The Chocolate Lily Young Reader’s Choice Awards is a non-profit program set up to encourage B.C. children to read and enjoy books written by authors who also live in B.C. The awards are chosen by reader’s choice. For the latest winners see Chocolate Lily Book Awards.
Illustration by Cynthia Nugent from I Want to go to the Moon by Tom Saunders (Simply Read Books), winning picture book for 2013
11th Year: 2013
Chapter Book Winner: Ghosts of the Titanic by Julie Lawson; Scholastic
Picture Winner: I Want to go to the Moon by Tom Saunders & Cynthia Nugent, illustrator; Simply Read Books
10th Year: 2012
Novel Winner: Follow that Elephant by Beryl Young, Ronsdale Press
Chapter Book Winner: Black Dog, Dream Dog by Michelle Superle, Tradewind Books
Picture Winner: Stanley’s Little Sister by Linda Bailey, Kids Can Press
9th Year: 2011
Novel Winner: The Giant Slayer by Iain Lawrence, Delcorte Press
Chapter Book Winner: Zach & Zoe Bully and the Beagle by Kristin Butcher, James Lorimer
Picture Winner: Fred and Pete at the Beach by Cynthia Nugent, Orca Books
8th Year: 2010
Novel Winner: Meeting Miss 405 by Lois Peterson, Orca Books
Picture Winner: Penguin and the Cupcake by Ashley Spires, Simply Read Books
7th Year: 2009
Novel Winner: Honey Cake by Joan Betty Stuchner & Cynthia Nugent (illus), Tradewind Books
Picture Winner: Mechanimals by Chris Tougas, Orca Books
6th Year: 2008
Novel Winner: Chasing the Moon by Penny Chamberlain, Sono Nis Press
Picture Winner: Stanley’s Wild Ride by Linda Bailey & Bill Slavin (illus), Kids Can Press
5th Year: 2007
Novel Winner: The Vacation by Polly Horvath, Groundwood Books
Picture Winner: Puppies on Board by Sarah N. Harvey & Rose Cowles (illus), Orca Books
4th Year: 2006
Novel Winner: Zee’s Way by Kristin Butcher, Orca Books
Picture Winner: Drumheller Dinosaur Dance by Robert Heidbreder & Bill Slavin & E. Melo (illustrators), Kids Can Press
3rd Year: 2005
Novel Winner: All the Way to Mexico by Norma Charles, Raincoast Books
Picture Winner: Stanley’s Party by Linda Bailey & Bill Slavin (illus), Kids Can Press
2nd Year: 2004
Novel Winner: Flood by James Heneghan, Groundwood Books
Picture Winner: Cappuccina Goes to Town by Mary Ann Smith & Katie Smith Milway & Eugenie Fernandes (illus), Kids Can Press
1st Year: 2003
Novel Winner: Remember Me by Irene N. Watts, Tundra Books
Picture Winner: Ballerinas Don’t Wear Glasses by Ainslie Manson & Dean Griffiths (BC illustrator), Orca Books
