IODE Book Award
Since 1974 the Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE has presented the IODE Book Award intended to encourage the publication of books for children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. The award and accompanying cash prize of $1,000 are given annhally to either an illustrator or an author of a book judged to contribute to children’s reading, and is chosen by a Committee set up by the Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE. The award-winner must be a Canadian citizen, resident in Toronto or the surrounding area, and the book must be published in Canada. This award is announced in February, annually.
2009 Winner & Runners-up
| 2008 | Charles Pachter, M is for Moose: A Charles Pachter Alphabet. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2008. | |
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| 2007 | Elizabeth Quan Once Upon a Full Moon. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2007. | |
| 2006 | Ian Krykorka Carl the Christmas Carp. Illustrated by Vladyana Krykorka. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2006. | |
| 2005 | Ian Wallace Mavis and Merna. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005. | |
| 2004 | Kenneth Oppel Peg and the Yeti. Illustrated by Barbara Reid. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2004. | |
| 2003 | Aubrey Davis Bagels from Benny. Illustrated by Dušan Petri?i?. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2003. | |
| 2002 | Marie Day Edward the “Crazy Man”. Toronto: Annick Press, 2002. | |
| 2001 | Vlasta van Kampen A Drop of Gold. Toronto: Annick Press, 2001. | |
| 2000 | Stephen Strauss (Author) and Matthew Fernandes (Illustrator) on behalf of “The Fernandes 4” How Big is Big? Toronto: Key Porter Kids, 1999. | |
| 1999 | Michael Bedard (Author) and Les Tait (Illustrator) The Clay Ladies. Tundra Books, 1999. | |
| 1998 | Marilyn Helmer (Author) and Paul Mombourquette (Illustrator) Fog Cat. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1998. | |
| 1997 | Ian Wallace A Winter's Tale. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1997. | |
| 1996 | David Booth The Dust Bowl. Illustrated by Karen Reczuch. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1996. | |
| 1995 | Linda Granfield (Author) and Janet Wilson (Illustrator) In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae. Toronto: Stoddart/Lester, 1995. | |
| 1994 | Joanne Findon (Author) and Ted Nasmith (Illustrator) The Dream of Aengus. Toronto: Lester Publishing, 1994. | |
| 1993 | Celia Barker Lottridge Ten Small Tales. Illustrated by Joanne Fitzgerald. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1993. | |
| 1992 | Janet Lunn & Christopher Moore (Authors) and Alan Daniel (Illustrator) The Story of Canada. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1992. | |
| 1991 | Michael Bedard (Author) and Regolo Ricci (Illustrator) | |
| 1990 | Editor | David Booth Voices on the Wind. Illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1990. |
| 1989 | Illustrator | Brenda Clark Little Fingerling by Monica Hughes. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1989. |
| 1988 | Illustrator | Eric Beddows Night Cars by Teddy Jam. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1988. |
| 1987 | Caroline Parry Let's Celebrate!. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1987. | |
| 1986 | Illustrator | Barbara Reid Have You Seen Birds? by Joanne Oppenheim. Richmond Hill, ON: North Winds Press, 1986. |
| 1985 | Robin Muller The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1985. | |
| 1984 | Ian Wallace Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1984. | |
| 1983 | Tim Wynne-Jones Zoom at Sea. Illustrated by Ken Nutt. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1983. | |
| 1982 | Kathy Stinson Red is Best. Illustrated by Robin Baird Lewis. Toronto: Annick Press, 1982. | |
| 1981 | Bernice Thurman Hunter That Scatterbrain Booky. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic-TAB, 1981. | |
| 1980 | Illustrator | Olena Kassian The Hungry Time by Selwyn Dewdney. Toronto: James Lorimer, 1980 |
| 1979 | Janet Lunn The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Illustrated by Laszlo Gal. Toronto: Methuen, 1979. | |
| 1978 | Illustrator | Laszlo Gal The Shirt of the Happy Man by Mariella Bertelli. Toronto: Kids Can Press,1977 |
| 1977 | William Toye The Loon's Necklace. Illustrated by Elizabeth Cleaver. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1977. | |
| 1976 | Aviva Layton How the Kookaburra Got His Laugh. Illustrated by Robert Smith. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. | |
| 1975 | William Kurelek A Prairie Boy's Winter. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1975. | |
| 1974 | Dennis Lee Alligator Pie. Illustrated by Frank Newfeld. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1974. |