The Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian illustrator for a children's book written in French. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council.
In name, this award is part of the Governor General's Award program only from 1987 but the four children's literature awards were established in 1975 under a Canada Council name. In the event, the "Canada Council" and "Governor General's" awards have recognized children's book illustration in a French-language children's book every year from 1977. [1] [2]
In 1975 the Canada Council established four annual prizes of $5000 for the year's best English- and French-language children's books by Canadian writers and illustrators. Those "Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes" were continued under the "Governor General's Awards" rubric from 1987, and continue today. Among them the French-language illustration prize was awarded every year from 1977. [1]
| Year | Nominee | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Darcia Labrosse | Venir au monde |
| Hélène Desputeaux | Bonne fête Madeleine | |
| Stéphane Poulin | Les animaux en hiver | |
| Gilles Tibo | Annabel Lee | |
| 1988 | Philippe Béha | Les Jeux de Pic-Mots |
| Sylvie Daigle | Le Mot de passe | |
| Pierre Pratt | Peut-il, peut-elle? | |
| Gilles Tibo | Simon et les flocons de neige | |
| 1989 | Stéphane Poulin | Benjamin et la saga des oreillers |
| Frédéric Back | L'Homme qui plantait des arbres | |
| Philippe Béha | Mais que font les fées avec toutes ces dents? |
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Pierre Pratt | Les Fantaisies de l'oncle Henri |
| Mireille Levert | Jérémie et Mme Ming | |
| Stéphane Poulin | Les Amours de ma mère | |
| 1991 | Sheldon Cohen | Un champion |
| Stéphane Poulin | Un voyage pour deux : contes et mensonges de mon enfance | |
| 1992 | Gilles Tibo | Simon et la ville de carton |
| Honey Fox | Le bébé de Lulu | |
| Pierre Pratt | Léon sans son chapeau | |
| Daniel Sylvestre | Mais qui va trouver le trésor? | |
| 1993 | Stéphane Jorisch | Le Monde selon Jean de ... |
| Francis Back | Des crayons qui trichent | |
| Michel Bisson | Thomas et la nuit | |
| Sheldon Cohen | Le Plus Long Circuit | |
| François Vaillancourt | Le Premier Voyage de Monsieur Patapoum | |
| 1994 | Pierre Pratt | Mon chien est un éléphant |
| Sylvie Deronzier | Tartarin et le lion | |
| Stéphane Poulin | Le parc aux sortilèges | |
| Rémy Simard | Monsieur noir et blanc | |
| Gilles Tibo | Simon et la plume perdue | |
| 1995 | Annouchka Gravel Galouchko | Sho et les dragons d'eau |
| Marie-Louise Gay | Berthold et Lucrèce | |
| Stéphane Jorisch | Le Baiser maléfique | |
| Pierre Pratt | La Bottine magique de Pipo | |
| Rémy Simard | Le père Noël a une crevaison | |
| 1996 | No award presented | |
| 1997 | Stéphane Poulin | Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée |
| Leanne Franson | L'Ourson qui voulait une Juliette | |
| Stéphane Jorisch | Casse-Noisette | |
| Gilles Tibo | Simon et le petit cirque | |
| 1998 | Pierre Pratt | Monsieur Ilétaitunefois |
| Stéphane Poulin | Petit zizi | |
| Alain Reno | Un tartare pour le bonhomme Sept Heures | |
| Yayo | Le Chasseur d'arc-en-ciel | |
| 1999 | Stéphane Jorisch | Charlotte et l'île du destin |
| Nicole Lafond | Contes pour enfants | |
| Michèle Lemieux | Nuit d'orage | |
| Luc Melanson | La Petite Kim | |
