Surrey Book Awards 2026-2027

Surrey Schools’ Book of the Year

2026-2027 Nominees:

• Almost Sunset by Wahab Algarmi
• The Anxious Exile of Sara Salt by Gabrielle Prendergast
• The Bionic Boy by Lynn Plourde
• DragonBorn by Struan Murray
• The Experiment by Rebecca Stead
• Growing Home by Beth Ferry
• Kaboom by Jay Odjick
• Space Chasers by L. Melvin; J. Caramagna
• Spark by Chris Baron
• The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan by Jasmine Warga

Last Year’s Winner:

Lion Dancers by Cai Tse

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Surrey Schools’ Picture Book of the Year

2026-2027 Nominees:

• A Roof by Stephanie Ellen Sy
• Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey R. Tabor
• Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson
• I Lived Inside A Whale by Xin Li
• Just like Millie by Lauren Castillo
• One Can by L. Button & E. Walters
• The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn’s Great Big Wish by Shawn Harris
• The Trickster Shadow by M. Pawis-Steckley
• The Wild Robot On the Island by Peter Brown
• The Wombats Go Wild For Words by B. Ferry & L. Nichols

Last Year’s Winner:

The Quacken by Justin Colon

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Surrey Schools’ Narrative Nonfiction Book of the Year

2026-2027 Nominees:

• Dazzling Zelda: The Story of Fashion Designer Zelda Wynn Valdes by Aura Lewis
• I Am We: How Crows Come Together to Survive by Leslie Barnard Booth
• Matisse Magician of Color by Derek Deierto
  Mushrooms Know: Wisdom From Our Friends the Fungi by K. George
• Ready, Steady, Sloth! by Justin Anderson
• Stalactite & Stalagmite by Drew Beckmeyer
• Tess’s Red Dress: Honouring Love and Family  by Carolyn Roberts
• The Camel Library: A True Story from Pakistan by Marzieh Abbas
• There Are No Ants in This Book by Rosemary Mosco
• When Beavers Move In by Alison Pearce Stevens

Last Year’s Winner:

This is Not My Lunch Box! by Jennifer Dupuis

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Surrey Teens Read

2026-2027 Nominees:

• Ex Marks the Spot by Gloria Chao
• Fake Skating by Lynn Painter
• In the Company of Killers by Elora Cook
• King of the Neuro Verse by Idris Goodwin
• Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman
• The Right Call by Tommy Greenwald
• Rosa by Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz
• Thorn Season by Kiera Azar
• We Were Warned by Chelsea Ichaso
• When We Ride by Rex Ogle

Last Year’s Winner:

Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell

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Surrey Schools Livre de l'Année

2026-2027 Nominees:

• Chi miigwech, grand merci par Astra Márta
• Dernière heure : la déconfiture du lièvre par Robert Soulières
• Les Drôles de choix d'Anna par Geneviève Simard
• Hugo par Catherine Braun-Grenier
• Instants de couleur par Rachel
• La Mélodie des petits fruits par Michaela Goade
• Memphis et Renard par Pascale Roussin
• Les Métiers préférés des animaux par Noé Carlain
• Si j'étais un champignon par Gaia Stella
• Toto par Hyewon Yum
  
  

Last Year's Winner

 C'est quoi, ça? par Coralie Saudo

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