The David Booth Children's and Youth Poetry Award, established in 2022, is a biannual literary award, administered by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, to recognize the best works of poetry written for children and youth. Board books, picture books, poetry collections, and novels in verse are eligible if they use rhyme, free verse, or other poetic forms.
Honorees +Award winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitleResult2022, with Carolyn Fisher ()Summer FeetWinnerFinalist, with Josée Bisaillon (), with Sydney Smith ()I Talk Like a River , with Chelsea O'Byrne ()Our Corner Store , with Awuradwoa Afful ()Welcome to the Cypher 2024, with Irene Luxbacher ()Robot, Unicorn, Queen: Poems for You and Me Winner, with Carla Joseph ()Forever Our HomFinalist and Josée Bisaillon ()I Want to Build a Seahouse , with Jonathan Kaplansky()Like a Hurricane , with Sophie Casson (), with François Thisdale ()2026, with Laura K. Watson ()Finalist, with Maggie Zeng ()Lights at Night , with Lauren Tamaki ()Reasons to Look at the Night SkySong of Freedom, Song of Dreams, with Ashley Barron ()This Is a Tiny Fragile Snake
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