| Pierre Pratt | La Vie exemplaire de Martha et Paul | |
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Anne Villeneuve | L'Écharpe rouge |
| Marie-Louise Gay | Sur mon île | |
| Pascale Constantin | Gloups!, Bébé-vampire | |
| Geneviève Côté | La grande aventure d'un petit mouton noir | |
| Gérard DuBois | Riquet à la Houppe | |
| 2001 | Bruce Roberts | Fidèles éléphants |
| Marjolaine Bonenfant | L'abécédaire des animots | |
| Pascale Constantin | Alexis, chevalier des nuits | |
| Stéphane Poulin | Vieux Thomas et la petite fée | |
| Mylène Pratt | Le dimanche de Madame B | |
| 2002 | Luc Melanson | Le grand voyage de Monsieur |
| Philippe Béha | La reine rouge | |
| Jean-Marie Benoit | Le voyage à l'envers | |
| Guy England | L'ami perdu | |
| Mylène Pratt | Décroche-moi la lune | |
| 2003 | Virginie Egger | Recette d’éléphant à la sauce vieux pneu |
| Geneviève Côté | Le Premier Printemps du monde | |
| Gérard DuBois | Le piano muet | |
| Stéphane Jorisch | Thésée et le Minotaure | |
| Stéphane Poulin | Annabel et la Bête | |
| 2004 | Janice Nadeau | Nul poisson où aller |
| Francine Bouchard (Fanny) | Le grand rêve de Passepoil | |
| Pascale Constantin | Turlututu, rien ne va plus! | |
| Samuel Parent (Sampar) | Savais-tu? Les Hyènes | |
| Alain Reno | Comment l’ours blanc perdit sa queue | |
| 2005 | Isabelle Arsenault | Le cœur de monsieur Gauguin |
| Pascale Constantin | La vie comptée de Raoul Lecompte | |
| Luc Melanson | Les compositeurs | |
| Stéphane Poulin | Un chant de Noël | |
| Pierre Pratt | Le jour où Zoé zozota | |
| 2006 | Rogé | Le gros monstre qui aimait trop lire |
| Steve Adams | Le trésor de Jacob | |
| Marie Lafrance | Le petit chien de laine | |
| Lino | Les cendres de maman | |
| Frédéric Normandin | Je suis fou de Vava | |
| 2007 | Geneviève Côté | La petite rapporteuse de mots |
| Stéphane-Yves Barroux | Superbricoleur: Le roi de la clef à molette | |
| Manon Gauthier | Ma maman du photomaton | |
| Caroline Merola | Une nuit en ville | |
| Daniel Sylvestre | Ma vie de reptile | |
| 2008 | Janice Nadeau | Ma meilleure amie |
| Philippe Béha | Les pays inventés | |
| Stéphane Jorisch | Un cadeau pour Sophie | |
| Marie Lafrance | Le sorcier amoureux | |
| Caroline Merola | Quand le chat est parti | |
| 2009 | Janice Nadeau | Harvey |
| Philippe Béha | Ulysse et Pénélope | |
| Gérard DuBois | Henri au jardin d'enfants | |
| Pierre Pratt | L'étoile de Sarajevo | |
| Rogé | La vraie histoire de Léo Pointu |
| Year | Nominee | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Daniel Sylvestre | Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie |
| Josée Bisaillon | Le funambule | |
| Virginie Egger | Mon premier amour | |
| Manon Gauthier | Triste sort | |
| Melinda Josie | Le géranium | |
| 2011 | Caroline Merola | Lili et les poilus |
| Sophie Casson | Quelle pagaille! | |
| Shea Chang | Tarentelle | |
| Élisabeth Eudes-Pascal | Bill Chocottes, le héros qui avait peur | |
| Rogé | Haïti, mon pays | |
| 2012 | Élise Gravel | La clé à molette |
| Marion Arbona | Lapin-Chagrin et les jours d'Elko | |
| Manon Gauthier | Giroflée Pois-Cassé | |
| Émilie Leduc | La ronde des mois | |
| Katty Maurey | Quand j'étais chien | |
| 2013 | Isabelle Arsenault | Jane, le renard et moi |
| Jacinthe Chevalier | Aujourd'hui, le ciel | |
| Marianne Dubuc | Au carnaval des animaux | |
| Stéphane Jorisch | Quand je serai grand | |
