2026/27
Chocolate Lily Awards Shortlist

Novels

The Anxious Exile of Sara Salt by Gabrielle Prendergast (Orca Book Publishers)

Emiko by Chieri Uegaki (Tundra Books)

I Won't Feel This Way Forever by Kim Spencer (Orca Book Publishers)

My Summer Camp Has Mega Sloths by Rebecca Wood Barrett (Orca Book Publishers)

A Night for Mischief by Allison Finley (Orca Book Publishers)

The Sunshine Project by Uma Krishnaswami (Groundwood Books)

Chapter Books/ Early Novels

Every Little Bit Olive Tran by Phuong Truong, illustrated by Christine Wei (Second Story Press)

Julia on the Go!: The Big Splash by Angela Ahn, illustrated by Julie Kim (Tundra Books)

Salma Speaks Up by Danny Ramadan, illustrated by Anna Bron (Annick Press)

Simon and Chester: Super Business! by Cale Atkinson (Tundra Books)

Two Tricksters Find Friendship by Johnny Aitken and Jess Willows, illustrated by Alyssa Koski (Orca Book Publishers)

Picture Books

The Game by Henry Charles (Ten Bears), illustrated by Shoshannah Greene (Greystone Kids)

The Great Dinosaur Sleepover by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Joe Bluhm (Tundra Books)

Lena the Chicken (But Really a Dinosaur!) by Linda Bailey, illustrated by K-Fai Steele (Tundra Books)

Little Shoes by David A. Robertson, illustrated by Maya McKibbin (Tundra Books)

King of the Dump by Tim Wynne-Jones, illustrated by Scot Ritchie (Groundwood Books)

The One and Only Question by Norma Charles and Andrea Charles, illustrated by Ken Daley (Groundwood Books)

Truckin' by Nancy Hundal, illustrated by Angela Poon (Owlkids)