horvath	Everything on a Waffle
	12 and up	Arthur Slade	Dust
2003	7 and under	Anne Laurel Carter, illus. by Alan and Lea Daniel	Under a Prairie Sky	[5]
	8 to 11	Alan Cumyn	The Secret Life of Owen Skye	[5]
	12 and up	Joan Clark	The Word for Home	[5]
2004	7 and under	Jean Little, illus. by Werner Zimmermann	Pippin the Christmas Pig
	8 to 11	Sarah Ellis, illus. by Bruno St-Aubin	The Several Lives of Orphan Jack
	12 and up	Martine Leavitt	Tom Finder

French-language winners

Prix du livre M. Christie winners^[3]

Year	Category	Contributor(s)	Title
1990	Illustration	Philippe Béha, written by Michel Luppens	Mais que font les fées avec toutes ces dents?
	Text	Ginette Anfousse	Rosalie s'en va-t-en guerre
1991	Illustration	Pierre Pratt [fr], written by Bénédict Froissart	Les fantasies de l'oncle Henri
	Text	François Gravel	Zamboni
1992	Illustration	Stéphane Poulin	Un voyage pour deux
	Text	Christiane Duchesne	Bibitsa, ou, l'étrange voyage de Clara Vic
1993	Illustration	Dominique Jolin	C'est pas juste!
	Text, 8 and under	Gilles Gauthier [fr]	Le gros problème du petite Marcus
	Text, 9 to 14	Dominique Demers	Un hiver de tourmente
1994	7 and under	Joceline Sanschagrin, illus. by Hélène Desputeaux	Caillou: La petite soeurCaillou: Le petit pot
	8 to 11	Christiane Duchesne	La 42e soeur de Bébert
	12 and up	Dominique Demers	Les grands sapins ne meurent pas
1995	7 and under	Rémy Simard, illus. by Pierre Pratt [fr]	Mon chien est un éléphant
	8 to 11	Denis Côté [fr]	Le Parc aux sortilèges
	12 and up	Raymond Plante [fr]	L'Étoile a pleuré rouge
1996	7 and under	Pierrette Dubé, illus. by Yayo	Au lit, au lit, princesse Émilie
	8 to 11	Christiane Duchesne	La Bergère de chevaux
	12 and up	Jean Lemieux [fr], illus. by Anie Massey	Le Trésor de Brion
1997	7 and under	Danielle Marcotte, illus. by Stéphane Poulin	Poil de serpent dent d’araignée
	8 to 11	Robert Davidts, illus. by Francis Back	Jean-Baptiste, coureur des bois
	12 and up	Jacques Lazure [fr]	Le Rêve couleur d’orange
1998	7 and under	Lucie Papineau, illus. by Marisol Sarrazin	Pas de taches pour un girafe
	8 to 11	Dominique Demers	La Mystérieuse Bibliothecaire
	12 and up	Robert Soulières [fr]	Un cadavre de classe
1999	7 and under	Robert Soulières [fr], illus. by Anne Villeneuve	Une gardienne pour Étienne
	8 to 11	Gilles Tibo [fr]	Rouge timide
	12 and up	Jean-Michel Schembré	Les citadel les du vertige
2000	7 and under	Marie-Louise Gay	Stella étoile de la mer
	8 to 11	Gilles Tibo [fr] and Jean Berneche	Les yeux noirs
	12 and up	Stanley Péan [fr]	Le temps s’enfuit
2001	7 and under	Dominique Demers, illus. by Stéphane Poulin	Vieux Thomas et la petite fée
	8 to 11	François Gravel, illus. by Pierre Pratt [fr]	David et le Fantôme
	12 and up	Michèle Marineau	Rouge poison
2002	7 and under	Marie-Francine Hébert, illus. by Mylène Pratt	Décroche-moi la lune
	8 to 11	Hélène Vachon, illus. by Yayo	L’oiseau de passage
	12 and up	Jacques Lazure [fr]	Llddz
2003	7 and under	Marie-Francine Hébert, illus. by Steve Adams	Mon rayon de soleil
	8 to 11	Sylvain Trudel, illus. by Suzane Langlois	Pourquoi le monde est comme il est?
	12 and up	Denis Côté [fr]	L’Empire couleur sang
2004	7 and under	Dominique Demers, illus. by Stéphane Poulin	L'oiseau des sables
	8 to 11	Charlotte Gingras, illus. by Stéphane Jorisch	La boîte à bonheur
	12 and up	Marie-Francine Hébert	Le ciel tombe à côté