Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award

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The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award is an annual literary award for children's picture illustrators. [1] 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.

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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. [2]

Honorees

1980s1999

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winners [3] [4]
YearIllustratorTitleResult
1986 Ann Blades By The Sea: An Alphabet BookWinner
1987 Barbara Reid Have You Seen Birds?Winner
1988 Stéphane Poulin Can You Catch Josephine?Winner
1989 Eric Beddows Night CarsWinner
1990 Ian Wallace The Name of the TreeWinner
1991 Paul Morin The Orphan BoyWinner
1992 Ron Lightburn Waiting for the WhalesWinner
1993 Barbara Reid Two By TwoWinner
1994 Leo Yerxa Last Leaf, First Snowflake To FallWinner
1995 Murray Kimber Josepha: A Prairie Boy's StoryWinner
1996 Janet Wilson Selina and The Bear Paw QuiltWinner
1997 Harvey Chan Ghost TrainWinner
1998 Pascal Mileli Rainbow BayWinner
1999 Kady MacDonald Denton A Child's Treasury of Nursery RhymesWinner

2000present

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winners
YearIllustratorAuthorTitleResultRef.
2000 Michèle Lemieux Stormy NightWinner [3] [4]
2001 Marie-Louise Gay Stella, Queen of the SnowWinner [3] [4]
2002 Janie Jaehyun Park The Tiger and the Dried PersimmonWinner [3] [4]
2003 Pierre Pratt Where's Pup?Winner [3] [4]
2004 Stéphane Poulin Un chant de NoëlWinner [3] [4]
2005 Geneviève Côté The Lady of ShalottWinner [3] [4]
2006 Kady MacDonald Denton SnowWinner [3] [4]
2007 Stéphane Jorisch The Owl and the PussycatWinner [3] [4]
2008 Christine Delezenne La CléWinner [3] [4]
2009 Oleg Lipchenko Alice's Adventures in WonderlandWinner [3] [4]
2010 Julie Flett Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: L’Alfabet di Michif / Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif AlphabetWinner [3] [4]
2011 Cybèle Young A Few BlocksWinner [3] [4]
2012 Isabelle Arsenault Virginia WolfWinner [3] [4]
2013 Julie Morstad How ToWinner [3] [4]
2014 Pierre Pratt Stop, Thief!Winner [3] [4]
2015 Sydney Smith Sidewalk FlowersWinner [3]
2016 Isabelle Arsenault Louis parmi les spectresWinner [3]
2017 Julie Kraulis Julie Kraulis A Pattern for PepperWinner [3] [5]
Sydney Smith Joanne SchwartzTown is by the SeaHonour [5]
Matt James Paul Harbridge When the Moon ComesHonour [5]
Geneviève Després Marie-Francine Hébert DépareillésShortlist [6]
Gabrielle Grimard Melanie Florence Stolen WordsShortlist [6]
2018 Julie Morstad Kyo Maclear BloomWinner [3] [7] [8]
Eva Campbell Shauntay Grant AfricvilleHonour [7]
Irene Luxbacher Irene Luxbacher Deep UnderwaterHonour [7]
Amanda Strong Dallas Hunt Awâsis and the World-Famous BannockFinalist [9]
Geraldo Valério Geraldo Valério Blue RiderFinalist [9]
Matt JamesMatt JamesThe FuneralFinalist [9]
Marie-Louise Gay Marie-Louise Gay MustafaFinalist [9]
Elly MacKay Elly MacKay Red Sky at NightFinalist [9]
Marianne Ferrer Marianne Ferrer and Valérie Picard ToucaniaFinalist [9]
Thao Lam Thao Lam WallpaperFinalist [9]
2019 Rachel Wada Heather SmithThe Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's GardenWinner [10]
Dena Seiferling Cary Fagan King MouseHonour [11]
Sydney Smith Sydney Smith Small in the CityHonour [12]
Josée Bisaillon Jan Coates Dancing with DaisyFinalist [13]
Gary Clement James GladstoneMy Winter CityFinalist [13]
Geneviève Després Stéphanie Deslauriers Laurent, c’est moi!Finalist [13]
Emma FitzGeraldRita WilsonA Pocket of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth BishopFinalist [13] [14]
Julie Flett Julie Flett Birdsong Finalist [13]
Julie Morstad Kyo Maclear It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way Finalist [13]
François Thisdale Christiane Duchesne Bon Voyage, Mister RodriguezFinalist [13]
2020 Marie-Louise Gay Marie-Louise Gay The Three BrothersWinner [3] [15]
Thao Lam Thao Lam The Paper BoatHonour [15]
Geraldo Valério Geraldo Valério At The PondHonour [15]
Marion Arbona Marion Arbona WindowFinalist [16]
Nathalie Dion Valérie Fontaine Le grand méchant loup dans ma maisonFinalist [16]
The Fan Brothers The Fan Brothers The Barnabus Project Finalist [16]
Nahid Kazemi Joanne SchwartzThe Old WomanFinalist [16]
Marie Lafrance Kathy Stinson The Lady with the BooksFinalist [16]
Miki Sato Deborah Kerbel Snow DaysFinalist [16]
Geraldo Valério Geraldo Valério The EggFinalist [16]
2021 Gérard DuBois Mario Brassard À qui appartiennent les nuages?Winner [3] [17]
Dena Seiferling Cary Fagan Bear Wants To SingFinalist [18]
Marie Lafrance Sara O'Leary Gemma and the Giant GirlFinalist [18]
Bill Pechet Bill RichardsonHare B&BFinalist [18]
Julie Rocheleau Hugo Léger Les devoirs d’EdmondFinalist [18]
Isabelle Arsenault Isabelle Arsenault Maya's Big SceneFinalist [18]
Julie Flett David A. Robertson On the Trapline Finalist [18]
Eve Patenaude Simon Boulerice Papier BulleFinalist [18]
Julie Morstad Julie Morstad Time is a FlowerFinalist [18]
Julie Flett Julie Flett We All PlayFinalist [18]
2022 Dena Seiferling Night LunchWinner [3] [19] [20]
Nathalie Dion Kyo Maclear Kumo: the Bashful CloudHonour [19] [20]
The Fan Brothers The Fan Brothers Lizzy and the CloudHonour [19] [20]
2023 Todd Stewart Jean E. Pendziwol Skating Wild on an Inland SeaWinner [21]
Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-SteckleyBrittany LubyMnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of MnoominHonour [21]
Lauren Soloy Kathy Stinson A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud LewisHonour [21]
2024 Isabella FasslerDorson PlourdeGarbage GullsWinner [22]
Qin Leng Catherine Trudeau La Tasse de GillesHonour
Lauren SoloyTove and the Island with No AddressHonour

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