Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award

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.

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

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1980s1999

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Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winners[3][4]
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

2000present

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Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winners
Year Illustrator Author Title Result Ref.
2000 Michèle Lemieux Stormy Night Winner [3][4]
2001 Marie-Louise Gay Stella, Queen of the Snow Winner [3][4]
2002 Janie Jaehyun Park The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon Winner [3][4]
2003 Pierre Pratt Where's Pup? Winner [3][4]
2004 Stéphane Poulin Un chant de Noël Winner [3][4]
2005 Geneviève Côté The Lady of Shalott Winner [3][4]
2006 Kady MacDonald Denton Snow Winner [3][4]
2007 Stéphane Jorisch The Owl and the Pussycat Winner [3][4]
2008 Christine Delezenne La Clé Winner [3][4]
2009 Oleg Lipchenko Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Winner [3][4]
2010 Julie Flett Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: L’Alfabet di Michif / Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet Winner [3][4]
2011 Cybèle Young A Few Blocks Winner [3][4]
2012 Isabelle Arsenault Virginia Wolf Winner [3][4]
2013 Julie Morstad How To Winner [3][4]
2014 Pierre Pratt Stop, Thief! Winner [3][4]
2015 Sydney Smith Sidewalk Flowers Winner [3]
2016 Isabelle Arsenault Louis parmi les spectres Winner [3]
2017 Julie Kraulis Julie Kraulis A Pattern for Pepper Winner [3][5]
Sydney Smith Joanne Schwartz Town is by the Sea Honour [5]
Matt James Paul Harbridge When the Moon Comes Honour [5]
Geneviève Després Marie-Francine Hébert Dépareillés Shortlist [6]
Gabrielle Grimard Melanie Florence Stolen Words Shortlist [6]
2018 Julie Morstad Kyo Maclear Bloom Winner [3][7][8]
Eva Campbell Shauntay Grant Africville Honour [7]
Irene Luxbacher Irene Luxbacher Deep Underwater Honour [7]
Amanda Strong Dallas Hunt Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock Finalist [9]
Geraldo Valério Geraldo Valério Blue Rider Finalist [9]
Matt James Matt James The Funeral Finalist [9]
Marie-Louise Gay Marie-Louise Gay Mustafa Finalist [9]
Elly MacKay Elly MacKay Red Sky at Night Finalist [9]
Marianne Ferrer Marianne Ferrer and Valérie Picard Toucania Finalist [9]
Thao Lam Thao Lam Wallpaper Finalist [9]
2019 Rachel Wada Heather Smith The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden Winner [10]
Dena Seiferling Cary Fagan King Mouse Honour [11]
Sydney Smith Sydney Smith Small in the City Honour [12]
Josée Bisaillon Jan Coates Dancing with Daisy Finalist [13]
Gary Clement James Gladstone My Winter City Finalist [13]
Geneviève Després Stéphanie Deslauriers Laurent, c’est moi! Finalist [13]
Emma FitzGerald Rita Wilson A Pocket of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth Bishop Finalist [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 Rodriguez Finalist [13]
2020 Marie-Louise Gay Marie-Louise Gay The Three Brothers Winner [3][15]
Thao Lam Thao Lam The Paper Boat Honour [15]
Geraldo Valério Geraldo Valério At The Pond Honour [15]
Marion Arbona Marion Arbona Window Finalist [16]
Nathalie Dion Valérie Fontaine Le grand méchant loup dans ma maison Finalist [16]
The Fan Brothers The Fan Brothers The Barnabus Project Finalist [16]
Nahid Kazemi Joanne Schwartz The Old Woman Finalist [16]
Marie Lafrance Kathy Stinson The Lady with the Books Finalist [16]
Miki Sato Deborah Kerbel Snow Days Finalist [16]
Geraldo Valério Geraldo Valério The Egg Finalist [16]
2021 Gérard DuBois Mario Brassard À qui appartiennent les nuages? Winner [3][17]
Dena Seiferling Cary Fagan Bear Wants To Sing Finalist [18]
Marie Lafrance Sara O'Leary Gemma and the Giant Girl Finalist [18]
Bill Pechet Bill Richardson Hare B&B Finalist [18]
Julie Rocheleau Hugo Léger Les devoirs d’Edmond Finalist [18]
Isabelle Arsenault Isabelle Arsenault Maya's Big Scene Finalist [18]
Julie Flett David A. Robertson On the Trapline Finalist [18]
Eve Patenaude Simon Boulerice Papier Bulle Finalist [18]
Julie Morstad Julie Morstad Time is a Flower Finalist [18]
Julie Flett Julie Flett We All Play Finalist [18]
2022 Dena Seiferling Night Lunch Winner [3][19][20]
Nathalie Dion Kyo Maclear Kumo: the Bashful Cloud Honour [19][20]
The Fan Brothers The Fan Brothers Lizzy and the Cloud Honour [19][20]
2023 Todd Stewart Jean E. Pendziwol Skating Wild on an Inland Sea Winner [21]
Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley Brittany Luby Mnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin Honour [21]
Lauren Soloy Kathy Stinson A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis Honour [21]

References

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