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 +Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winnersYearIllustratorTitleResult1986By The Sea: An Alphabet BookWinner1987Have You Seen Birds?Winner1988Can You Catch Josephine?Winner1989Night CarsWinner1990Winner1991Winner1992Waiting for the WhalesWinner1993Two By TwoWinner1994Last Leaf, First Snowflake To FallWinner1995Josepha: A Prairie Boy's StoryWinner1996Selina and The Bear Paw QuiltWinner1997Ghost TrainWinner1998Rainbow BayWinner1999Winner
2000–present +Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winnersYearIllustratorAuthorTitleResultRef.2000Stormy NightWinner2001Stella, Queen of the SnowWinner2002Winner2003Where's Pup?Winner2004Winner2005Winner2006SnowWinner2007Winner2008Winner2009Alice's Adventures in WonderlandWinner2010Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: L’Alfabet di Michif / Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif AlphabetWinner2011Winner2012Virginia WolfWinner2013How ToWinner2014Stop, Thief!Winner2015Sidewalk FlowersWinner2016Louis parmi les spectresWinner2017WinnerTown is by the SeaHonourWhen the Moon ComesHonourDépareillésShortlistStolen WordsShortlist2018BloomWinnerAfricvilleHonourDeep UnderwaterHonourAwâsis and the World-Famous BannockFinalistBlue RiderFinalistFinalistMustafaFinalistRed Sky at NightFinalist and Valérie PicardToucaniaFinalistWallpaperFinalist2019WinnerKing MouseHonourSmall in the CityHonourDancing with DaisyFinalistMy Winter CityFinalistLaurent, c’est moi!FinalistFinalistBirdsongFinalistIt Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the WayFinalistBon Voyage, Mister RodriguezFinalist2020WinnerHonourAt The PondHonourWindowFinalistFinalistFinalistFinalistFinalistSnow DaysFinalistFinalist2021À qui appartiennent les nuages?WinnerBear Wants To SingFinalistGemma and the Giant Girl FinalistHare B&BFinalistLes devoirs d’EdmondFinalistMaya's Big Scene FinalistOn the TraplineFinalistPapier BulleFinalistTime is a FlowerFinalistWe All PlayFinalist2022Night LunchWinnerKumo: the Bashful CloudHonourLizzy and the CloudHonour2023Todd StewartJean E. PendziwolSkating Wild on an Inland SeaWinnerJoshua Mangeshig Pawis-SteckleyBrittany LubyMnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of MnoominHonourLauren SoloyKathy StinsonA Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud LewisHonour2024Isabella FasslerDorson PlourdeGarbage GullsWinnerQin LengCatherine TrudeauLa Tasse de GillesHonourLauren SoloyTove and the Island with No AddressHonour
References