The McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award is associated with the
Manitoba Book Awards
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and was first sponsored by
McNally Robinson
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Booksellers in 1997 and since then has been given in two categories: Young Adult and Children. It is presented to the two
Manitoba
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writers whose books for young people are judged the best written. The two winning authors each receive a cash award.
Winners
Pre 1997 winners
*1995 — Margaret Buffie, ''The Dark Garden''
*1996 — Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon, ''Tiktala''
Martha Brooks
Martha Ruth Brooks (born July 15, 1944) Library and Archives Canada data at
Sheldon Oberman, ''By the Hanukkah Light''
*1998 — No award given
*1999 — Colleen Sydor, ''Smarty Pants''
*2000 — No award given
*2001 — Sheldon Oberman, ''The Wisdom Bird''
*2002 — No award given
*2003 — Connie Colker Steiner, ''Shoes for Amélie''
*2004 — No award given
*2005 — Colleen Sydor, ''Camilla Chameleon''
*2006 — Colleen Sydor, ''Raising a Little Stink''
*2022 —
Tasha Spillett-Sumner
Tasha Spillett-Sumner (née Spillett) is a Canadian author and educator. She is best known for her young adult graphic novel series ''Surviving the City'', volume 1 of which won the Best Work in an Alternative Format at the 2019 Indigenous Voic ...
(illustrated by
Michaela Goade
Michaela Goade (born 1989 or 1990) is an American illustrator. A member of the Tlingit and Haida tribes, she is known for her work on picture books about Indigenous people. She won the 2021 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations in ''We Are Water ...