Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Children's

Awards List

2016

Ice Dogs
(Nominee)
Terry Lynn Johnson

Seven Stories Up
(Nominee)
Laurel Snyder

The Crossover
(Nominee)
Kwame Alexander

Hope Is a Ferris Wheel
(Nominee)
Robin Herrera

The Mark of the Dragonfly
(Nominee)
Jaleigh Johnson

Under the Egg
(Nominee)
Laura Marx Fitzgerald

The Art of Secrets
(Nominee)
James Klise

The Boundless
(Nominee)
Kenneth Oppel

There Will Be Bears
(Nominee)
Ryan Gebhart

I Kill the Mockingbird
(Nominee)
Paul Acampora

Maggie Meatloaf
(Nominee)
Megan Jean Sovern

The Night Gardener
(Nominee)
Jonathan Auxier

The One Safe Place
(Nominee)
Tania Unsworth

Absolutely Almost
(Nominee)
Lisa Graff

The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher
(Nominee)
Jessica Lawson

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
(Nominee)
Dana Alison Levy

The Badger Knight
(Nominee)
Kathryn Erskine

El Deafo
(Nominee)
Cece Bell

The Fourteenth Goldfish
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle
(Nominee)
George Hagen

Greenglass House
(Nominee)
Kate Milford

Nuts to You
(Nominee)
Lynne Rae Perkins

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
(Nominee)
Julie Berry

The Turtle of Oman
(Nominee)
Naomi Shihab Nye

Unfriended
(Nominee)
Rachel Vail

The Madman of Piney Woods
(Nominee)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Rain Reign
(Nominee)
Ann M. Martin

Running Out of Night
(Nominee)
Sharon Lovejoy

2015

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
(Winner)
Chris Grabenstein

33 Minutes: Countdown to an Epic Smackdown
(Nominee)
Todd Hasak-Lowy

The Adventures of a South Pole Pig
(Nominee)
Chris Kurtz

One Came Home
(Nominee)
Amy Timberlake

Better Nate Than Ever
(Nominee)
Tim Federle

The Center of Everything
(Nominee)
Linda Urban

Frogged
(Nominee)
Vivian Vande Velde

Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace
(Nominee)
Nan Marino

The Vine Basket
(Nominee)
Josanne La Valley

Zebra Forest
(Nominee)
Adina Rishe Gewirtz

Doll Bones
(Nominee)
Holly Black

P.S. Be Eleven
(Nominee)
Rita Williams-Garcia

Paperboy
(Nominee)
Vince Vawter

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
(Nominee)
Chris Grabenstein

Far Far Away
(Nominee)
Tom Mcneal

Saturday Boy
(Nominee)
David Fleming

The Thing About Luck
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

Twerp
(Nominee)
Mark Goldblatt

Golden Boy
(Nominee)
Tara Sullivan

The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail
(Nominee)
Richard Peck

Salt
(Nominee)
Helen Frost

Prisoner 88
(Nominee)
Leah Pileggi

Sure Signs of Crazy
(Nominee)
Karen Harrington

Counting by 7s
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

The Great Trouble
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

2014

Wonder
(Winner)
R.J. Palacio

Glory Be
(Nominee)
Augusta Scattergood

May B.
(Nominee)
Caroline Starr Rose

The Mighty Miss Malone
(Nominee)
Christopher Paul Curtis

The One and Only Ivan
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

The Boy on Cinnamon Street
(Nominee)
Phoebe Stone

Same Sun Here
(Nominee)
Silas House; Neela Vaswani

Chomp
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

The False Prince
(Nominee)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
(Nominee)
Joanne Rocklin

The Summer of the Gypsy Moths
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

Little Dog, Lost
(Nominee)
Marion Dane Bauer

One for the Murphys
(Nominee)
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

See You at Harry's
(Nominee)
Jo Knowles

Three Times Lucky
(Nominee)
Sheila Turnage

Laugh with the Moon
(Nominee)
Shana Burg

Shadow and Bone
(Nominee)
Leigh Bardugo

After Eli
(Nominee)
Rebecca Rupp

Liar & Spy
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

Ungifted
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
(Nominee)
Claire Legrand

Fourmile
(Nominee)
Watt Key

Shadow on the Mountain
(Nominee)
Margi Preus

The Dogs of Winter
(Nominee)
Bobbie Pyron

Will Sparrow's Road
(Nominee)
Karen Cushman

I Funny
(Nominee)
James Patterson; Chris Grabenstein

2013

The Running Dream
(Winner)
Wendelin Van Draanen

Small as an Elephant
(Nominee)
Jennifer Richard Jacobson

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
(Nominee)
Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Close to Famous
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

A Dog's Way Home
(Nominee)
Bobbie Pyron

Inside Out and Back Again
(Nominee)
Thanhha Lai

Storm Runners
(Nominee)
Roland Smith

Warp Speed
(Nominee)
Lisa Yee

Okay for Now
(Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Hidden
(Nominee)
Helen Frost

The Lemonade Crime
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Davies

The Silver Bowl
(Nominee)
Diane Stanley

When Life Gives You O.J.
(Nominee)
Erica S. Perl

Addie on the Inside
(Nominee)
James Howe

Queen of Hearts
(Nominee)
Martha Brooks

Troublemaker
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Bluefish
(Nominee)
Pat Schmatz

City of Orphans
(Nominee)
Avi

The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
(Nominee)
Meg Wolitzer

Waiting for the Magic
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Water Balloon
(Nominee)
Audrey Vernick

