Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

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The Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award is an annual Canadian literary award, presented to the year's best illustrated picture book for children. Sponsored by A. Charles Baillie and administered by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the award carries a monetary prize of $20,000. [1] The award is named in honour of Marilyn Baillie, a children's book author and early childhood educator who is married to former TD Bank chairman A. Charles Baillie.

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The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. [1]

Winners and nominees

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award winners and finalists [2]
YearAuthorIllustratorTitleResultRef
2006 Marie-Louise Gay Marie-Louise GayCaramba!Winner
Nicola I. Campbell Kim LaFave Shi-shi-etkoFinalist
Sharon Jennings Mélanie Watt Bearcub and MamaFinalist
Connie Kaldor and Carmen Campagne Brian Deines Lullaby Berceuse: A Warm Prairie NightFinalist
Mireille Levert Mireille LevertEddie LongpantsFinalist
2007 Sara O'Leary Julie Morstad When You Were SmallWinner
Catherine Jameson Julie Flett Zoe and the FawnFinalist
Barbara Reid Barbara ReidFox Walked AloneFinalist
Ellen Schwartz Sima Elizabeth Shefrin Abby's BirdsFinalist
Mélanie Watt Mélanie WattAugustineFinalist
Mélanie Watt Mélanie WattScaredy SquirrelFinalist
2008 Frieda Wishinsky Marie-Louise Gay Please, Louise!Winner
Barroux , Jane MacAulay (trans.)BarrouxSuper Handyman: The Master of ToolsFinalist
Nan Gregory Luc Melanson PinkFinalist
Robert Heidbreder Dušan Petričić Lickety-SplitFinalist
2009 Hazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert Dušan Petričić MattlandWinner
Nicola I. Campbell Kim LaFave Shin-chi's CanoeFinalist
Cary Fagan Nicolas Debon Thing-ThingFinalist
Pamela Hickman Geraldo Valério It's Moving Day!Finalist
Ruth Ohi Ruth OhiChicken, Pig, CowFinalist
2010 Colleen Sydor Nicolas Debon Timmerman Was HereWinner [3]
Geneviève Côté Geneviève CôtéMe and YouFinalist
Janet Perlman Janet PerlmanThe Delicious BugFinalist
Joanne Schwartz Laura Beingessner Our Corner Grocery StoreFinalist
Frieda Wishinsky Kady MacDonald Denton You're Mean, Lily JeanFinalist
2011 Laurel Croza Matt JamesI Know HereWinner [4]
Linda Bailey Bill Slavin Stanley's Little SisterFinalist [4]
Marianne Dubuc , Yvette Ghione (trans.)Marianne DubucIn Front of My HouseFinalist [4]
Kyo Maclear Isabelle Arsenault SporkFinalist [4]
Caroline Woodward Julie Morstad Singing Away the DarkFinalist [4]
2012 Geneviève Côté Geneviève CôtéWithout YouWinner [5] [6]
Dan Bar-el Rae Maté Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been?Finalist [6] [7]
Barbara Reid Barbara ReidPicture a TreeFinalist [6] [7]
Ashley Spires Ashley SpiresSmall SaulFinalist [6] [7]
Nicola Winstanley Janice Nadeau Cinnamon BabyFinalist [6] [7]
2013 Cary Fagan Dušan Petričić Mr. Zinger's HatWinner [8]
Geneviève Côté Geneviève CôtéMr. King's ThingsFinalist [8]
Wallace Edwards Wallace EdwardsUncle Wally's Old Brown ShoeFinalist [8]
Jennifer Lanthier François Thisdale The Stamp CollectorFinalist [8]
Kyo Maclear Isabelle Arsenault Virginia WolfFinalist [8]
2014 Julie Morstad Julie MorstadHow ToWinner [9]
Marthe Jocelyn and Nell Jocelyn Marthe Jocelyn and Nell JocelynWhere Do You Look?Finalist [9]
