awards

Books for Adult Readers:

Black Fury
Winner. 2013 Great Northwest Book Festival

Finalist. 2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards: First Book Award

Cherry Blossoms
Winner. 2013 CBC Bookie Award: “Hot and Bothered Award for Steamiest Read”

Don’t Lick the Flagpole!
Winner. Silver, 2015 Illumination Book Awards.

Entangled Roots: The Mystery of Peterborough’s Headless Corpse

Winner. 2021 Spiritual Service Award. Regina Multi-Faith Forum.

Faces of the Force

Winner. Bronze Medal. 2022 IPPY Awards

Forgotten Gardens, Abandoned Landscapes & Remarkable Restorations
Finalist. 2008 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Full Throttle
Finalist. 2014 Saskatchewan Book Awards

I Am Free

Honourable Mention. 2017 Hollywood Book Festival.

Honourable Mention. 2016 Whistler Independent Book Awards.

I Like You, I Like Me Too

Finalist. 2008 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Jakob, Out of the Village
Winner. 2009 Writer’s Digest Award
Finalist. 2008 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Like the Mimosa
Finalist. 2008 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Living Skies

Finalist. 2018 Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence.

Paddling Northern Saskatchewan: A Guide to 80 Canoe Routes

Finalist. Next Generation Indie Book Awards Travel/Travel Guide

Paddling Pathways: Reflections from a Changing Landscape

Winner. 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Anthology

Grand Prize Finalist. 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Awards

Finalist. 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Education/Academic (Non-Fiction)

Finalist. 2023 Whistler Independent Book Awards: Non-Fiction

A Rose Grows: Fighting Cancer, Finding Me

Finalist. 2009 Saskatchewan Book Award

Songcatcher
Winner. 2010 IPPY Award

Thin Pink Lines
Finalist. 2013 Saskatchewan Book Awards

The Thunderbird, the Quesnel & the Sea

Winner. 2021 Spiritual Service Award. Regina Multi-Faith Forum.

Wagons East
Finalist. 2013 High Plains Book Awards

Wild Justice
Finalist. 2008 Saskatchewan Book Awards

With Love to You All, Bogga S.
Winner. Manitoba Day Award
Finalist. 2011 Manitoba Book Awards

Within the Stillness
Finalist. 2012 Saskatchewan Book Awards

You’re Going Where?!
Finalist. 2008 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Books for Young Readers:

The 1-Dogpower Garden Team

Finalist. 2022 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Finalist. 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Winner. Silver Medal. 2022 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

Adventures on the Circle Star Ranch

Finalist. 2022 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Finalist. 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s/Juvenile Early Readers/Chapter Books (Fiction)

Along Comes a Wolfe

Winner. 2017 Saskatchewan Book Awards: First Book Award.

Winner. Gold Medal. 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award

Finalist. 2017 High Plains Book Awards: YA.

2017 Best Books for Kids & Teens.

Am I the Only One? Struggling Being a Teen
Winner. Gold Medal. 2015 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award.

Baba’s Babushka: A Magical Ukrainian Christmas
Winner. 2011 Anne Pidruchney Award for New Writers

Baba’s Babushka: A Magical Ukrainian Easter
Finalist. 2013 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Baba’s Babushka: A Magical Ukrainian Wedding
Winner. 2014 High Plains Book Awards

Back to Batoche
Winner. 2015 High Plains Book Award.

Bee Yourself
Winner. Rainforest of Reading Awards, 2013
Runner-up. 2013 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival

Beliefs & Religions Around the World
Winner. Silver Medal. 2012 Moonbeam Award

Buddy: A Farm in the Forest Story

Finalist. 2023 High Plains Book Awards: Children’s Picture Book

Finalist. 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s/Juvenile Early Readers/Chapter Books

The Canadian Shield Alphabet
Winner. 2008 Science in Journalism Award

Critters: Underdark

Finalist. 2020 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Children’s Literature Award; Regina Book Award.

Do Trees Sneeze?
Finalist. 2015 High Plains Book Award.

Ghosts of Government House
Finalist. 2012 Willow Awards

Giant’s Mixed-Up Menu
Honourable Mention. 2011 Purple Dragonfly Awards

Good Morning, Sunshine!

Winner. Bronze Medal. 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award.

He Who Flies By Night: The Story of Grey Owl
Winner. 2009 Writer’s Digest Award
Winner. Bronze Medal. 2008 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award

Honouring the Buffalo
Winner. Silver Medal. 2015 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award.
Winner. 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Finalist. 2016 Saskatchewan Book Awards. Aboriginal Publishers Award.
Finalist. 2016 Saskatchewan Book Awards. Aboriginal Writers Award.
Finalist. 2016 Saskatchewan Book Awards. Children’s Literature Award.

Winner. Silver Medal. 2016 IPPY Award. Canada-West: Best Regional Non-Fiction.

How’s Peanut?

Finalist. Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s Educational Picture Book

I Know a Woman: A Song for Mothers

Winner. 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s Illustrative Picture Book.