Wonderstruck
(Nominee)
Brian Selznick

The Apothecary
(Nominee)
Maile Meloy

The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy

The Flint Heart
(Nominee)
Katherine Paterson; John Paterson

2012

Smile
(Winner)
Raina Telgemeier

After Ever After
(Nominee)
Jordan Sonnenblick

One Crazy Summer
(Nominee)
Rita Williams-Garcia

Out of My Mind
(Nominee)
Sharon M. Draper

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
(Nominee)
Tom Angleberger

Stuck on Earth
(Nominee)
David Klass

The Year of Goodbyes
(Nominee)
Debbie Levy

Mockingbird
(Nominee)
Kathryn Erskine

Belly Up
(Nominee)
Stuart Gibbs

Dark Life
(Nominee)
Kat Falls

Dream of Night
(Nominee)
Heather Henson

Turtle in Paradise
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

The Grimm Legacy
(Nominee)
Polly Shulman

Ninth Ward
(Nominee)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

Touch Blue
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

The Danger Box
(Nominee)
Blue Balliett

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

Half Brother
(Nominee)
Kenneth Oppel

Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
(Nominee)
Alan Silberberg

Grounded
(Nominee)
Kate Klise

Hero
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Sugar and Ice
(Nominee)
Kate Messner

2011

11 Birthdays
(Winner)
Wendy Mass

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
(Nominee)
Rodman Philbrick

Project Sweet Life
(Nominee)
Brent Hartinger

Scat
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

All the Broken Pieces
(Nominee)
Ann E. Burg

Anything But Typical
(Nominee)
Nora Raleigh Baskin

Franny Parker
(Nominee)
Hannah Roberts McKinnon

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Kelly

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle & Other Lies Muscle Man Mcginty Told Me
(Nominee)
Nan Marino

Slob
(Nominee)
Ellen Potter

When You Reach Me
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Nominee)
Grace Lin

Pop
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

The Dragon of Trelian
(Nominee)
Michelle Knudsen

Adventures in Cartooning
(Nominee)
Author Unknown

2010

The Hunger Games
(Winner)
Suzanne Collins

Shooting the Moon
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Greetings from Nowhere
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

The Calder Game
(Nominee)
Blue Balliett

Found
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Savvy
(Nominee)
Ingrid Law

Shift
(Nominee)
Jennifer Bradbury

Beneath My Mother's Feet
(Nominee)
Amjed Qamar

The Graveyard Book
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman

Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Almost True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka
(Nominee)
Jon Scieszka

The Leanin' Dog
(Nominee)
K.A. Nuzum

Masterpiece
(Nominee)
Elise Broach

Stolen
(Nominee)
Vivian Vande Velde

2009

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
(Winner)
Jeff Kinney

Do Not Pass Go
(Nominee)
Kirkpatrick Hill

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
(Nominee)
Brian Selznick

The Traitors' Gate
(Nominee)
Avi

The Wednesday Wars
(Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
(Nominee)
Laura Amy Schlitz

No Talking
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Elijah of Buxton
(Nominee)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
(Nominee)
Lynne Jonell

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Book of a Thousand Days
(Nominee)
Shannon Hale

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
(Nominee)
Linda Urban

Dragon's Egg
(Nominee)
Sarah L. Thomson

Who Was First?
(Nominee)
Russell Freedman

Cracker!
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

The Glitch in Sleep
(Nominee)
John Hulme

Home of the Brave
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

2008

Rules
(Winner)
Cynthia Lord

Crossing the Wire
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

Gossamer
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

The Higher Power of Lucky
(Nominee)
Susan Patron

Alphabet of Dreams
(Nominee)
Susan Fletcher

A Drowned Maiden's Hair
(Nominee)
Laura Amy Schlitz

Weedflower
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

The White Elephant
(Nominee)
Sid Fleischman

2007

Flush
(Winner)
Carl Hiaasen

Chicken Boy
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
(Nominee)
Betty G. Birney

The Return of the Dragon
(Nominee)
Rebecca Rupp

Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator
(Nominee)
Jennifer Allison

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
(Nominee)
David Lubar

Princess Academy
(Nominee)
Shannon Hale

2006

The Old Willis Place
(Winner)
Mary Downing Hahn

Godless
(Nominee)
Pete Hautman
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Kira-Kira
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

Al Capone Does My Shirts
(Nominee)
Gennifer Choldenko

Science Verse
(Nominee)
Jon Scieszka

Big House
(Nominee)
Carolyn Coman

2005

The Tale of Despereaux
(Winner)
Kate DiCamillo

Locomotion
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

The City of Ember
(Nominee)
Jeanne Duprau

Hear the Wind Blow
(Nominee)
Mary Downing Hahn

Olive's Ocean
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

2004

Loser
(Winner)
Jerry Spinelli

Hush
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Coraline
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman

It Came from Beneath the Bed!
(Nominee)
James Howe

Hoot
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

House of the Scorpion
(Nominee)
Nancy Farmer

What Would Joey Do?
(Nominee)
Jack Gantos

Where the Ground Meets the Sky
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Davies

2003

Love That Dog
(Winner)
Sharon Creech

A Single Shard
(Nominee)
Linda Sue Park

Flipped
(Nominee)
Wendelin Van Draanen

True Believer
(Nominee)
Virginia Euwer Wolff

2002

Because of Winn-Dixie
(Winner)
Kate DiCamillo

The Doll People
(Nominee)
Ann M. Martin

Joey Pigza Loses Control
(Nominee)
Jack Gantos

Hope Was Here
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

A Year Down Yonder
(Nominee)
Richard Peck

2001

Bud, Not Buddy
(Winner)
Christopher Paul Curtis

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
(Nominee)
Dorothy Hoobler; Thomas Hoobler

Speak
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
(Nominee)
Kimberly Willis Holt

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