| Rogé | Mingan, mon village | |
| 2014 | Marianne Dubuc | Le lion et l’oiseau |
| Pascal Blanchet | Le Noël de Marguerite | |
| Manon Gauthier | Grand-mère, elle et moi… | |
| Isabelle Malenfant | Pablo trouve un trésor | |
| Pierre Pratt | Gustave | |
| 2015 | André Marois, Patrick Doyon | Le voleur de sandwichs |
| Jacques Goldstyn | L'arbragan | |
| Mireille Levert | Quand j'écris avec mon cœur | |
| Mélanie Perreault, Marion Arbona | Rosalie entre chien et chat | |
| Renée Robitaille, Philippe Béha | Douze oiseaux | |
| 2016 | Stéphanie Lapointe, Rogé | Grand-père et la lune |
| Jules Asselin, Ninon Pelletier | Le mystère des billes d'or | |
| Simon Boulerice, Delphie Côté-Lacroix | Florence et Léon | |
| Andrée Poulin, Marie Lafrance | Deux garçons et un secret | |
| Yayo | Pikiq | |
| 2017 | Jacques Goldstyn | Azadah |
| Pascal Blanchet | En voiture! L'Amérique en chemin de fer | |
| Fanny Britt, Isabelle Arsenault | Louis parmi les spectres | |
| Christiane Duchesne, Marion Arbona | Fred Petitchatminou | |
| Renée Robitaille, Slavka Kolesar | La légende de Carcajou | |
| 2018 | Marianne Dubuc | Le chemin de la montagne |
| Marianne Ferrer, India Desjardins | Une histoire de cancer qui finit bien | |
| Gabriella Gendreau, Nahid Kazemi | Les mots d'Eunice | |
| Jacques Goldstyn | Jules et Jim : frères d’armes | |
| Nicole Testa, Annie Boulanger | Lili Macaroni : je suis comme je suis! | |
| 2019 | Stéphanie Lapointe, Delphie Côté-Lacroix | Jack et le temps perdu |
| Simon Boulerice, Josée Bisaillon | Le pelleteur de nuages | |
| Stéphanie Deslauriers, Geneviève Després | Laurent, c'est moi! | |
| Mélanie Leclerc | Contacts | |
| Lucie Papineau, Lucie Crovatto | L'escapade de Paolo |
| Year | Author | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Katia Canciani, Guillaume Perreault | Pet et Répète: la véritable histoire | [3] |
| Cathon | Mimose & Sam : Mission hibernation | [4] | |
| Valérie Fontaine, Nathalie Dion | Le grand méchant loup dans ma maison | ||
| Mireille Levert | Le pays aux mille soleils | ||
| Kim Nunès, Marie-Chantal Perron, Tammy Verge, Amélie Dubois | copine et Copine | ||
| 2021 | Mario Brassard, Gérard DuBois | À qui appartiennent les nuages ? | [5] |
| Jacques Goldstyn | Le Tricot | [6] | |
| François Gravel, Laurent Pinabel | La langue au chat et autres poèmes pas bêtes | ||
| Catherine Lepage | Bouées : dérives identitaires, amours imaginaires et détours capillaires | ||
| Vigg | Ma maison-tête | ||
| 2022 | Nadine Robert, Qin Leng | Trèfle | [7] |
| Fanny Britt, Isabelle Arsenault | Truffe | [8] | |
| Pierrette Dubé and Enzo | Un rhume de cheval | ||
| Orbie | La fin des poux? | ||
| Paul Tom, Mélanie Baillairgé | Seuls | ||
| 2023 | Samuel Larochelle, Ève Patenaude | Le plus petit sauveur du monde | [9] |
| Geneviève Bigué | Parfois les lacs brûlent | [10] | |
| Iris Boudreau | Gervais et Conrad | ||
| Boucar Diouf, François Thisdale | Le Bourlingueur de Matungoua | ||
| Maude Nepveu-Villeneuve, Agathe Bray-Bourret | Je t'écris de mon lit | ||
| 2024 | Ovila Fontaine, Charlotte Parent | Le premier arbre de Noël | [11] |
| Marie-Andrée Arsenault, Dominique Leroux | Le fil d'Alphée | [12] | |
| Iris Boudreau, Richard Écrapou | Margot veut une moustache | ||
| Marianne Ferrer | Jour d’orage | ||
| Caroline Merola | Histoires fantastiques (et peut-être vraies) |
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