Norma Fleck Award: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction is a lurcrative literary award for children's non-fiction. It was founded in 1990 by Jim Fleck and named after his mother Norma Fleck, an avid reader. Each year's winner receives $10,000.

1999

Winner

Andy Turnbull and Debora Pearson, By Truck to the North: My Winter Adventure

Other Finalists:

Gena K. Gorrell, Catching Fire: The Story of Firefighting

Barbara Greenwood, The Last Safehouse: A Story of the Underground Railroad

Larry Verstraete, Accidental Discoveries: From Laughing Gas to Dynamite

Mary Wallace, The Inuksuk Book

Winner:

Simon Tookoome and Sheldon Oberman, The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North

Other Finalists:

Sarah Ellis, The Young Writer's Companion

Linda Maybarduk, The Dancer Who Flew: A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev

Irene Morck, Five Pennies: A Prairie Boy's Story

Winner:

Gena K. Gorrell, Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale

Other Finalists:

Linda Granfield, Pier 21: Gateway of Hope

Ann Love and Jane Drake, The Kids Book of the Far North

Ronald Orenstein, New Animal Discoveries

Candace Savage, Born to be a Cowgirl: A Spirited Ride Through the Old West

Winner:

Jack Batten, The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat

Other Finalists:

Karen Levine, Hana's Suitcase

Susan Musgrave, Nerves Out Loud: Critical Moments in the Lives of Seven Teen Girls

Jane Pavanel, The Sex Book: an alphabet of smarter love

John Wilson, Righting Wrongs: The Story of Norman Bethune