The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award founded in May 1999 by the Fleck Family Foundation and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and presented to the year's best non-fiction book for a youth audience. Each year's winner receives CDN$10,000.
The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award."Sask., Man. writers win for children's books" . cbc.ca, November 11, 2010.
The award was discontinued after 2023, with a new Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Children's Nonfiction to be presented beginning in 2025.
Awards and winners +Norma Fleck Award winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitleResultRef.1999 and Debora PearsonBy Truck to the North: My Winter AdventureWinnerCatching Fire: The Story of FirefightingFinalistFinalistAccidental Discoveries: From Laughing Gas to DynamiteFinalistFinalist2000 and Sheldon ObermanWinnerFinalistFinalistFive Pennies: A Prairie Boy's StoryFinalist2001Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence NightingaleWinnerPier 21: Gateway of HopeFinalist and Jane DrakeFinalistNew Animal DiscoveriesFinalistBorn to be a Cowgirl: A Spirited Ride Through the Old WestFinalist2002WinnerHana's SuitcaseFinalistNerves Out Loud: Critical Moments in the Lives of Seven Teen GirlsFinalistFinalistRighting Wrongs: The Story of Norman BethuneFinalist2003 with Constance BrissendenAs Long as the Rivers FlowWinnerUnder the IceFinalist with Cary FaganBeyond the Dance: A Ballerina's LifeFinalistWizards: An Amazing Journey through the Last Great Age of MagicFinalistWilfrid Laurier: A Pledge for CanadaFinalist2004WinnerFour Pictures by Emily CarrFinalistBobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do EverythingFinalistOscar: The Life and Music of Oscar PetersonFinalistDiscovering the Arctic: The Story of John RaeFinalist2005In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and YouWinnerFinalistFinalistFinalistRed Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural RevolutionFinalist2006 and Jim SlavinTransformed: How Everyday Things Are MadWinnerOur Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk About AIDSFinalistMy Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo DiaryFinalistComing to Canada: Building a Life in a New LandFinalistHiding Edith: A True StoryFinalist2007I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids' Guide to the Cycle of Life & DeathWinnerFactory GirlFinalistFire! The Renewal of a ForestFinalistGenocideFinalistRyan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them TogetherFinalist2008At Vimy Ridge: Canada's Greatest World War I VictoryWinner with Nancy Kovacs, illus. by Robert BatemanBirds of Prey: An IntroductionFinalist, illus. by Millie BallanceFinalistThis Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global WarmingFinalistWeird Weather: Everything You Didn't Want to Know About Climate Change but Probably Should Find OutFinalist2009 with Susan McClelland WinnerInuksuk Journey: An Artist at the Top of the WorldFinalist, illus. by Willow DawsonNo Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed As Men for Love, Freedom and AdventureFinalist, illus. by Eugenie FernandesOne Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big DifferenceFinalistRoyal Murder: The Deadly Intrigue of Ten SovereignsFinalist2010 with Dawn HunterAdventures on the Ancient Silk RoadWinnerBorn to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous AuthorsFinalistFinalist and Sharon E. McKayWhispers from the GhettosFinalistFollow That Map! A First Book of Mapping SkillsFinalist2011Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern ScienceWinnerWatch This Space: Designing, Defending and Sharing Public SpacesFinalistNot Your Typical Book About the EnvironmentFinalistEvolution: How We and All Living Things Came to BeFinalistViola Desmond Won't Be BudgedFinalist2012LoonWinner with Dawn HunterBeyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of AfghanistanFinalistOff to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the WorldFinalistScribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing LivesFinalist, illus. by Margot ThompsonBiomimicry: Inventions Inspired by NatureFinalist2013Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending WarWinnerRescuing the Children: The Story of the KindertransportFinalistGoing Up! Elisha Otis's Trip to the TopFinalistReal Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death – The Story of Steven TruscottFinalist2014WinnerLooks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous KidsFinalist and Frieda WishinskyFinalistBranded by the Pink TriangleFinalistMy Name Is BlessingFinalist2015Why We Live Where We LiveWinnerFrom Vimy to Victory: Canada's Fight to the Finish in World War IFinalistStarting from Scratch: What You Should Know about Food and CookingFinalist with Wayne K. Spear and Constance BrissendenResidential Schools, With the Words and Images of Survivors: A National HistoryFinalistIf: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and NumbersFinalist2016Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book About Bodies, Feelings, and YouWinnerFoodprints: The Story of What We EatFinalistFinalist and Michel ChikwanineChild Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in WarFinalistFinalist2017Canada Year by YearWinner and Paula AyerWater Wow! An Infographic ExplorationFinalistLevel the Playing Field: The Past, Present, a Future of Women's Pro SportsFinalistFight to Learn: The Struggle to Go to SchoolFinalistFinalist2018 and Mary Beth LeatherdaleWinner and Ann LoveRewilding: Giving Nature a Second ChanceFinalistMeatless? A Fresh Look at What You EatFinalistWhen Planet Earth Was NewFinalist (Brett D. Huson)Finalist2019 and Karen ReczuchTurtle PondWinner and Bill SlavinTrash Revolution: Breaking the Waste CycleFinalist and Joe MorseGo Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous HeroesFinalistBat Citizen: Defending the Ninjas of the NightFinalistAfter Life: Ways We Think About DeathFinalist2020 and Alison Matthews DavidKiller Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, & Murdered Through HistoryWinnerCells: An Owner's HandbookFinalist and Kirstie HudsonPicking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness BlanketFinalistBeastly Puzzles: A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing GameFinalistFairy ScienceFinalist2021Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and DanceWinner (Brett D. Huson), illus. by Natasha DonovanFinalist, illus. by Drew ShannonThis Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tackling Unconscious BiasFinalist, illus. by Marianne Ferrer111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every GirlFinalistCrows: Genius BirdsFinalist2022, illus. by Jacqueline LiWinner, illus. by Ian TurnerMad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our HeadsFinalist and Kate Fry (ed.)Growing Up Trans: In Our Own WordsFinalist, illus. by François ThisdaleFinalist with Susan McClellandBoy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust SurvivorFinalist2023Carey Newman and Kirstie HudsonThe Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and ReconciliationWinnerTanya Lloyd Kyi and Julia Kyi, illus. by Vivian RosasBetter Connected: How Girls Are Using Social Media for GoodFinalistElise Gravel with Mykaell Blais, illus. by Elise GravelPink, Blue, and You! Questions for Kids About Gender StereotypesFinalistLaura Alary, illus. by Andrea BlinickSun in my TummyFinalistGregor Craigie, illus. by Kathleen FuWhy Humans Build Up: The Rise of Towers, Temples and SkyscrapersFinalist References
External links Norma Fleck Award – Canadian Children's Book Centre website