2025 Book Awards

Meltdown

Sarah Boon

(University of Alberta Press) 

Webb’s Cosmos: Images and Discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope

Marcin Sawicki

(Firefly Books) 

Sisters of the Jungle: The Trailblazing Women Who Shaped the Study of Wild Primates

Keriann McGoogan

(Douglas & McIntyre) 

Together, a Forest

Roz MacLean

(RAI/Henry Holt & Co) 

Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint?

Tyna Legault Taylor

Michelle Dao

(HighWater Press) 

The Gland Factory

Rachel Poliquin

Clayton Hanmer

(Greystone Kids) 

A Hummingbird on my balcony

Isabelle Groc

(Orca Book Publishers)

A kid’s guide to plants of the Great Lakes region

Philippa Joly

(Harbour Publishing)

Adventures in Math

Carleigh Wu

Sean Simpson

(Kids Can Press)

Barnacle Bay

Jana Curll

(Greystone Kids)

Be an Icky Things Detective

Peggy Kochanoff

(Nimbus Publishing)

Birds Life Size: Up Close and Personal with 47 Bird Species

Chris Earley

(Firefly Books)

Bison: Community Builders and Grassland Caretakers

Frances Backhouse

(Orca Book Publishers)

Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You’re Missing

Joyce Grant and Jan Dolby

(Owlkids Books)

The Buzz on Wild Bees: The Little-Known Pollinators that Keep Our Planet Humming

Kira Vermond and June Steube

(Owlkids Books)

Canine Connection: How Dogs and Humans Evolved Together

Christopher Gudgeon

(Orca Book Publishers)

Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint?

Tyna Legault Taylor

Michelle Dao

(HighWater Press)

Death by Whoopee Cushion

Vicki Grant

(Tundra Books)

Every One is a Wonder

Charlotte Winter

(Monarch Books)

The Gland Factory

Rachel Poliquin

Clayton Hanmer

(Greystone Kids)

Goose Egg Island

Julia Richardson

Meneka Repka

(Sleeping Bear Press)

I’m Longer than You!

Carolyn Fisher

(Kids Can Press)

Making a Splash: How Humans Consume, Control and Care for Water

Colleen Nelson

Sophie Dubé

(Orca Book Publishers)

Mia and the Martians

Emma Louden and Tanya Harrison

Wouter Paseman

(Enter Stellar Publishing)

Microbes to the Rescue: Using Bacteria, Algae and Fungi to Clean Up the Planet

Yolanda Ridge

(Orca Book Publishers)

Ocean Secrets

Sarah Grindler

(Nimbus Publishing)

Octopus Ocean: Geniuses of the Deep

Mark Leiren-Young

(Orca Book Publishers)

Petits curieux – 1 Les oiseaux du Québec

Michel Leboeuf

Émilie Beaulieu

(Éditions Michel Quintin)

Piet Cools Off

Wanda Taylor

(Greystone Kids)

Plant Attack!: The Fascinating Ways Flora Defends Itself

Erin Silver

Julie McLaughlin

(Orca Book Publishers)

Sea in My Cells

Laura Alary

Andrea Blinick

(Pajama Press)

Smart Machines: How AI is Changing Our World

Helaine Becker

Pui Yan Fong

(Orca Book Publishers)

The Sky’s the Limit! Canadians Who Blazed a Trail in Aviation

Wanda Taylor

(Nimbus Publishing)

The Story and Science of Hope

Andrea Curtis

Ana Suárez

(Groundwood Books)

This Is How a Ball Rolls

Heather Tekavec

Suharu Ogawa

(Kids Can Press)

Together, a Forest

Roz MacLean

(RAI/Henry Holt & Co)

The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History

Ann Richards

Arden Taylor

(Orca Book Publishers)

The Tufted Puffins of Triangle Island

Deborah Hodge

Karen Reczuch

(Groundwood Books)

What a Waste: 9 Ways to Fight Climate Change

Karen Tam Wu

Bithi Sutradhar

(Orca Book Publishers)

What Fish Are Saying

Kirsten Pendreigh

Katie Melrose

(RAI/Sourcebooks)

When a Tree Falls

Kirsten Pendreigh

Elke Boschinger

(RAI/Chronicle Books)

Allumé ! : Conseils d’un neurochirurgien pour garder son cerveau en santé

David Fortin

(Trécarré)

Banana Capital: Stories, Science, and Poison at the Equator

Ben Brisbois

(University of Regina Press)

Better Not Burn Your Toast: The Science of Food and Health

Dr. Joe Schwarcz

(ECW Press)

Être ou ne pas être vacciné ?

Arnaud Gagneur

(Trécarré)

Fishes of the Strait of Georgia: More than 240 Life Histories

Dick Beamish and Jeff Marliave

(Harbour Publishing)

The Great Thaw: A Homage in Art to Vanishing Glaciers

John W. Pomeroy, Trevor D. Davies, and Gennadiy Ivanov

(UNESCO and University of Saskatchewan)

Heal the Beasts: A Jaunt Through the Curious History of the Veterinary Arts

Philipp Schott

(ECW Press)

Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization

Martha Paynter

(Fernwood Publishing)

The Lobster Trap

Greg Mercer

(McClelland and Stewart)

Meltdown

Sarah Boon

(University of Alberta Press)

The Science of Pets

Jay Ingram

(Simon & Schuster)

Sisters of the Jungle: The Trailblazing Women Who Shaped the Study of Wild Primates

Keriann McGoogan

(Douglas & McIntyre)

Think Like a Human: The Power of Your Mind in an Age of AI

David Weitzner

(HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Water Borne: A 1,200-Mile Paddleboarding Pilgrimage

Dan Rubinstein

(ECW Press)

Webb’s Cosmos: Images and Discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope

Marcin Sawicki

(Firefly Books)

The Wild Path Home

Jacob Rodenburg and Cathy Dueck

(New Society Publishers)