The TD Canadian Children's Literature Award is an annual

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, presented to the year's best work of

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

. Sponsored by

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and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the award carries a monetary prize of $30,000."Sask., Man. writers win for children's books"
. cbc.ca, November 11, 2010. On September 11th, 2018 it was announced that the monetary prize was increased from $30,000 to $50,000. Two awards are presented annually, one each for

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and

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works. The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award The Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award is an annual Canadian literary award, presented to the year's best illustrated picture book for children. Sponsored by A. Charles Baillie and administered by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the award car ...

Winners

English-language award

French-language award

References

External links

{{Portal, Children's literature
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
English-language literary awards French-language literary awards Canadian children's literary awards Awards established in 2005 2005 establishments in Canada