Ruth Ohi Ruth OhiFox and SquirrelFinalist [9]
Kathy Stinson Dušan Petričić The Man with the ViolinFinalist [9]
Eric Walters Eugenie Fernandes My Name Is BlessingFinalist [9]
2015 Cybèle Young Cybèle YoungNancy KnowsWinner [10]
Christine Baldacchino Isabelle Malenfant Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine DressFinalist [10]
Laurel Croza Matt JamesFrom There to HereFinalist [10]
Roy Miki and Slavia Miki Julie Flett Dolphin SOSFinalist [10]
Ashley Spires Ashley SpiresThe Most Magnificent ThingFinalist [10]
Eric Walters Eugenie Fernandes Hope SpringsFinalist [10]
2016 Danielle Daniel Danielle DanielSometimes I Feel Like a FoxWinner [11]
Willow Dawson Willow DawsonThe Wolf-BirdsFinalist [11]
Maureen Fergus Dušan Petričić InvisiBillFinalist [11]
Alma Fullerton Brian Deines In a Cloud of DustFinalist [11]
JonArno Lawson Sydney Smith Sidewalk FlowersFinalist [11]
2017 Jennifer McGrath Josée Bisaillon The Snow KnowsWinner [12]
Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer Gillian Newland I Am Not a NumberFinalist [12]
Chris Hadfield and Kate Fillion The Fan Brothers The Darkest DarkFinalist [12]
Jon Klassen Jon KlassenWe Found a HatFinalist [12]
Shane Peacock Sophie Casson The Artist and MeFinalist [12]
2018 Paul Harbridge Matt JamesWhen the Moon ComesWinner [13]
Suzanne Del Rizzo Suzanne Del RizzoMy Beautiful BirdsFinalist [13]
Cary Fagan Madeline Kloepper Little Blue ChairFinalist [13]
Melanie Florence Gabrielle Grimard Stolen WordsFinalist [13] [14]
Monique Gray Smith Danielle Daniel You Hold Me UpFinalist [13]
Debbie Ridpath Ohi Debbie Ridpath OhiSam & EvaFinalist [13]
2019 Shauntay Grant Eva Campbell AfricvilleWinner [15]
Marie-Louise Gay Marie-Louise GayMustafaFinalist [15] [16]
Jami Gigot Jami GigotSeb and the SunFinalist [15]
Matt JamesMatt JamesThe FuneralFinalist [15] [16]
Jillian Tamaki Jillian TamakiThey Say BlueFinalist [15]
2020 Sydney Smith Sydney SmithSmall in the CityWinner [17]
Saumiya Balasubramaniam Qin Leng When I Found GrandmaFinalist [17]
Cary Fagan Dena Seiferling King MouseFinalist [17]
Julie Flett Julie FlettBirdsongFinalist [17]
James Gladstone Gary Clement My Winter CityFinalist [17]
Heather Smith Rachel Wada The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s GardenFinalist [17]
2021 Jillian Tamaki Jillian TamakiOur Little KitchenWinner [18]
Suzanne Del Rizzo Miki Sato Golden ThreadsFinalist [18] [19]
The Fan Brothers The Fan BrothersThe Barnabus ProjectFinalist [18]
Naseem Hrab Frank Viva Weekend DadFinalist [18]
Rebecca Thomas Maya McKibbin Swift Fox All AlongFinalist [18]
2022 Julie Morstad Julie MorstadTime is a FlowerWinner [20]
Julie Flett Julie FlettWe All Play/KimêtawânawFinalist [20]
Bill Richardson Bill Pechet Hare B&BFinalist [20]
David A. Robertson Julie Flett On the TraplineFinalist [20]
Gracey Zhang Gracey ZhangLala's WordsFinalist [20]
2023 Matthew Forsythe Matthew ForsytheMinaWinner [21]
Mariam Körner Mariam KörnerFox and BearFinalist [22]
Marie-Louise Gay Marie-Louise GayI'm Not Sydney!Finalist
Nancy Vo Nancy VoBoobiesFinalist
The Fan Brothers The Fan BrothersLizzy and the CloudFinalist
2024 Jack Wong When You Can SwimWinner [23]
Lucy Ruth Cummins Our PoolFinalist [24]
Judith Henderson Nahid Kazemi Love Is in the Bear
Jean E. Pendziwol Todd Stewart Skating Wild on an Inland Sea
Kathy Stinson Lauren Soloy A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis

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