Norma Fleck Award For Children's Non-Fiction

The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction was established by the Fleck Family Foundation in 1999 to recognize Canada’s exceptional non-fiction books for young people. The Award honours Norma Fleck (1906 – 1998), who inspired a deep love of reading in her children and grandchildren.



This is a selection of our Norma Fleck Award For Children's Non-Fiction section. To find a specific book or author, or just to browse, please use the search box.

I Found a Dead Bird - children's paperback
By Jan Thornhill - $12.95 - add to cart

2007 winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Non-FictionWhat does it mean to be "alive"? Why are some lives short and others long? How do things live and die, and what happens to them after death? Th...

 

Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Made - children's hardcover
By Bill Slavin - $24.95 - add to cart

Winner of the 2006 Norma Fleck Award for Non-FictionDid you know that jellybeans were invented in the 1600s in France? Or that blackboard chalk starts out as tiny sea creatures? We use, eat, wear,...

 

In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You - young adult softcover
By Shari Graydon - $16.95 - add to cart

2005 Norma Fleck Award For Children's Non-Fiction WinnerFrom Bedtime Fairy Tales and blockbuster movies to magazine advertisements and reality TV, we absorb the lesson early and often: beauty rule...

 

As Long As The Rivers Flow - children's paperback
By Larry Loyie - $12.95 - add to cart

2003 winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Non-Fiction

 

The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat - children's paperback
By Jack Batten - $16.99 - add to cart

2002 Norma Fleck Award For Children's Non-Fiction WinnerDuring the first two decades of the 20th century, when long-distance running was a sport with few participants but thousands of spectators, T...

 

The Shaman's Nephew - children's paperback
By Sheldon Oberman - $15.95 - add to cart

2000 Norma Fleck Award For Children's Non-Fiction WinnerWhen Jewish author/storyteller Sheldon Oberman met Inuit artist/hunter Simon Tookoome, he knew the encounter was special. During a collabora...