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2008 Nominees

Place (out of 20) Book Title Author Publisher
1  Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates of the Arctic  Sean Cullen Penguin
2  I Am a Taxi  Deborah Ellis Groundwood
3  Hiding Edith  Kathy Kacer Second Story Press
4  I Found a Dead Bird  Jan Thornhill Maple Tree
5  I’ll Sing You One-O  Nan Gregory Clarion
Amazing Animal Adventure in Rivers Brian Keating Fifth House Books
Barry, Boyhound Andy Spearman Yearling
The Birdman Veronika Charles Tundra
Dogstar  Beverly Wood Polestar
Domenic’s War Curtis Parkinson Tundra
 Ice Time: Story of Hockey  Michael McKinley Tundra
Johnny Kellock Died Today Hadley Dyer HarperTrophy
 Lost Treasures  Larry Verstraete Scholastic
Magnifico Victoria Miles FItzhenry and Whiteside
Odd Man Out  Sarah Ellis Groundwood
 Ryan and Jimmy and the Well in Africa  Herb Shoveller Kids Can Press
Science Detectives  YES Magazine YES! Magazine
 Sea Stars : Salt Water Poems  Avis Harley Wordsong
 Tabasco, The Saucy Raccoon Lyn Hancock Sono Nis Press
 When God Made the Dakotas  Tim Kessler Wm B Erdman Publsihing