The Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award is given to a book that arouses interest, stimulates curiosity, capture the imagination, and fosters concern for the world around us. The award's aim is to recognize excellence in Canadian publishing of non-fiction for children. The criteria include accuracy, clarity, imaginative approach, appropriateness of organization and format, and sensitivity to ethnocentric and gender biases. The book, written in English by a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant, must have been published the calendar year previous to the award being granted. A national committee based in Vancouver sends out a selective list of 24+ titles that have been judged across Canada as the best of the preceding year. The Roundtables consider this preliminary list and ballot and sends back their recommendations, resulting in 5 to 7 finalists. The author and the illustrator of the winning book receive award certificates and share a cash prize of $500.

2007 Nominees

At Vimy Ridge: Canada’s Greatest World War I Victory by Hugh Brewster. Scholastic Canada,
I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids’ Guide to the Cycle of Life and Death by Jan Thornhill. Maple Tree Press.
The Kids Book of Canadian Immigration by Deborah Hodge. Kids Can Press.
Ryan and Jimmy and the Well in Africa that Brought Them Together by Herb Shoveller. Kids Can Press.
You Can’t Read This: Forbidden Books, Lost Writing, Mistranslations and Codes by Val Ross. Tundra Books.