Norma Fleck Award
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The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award founded in May 1999 by the Fleck Family Foundation and the Canadian Children's Book Centre. Each year's winner receives CDN$10,000.
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[edit] Winners and Honours (other finalists)
[edit] 2006
Winner:
- Bill Slavin and Jim Slavin, Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Mad
Honours:
- Deborah Ellis, Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk About AIDS
- Nadja Halilbegovich, My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary
- Susan Hughes, Coming to Canada: Building a Life in a New Land
- Kathy Kacer, Hiding Edith: A True Story
[edit] 2005
Winner:
- Shari Graydon, In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You
Honours:
- Hazel Hutchins, A Second Is a Hiccup
- Marthe Jocelyn, A Home for Foundlings
- Kathy Kacer, The Underground Reporters
- Ange Zhang, Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution
[edit] 2004
Winner:
- Val Ross, The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories
Honours:
- Nicolas Debon, Four Pictures by Emily Carr
- Anne Dublin, Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything
- Reva Marin, Oscar: The Life and Music of Oscar Peterson
- John Wilson, Discovering the Arctic: The Story of John Rae
[edit] 2003
Winner:
- Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden, As Long as the Rivers Flow
Honours:
- Kathy Conlan, Under the Ice
- Chan Hon Goh with Cary Fagan, Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina's Life
- Candace Savage, Wizards: An Amazing Journey through the Last Great Age of Magic
- Roderick Stewart, Wilfrid Laurier: A Pledge for Canada
[edit] 2002
Winner:
- Jack Batten, The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat
Honours:
- Karen Levine, Hana's Suitcase
- Susan Musgrave, Nerves Out Loud: Critical Moments in the Lives of Seven Teen Girls
- Jane Pavanel, The Sex Book: an alphabet of smarter love
- John Wilson, Righting Wrongs: The Story of Norman Bethune
[edit] 2001
Winner:
- Gena K. Gorrell, Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale
Honours:
- Linda Granfield, Pier 21: Gateway of Hope
- Ann Love and Jane Drake, The Kids Book of the Far North
- Ronald Orenstein, New Animal Discoveries
- Candace Savage, Born to be a Cowgirl: A Spirited Ride Through the Old West
[edit] 2000
Winner:
- Simon Tookoome and Sheldon Oberman, The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North
Honours:
- Sarah Ellis, The Young Writer's Companion
- Linda Maybarduk, The Dancer Who Flew: A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev
- Irene Morck, Five Pennies: A Prairie Boy's Story
[edit] 1999
Winner:
- Andy Turnbull and Debora Pearson, By Truck to the North: My Winter Adventure
Honours:
- Gena K. Gorrell, Catching Fire: The Story of Firefighting
- Barbara Greenwood, The Last Safehouse: A Story of the Underground Railroad
- Larry Verstraete, Accidental Discoveries: From Laughing Gas to Dynamite
- Mary Wallace, The Inuksuk Book
