Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award facts for kids
The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award is an annual literary award for children's picture illustrators. It was established in 1985 following the death of Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver, one of Canada's pre-eminent book illustrators. In her will, Cleaver left a fund of $10,000 for an award to be given annually in recognition of outstanding artistic talent in a Canadian picture book. The recipient receives a cheque for $1,000, and a certificate.
The Cleaver Award is administered by a committee of three members of the Canadian section of the International Board on Books for Young People IBBY Canada. The recipient is a Canadian illustrator of a picture book published in Canada in English or French during the previous calendar year.
Honorees
1980s–1999
| Year | Illustrator | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Ann Blades | By The Sea: An Alphabet Book | Winner |
| 1987 | Barbara Reid | Have You Seen Birds? | Winner |
| 1988 | Stéphane Poulin | Can You Catch Josephine? | Winner |
| 1989 | Eric Beddows | Night Cars | Winner |
| 1990 | Ian Wallace | The Name of the Tree | Winner |
| 1991 | Paul Morin | The Orphan Boy | Winner |
| 1992 | Ron Lightburn | Waiting for the Whales | Winner |
| 1993 | Barbara Reid | Two By Two | Winner |
| 1994 | Leo Yerxa | Last Leaf, First Snowflake To Fall | Winner |
| 1995 | Murray Kimber | Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story | Winner |
| 1996 | Janet Wilson | Selina and The Bear Paw Quilt | Winner |
| 1997 | Harvey Chan | Ghost Train | Winner |
| 1998 | Pascal Mileli | Rainbow Bay | Winner |
| 1999 | Kady MacDonald Denton | A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes | Winner |
2000–present
| Year | Illustrator | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Michèle Lemieux | Stormy Night | Winner | ||
| 2001 | Marie-Louise Gay | Stella, Queen of the Snow | Winner | ||
| 2002 | Janie Jaehyun Park | The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon | Winner | ||
| 2003 | Pierre Pratt | Where's Pup? | Winner | ||
| 2004 | Stéphane Poulin | Un chant de Noël | Winner | ||
| 2005 | Geneviève Côté | The Lady of Shalott | Winner | ||
| 2006 | Kady MacDonald Denton | Snow | Winner | ||
| 2007 | Stéphane Jorisch | The Owl and the Pussycat | Winner | ||
| 2008 | Christine Delezenne | La Clé | Winner | ||
| 2009 | Oleg Lipchenko | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Winner | ||
| 2010 | Julie Flett | Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: L’Alfabet di Michif / Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet | Winner | ||
| 2011 | Cybèle Young | A Few Blocks | Winner | ||
| 2012 | Isabelle Arsenault | Virginia Wolf | Winner | ||
| 2013 | Julie Morstad | How To | Winner | ||
| 2014 | Pierre Pratt | Stop, Thief! | Winner | ||
| 2015 | Sydney Smith | Sidewalk Flowers | Winner | ||
| 2016 | Isabelle Arsenault | Louis parmi les spectres | Winner | ||
| 2017 | Julie Kraulis | Julie Kraulis | A Pattern for Pepper | Winner | |
| Sydney Smith | Joanne Schwartz | Town is by the Sea | Honour | ||
| Matt James | Paul Harbridge | When the Moon Comes | Honour | ||
| Geneviève Després | Marie-Francine Hébert | Dépareillés | Shortlist | ||
| Gabrielle Grimard | Melanie Florence | Stolen Words | Shortlist | ||
| 2018 | Julie Morstad | Kyo Maclear | Bloom | Winner | |
| Eva Campbell | Shauntay Grant | Africville | Honour | ||
| Irene Luxbacher | Irene Luxbacher | Deep Underwater | Honour | ||
| Amanda Strong | Dallas Hunt | Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock | Finalist | ||
| Geraldo Valério | Geraldo Valério | Blue Rider | Finalist | ||
| Matt James | Matt James | The Funeral | Finalist | ||
| Marie-Louise Gay | Marie-Louise Gay | Mustafa | Finalist | ||
| Elly MacKay | Elly MacKay | Red Sky at Night | Finalist | ||
| Marianne Ferrer | Marianne Ferrer and Valérie Picard | Toucania | Finalist | ||
| Thao Lam | Thao Lam | Wallpaper | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Rachel Wada | Heather Smith | The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden | Winner | |
| Dena Seiferling | Cary Fagan | King Mouse | Honour | ||
| Sydney Smith | Sydney Smith | Small in the City | Honour | ||
| Josée Bisaillon | Jan Coates | Dancing with Daisy | Finalist | ||
| Gary Clement | James Gladstone | My Winter City | Finalist | ||
| Geneviève Després | Stéphanie Deslauriers | Laurent, c’est moi! | Finalist | ||
| Emma FitzGerald | Rita Wilson | A Pocket of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth Bishop | Finalist | ||
| Julie Flett | Julie Flett | Birdsong | Finalist | ||
| Julie Morstad | Kyo Maclear | It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way | Finalist | ||
| François Thisdale | Christiane Duchesne | Bon Voyage, Mister Rodriguez | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Marie-Louise Gay | Marie-Louise Gay | The Three Brothers | Winner | |
| Thao Lam | Thao Lam | The Paper Boat | Honour | ||
| Geraldo Valério | Geraldo Valério | At The Pond | Honour | ||
| Marion Arbona | Marion Arbona | Window | Finalist | ||
| Nathalie Dion | Valérie Fontaine | Le grand méchant loup dans ma maison | Finalist | ||
| The Fan Brothers | The Fan Brothers | The Barnabus Project | Finalist | ||
| Nahid Kazemi | Joanne Schwartz | The Old Woman | Finalist | ||
| Marie Lafrance | Kathy Stinson | The Lady with the Books | Finalist | ||
| Miki Sato | Deborah Kerbel | Snow Days | Finalist | ||
| Geraldo Valério | Geraldo Valério | The Egg | Finalist | ||
| 2021 | Gérard DuBois | Mario Brassard | À qui appartiennent les nuages? | Winner | |
| Dena Seiferling | Cary Fagan | Bear Wants To Sing | Finalist | ||
| Marie Lafrance | Sara O’Leary | Gemma and the Giant Girl | Finalist | ||
| Bill Pechet | Bill Richardson | Hare B&B | Finalist | ||
| Julie Rocheleau | Hugo Léger | Les devoirs d’Edmond | Finalist | ||
| Isabelle Arsenault | Isabelle Arsenault | Maya's Big Scene | Finalist | ||
| Julie Flett | David A. Robertson | On the Trapline | Finalist | ||
| Eve Patenaude | Simon Boulerice | Papier Bulle | Finalist | ||
| Julie Morstad | Julie Morstad | Time is a Flower | Finalist | ||
| Julie Flett | Julie Flett | We All Play | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Dena Seiferling | Night Lunch | Winner | ||
| Nathalie Dion | Kyo Maclear | Kumo: the Bashful Cloud | Honour | ||
| The Fan Brothers | The Fan Brothers | Lizzy and the Cloud | Honour | ||
| 2023 | Todd Stewart | Jean E. Pendziwol | Skating Wild on an Inland Sea | Winner | |
| Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley | Brittany Luby | Mnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin | Honour | ||
| Lauren Soloy | Kathy Stinson | A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis | Honour |
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