Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award
Presented by: Panel of young readers from an Ontario public school
For: Canadian children's literature
| Winner | Darkwing | Kenneth Oppel |
| Winner | Skybreaker | Kenneth Oppel |
| Winner | Airborn | Kenneth Oppel |
| Winner | The Secret Under My Skin | Janet McNaughton |
| Winner | Sunwing | Kenneth Oppel |
| Winner | Bone Dance | Martha Brooks |
| Winner | Awake and Dreaming | Kit Pearson |
| Winner | Out of the Dark | Welwyn Wilton Katz |
| Winner | The Hunter's Moon | O. R. Melling |
| Winner | Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang | Mordecai Richler |