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."Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award" . bookcentre.ca, November 13, 2015. 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.
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.
Winners and nominees +Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award winners and finalistsYearAuthorIllustratorTitleResult2006Caramba!WinnerShi-shi-etkoFinalistBearcub and MamaFinalist and Carmen CampagneLullaby Berceuse: A Warm Prairie NightFinalistEddie LongpantsFinalist2007When You Were SmallWinnerZoe and the FawnFinalistFox Walked AloneFinalistAbby's BirdsFinalistAugustineFinalistScaredy SquirrelFinalist2008Please, Louise!Winner, Jane MacAulay (trans.)BarrouxSuper Handyman: The Master of ToolsFinalistPinkFinalistLickety-SplitFinalist2009 and Gail HerbertMattlandWinnerShin-chi's CanoeFinalistThing-ThingFinalistIt's Moving Day!FinalistChicken, Pig, CowFinalist2010Timmerman Was HereWinnerMe and YouFinalistFinalistOur Corner Grocery StoreFinalistYou're Mean, Lily JeanFinalist2011I Know HereWinnerStanley's Little SisterFinalist, Yvette Ghione (trans.)In Front of My HouseFinalistSporkFinalistSinging Away the DarkFinalist2012Without YouWinnerPussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been?FinalistPicture a TreeFinalistSmall SaulFinalistCinnamon BabyFinalist2013Mr. Zinger's HatWinnerMr. King's ThingsFinalistUncle Wally's Old Brown ShoeFinalistFinalistVirginia WolfFinalist2014How ToWinner and Nell Jocelyn and Nell JocelynWhere Do You Look?FinalistFox and SquirrelFinalistFinalistMy Name Is BlessingFinalist2015Nancy KnowsWinnerMorris Micklewhite and the Tangerine DressFinalistFrom There to HereFinalist and Slavia MikiDolphin SOSFinalistFinalistHope SpringsFinalist2016Sometimes I Feel Like a FoxWinnerFinalistInvisiBillFinalistIn a Cloud of DustFinalistSidewalk FlowersFinalist2017 Winner and Kathy KacerI Am Not a NumberFinalist and Kate FillionFinalistWe Found a HatFinalistFinalist2018When the Moon ComesWinnerMy Beautiful BirdsFinalist Little Blue ChairFinalistStolen WordsFinalist You Hold Me UpFinalistSam & EvaFinalist2019AfricvilleWinnerMustafaFinalistSeb and the SunFinalistFinalistThey Say BlueFinalist2020Small in the CityWinnerWhen I Found GrandmaFinalistKing MouseFinalistBirdsongFinalistMy Winter CityFinalistFinalist2021Our Little KitchenWinnerGolden ThreadsFinalistFinalistWeekend DadFinalistSwift Fox All AlongFinalist2022Time is a FlowerWinnerWe All Play/KimêtawânawFinalist Hare B&BFinalistOn the TraplineFinalistLala's WordsFinalist2023MinaWinnerFox and BearFinalistMarie-Louise GayI'm Not Sydney!FinalistBoobiesFinalistLizzy and the CloudFinalist 2024 When You Can SwimWinner Our Pool Finalist Love Is in the BearFinalistSkating Wild on an Inland SeaFinalistFinalist2025YayoSOS WaterWinnerFinalistI’m Afraid, Said the LeafFinalistIt Bears RepeatingFinalistMad at Dad Finalist2026EverybellyFinalistIns and Outs FinalistMy Friend May FinalistFinalistRockFinalist
References
External links Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award