Finalist. 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Relationships (Non-Fiction).

Jessie the Doo-Doo Dog and the Visitors from Outer Space

Winner. Gold Medal. 2023 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Juvenile Fiction – Early Reader / 1st Chapter Books

The Lake in the Middle of Town
Finalist. 2005 Saskatchewan Book Awards

The Last Green Dragon

Finalist. 2020 CANSCAIP Writing for Children competition

Grand Prize Finalist. 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Awards

Finalist. First Horizon Award, 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award.

Finalist 2023 Whistler Independent Book Awards

Finalist. 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s Juvenile (Fiction)

Winner. Silver Medal. 2023 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Best First Book—Chapter Book

Leaving Mr. Humphries
Finalist. 2014 Saskatchewan Book Awards
Finalist. 2014 High Plains Book Awards
Finalist. 2015 Shining Willow Award.

Lily in the Loft

Finalist. 2019 Next Generation Indie Awards.

Little Bear

2018 Best Books for Kids & Teens.

Lola’s Woolly Jumper

Winner. 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s Picture Book Illustration (Best Illustrator)

Nature’s Apprentices: The Magic of the Peatlands

Finalist. 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Science/Nature/Environment

nimosôm anima--nimihšōmihš ta-minciwēnciman: Grandfather's Reminder

Winner. 2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Publishing in Education Award

Winner. 2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Indigenous Peoples’ Publishing Award

Finalist. 2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Indigenous Peoples’ Writing Award

Winner. 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s Picture Book #OwnVoices

Finalist. 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s Educational Picture Book

Winner. Silver Medal. 2022 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

2022 Best Books for Kids & Teens

2020–2022 IBBY Canada From Sea to Sea to Sea: Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books collection

peepeekisis âtayôhkêwina: Sacred Stories of Peepeekisis Cree Nation

Winner. Silver Medal. 2022 IPPY Awards

Finalist. Next Generation Indie Book Awards #OwnVoices.

Return of the Fearsome Critters

Honourable Mention. 2013 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival

Ride, Gabe, Ride

Finalist. Next Generation Indie Book Awards: BIPOC

Finalist. Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s/Juvenile Non-Fiction

Shepherd’s Call

Winner. Gold Medal. Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, 2022

Finalist. 2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards: City of Regina Award

Winner: 2022 Story Monsters Award: Young Adult

Shepherd's Watch

Winner. Silver Medal. 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award.

Finalist. Second Novel. 2019 Next Generation Indie Awards.

A Silly Willy Christmas

Finalist. 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s Picture Book Illustration (Best Illustrator)

Terror on Turtle Creek
Finalist. 2014 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Time to Fly!

Winner. 2021 Eric Hoffer Awards: Children’s.

Finalist. 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Inspirational (Fiction).

Finalist. 2021 Eric Hoffer Awards: Da Vinci Eye Award, Montaigne Medal.

2021 Best Books for Kids & Teens.

The Two Trees
Finalist. 2016 The Word Awards.

The Underdog Duckling

Winner. 2019 Word Awards. General Market Children.

Finalist. 2020 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Children’s Literature Award.

A Walk in Wascana

Finalist. 2020 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Regina Book Award.

When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar

Finalist. 2018 Shining Willow Award.

Winner. 2018 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Children’s Literature Award.

Winner. Gold Medal. 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award.

When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Seasons Activity Book

Winner. Bronze Medal. 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.

When We Had Sled Dogs: A Story from the Trapline

Finalist. 2020–2021 PMC Indigenous Literature Award (First Nations Communities READ).

Winner. 2019 Best Books for Kids & Teens.

Winner. Silver Medal. 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.

Winner. 2020 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Children’s Literature Award; Publishing in Education Award.

Finalist 2020 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Publishing Award.

Finalist. 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Children’s Picture Book.

Where Does Your Dog Sleep?
Winner. Bronze Medal. 2009 Moonbeam Children's Book Award
Honourable Mention. 2013 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival

Where Does Your Cat Nap?
Honourable Mention. 2013 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival

Wolfe in Shepherd’s Clothing

Winner. Bronze Medal. 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.

Finalist. 2019 John Spray Mystery Award. Canadian Children’s Book Centre.

2019 Best Books for Kids & Teens.

Finalist. YA Award. 2019 High Plains Book Awards.

Finalist. YA Award. 2019 Saskatchewan Book Awards.

Finalist. Young New Adult Award. 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

Who’s That Man?
Winner. Silver Medal. 2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Award

www.walkwithapolarbear.com
Winner. 2013 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival

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Ghosts of Government House

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The Canadian Shield Alphabet

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I Like You, I Like Me, Too!

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Forgotten Gardens, Abandoned Landscapes & Remarkable Restorations

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You're Going Where?!

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Where Does Your Dog Sleep?

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Jakob, Out of the Village

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He Who Flies By Night: The Story of Grey Owl

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