Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award[1] 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]
Winners of the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award
- 2014 - Pierre Pratt, Stop, Thief!
- 2013 - Julie Morstad, How To
- 2012 - Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf
- 2011 - Cybèle Young, A Few Blocks
- 2010 - Julie Flett, Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: L’Alfabet di Michif / Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet
- 2009 - Oleg Lipchenko, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- 2008 - Christine Delezenne, La Clé
- 2007 - Stéphane Jorisch, The Owl and The Pussycat
- 2006 - Kady MacDonald Denton, Snow
- 2005 - Geneviève Côté, The Lady of Shalott
- 2004 - Stéphane Poulin, Un chant de Noël
- 2003 - Pierre Pratt, Where's Pup?
- 2002 - Janie Jaehyun Park, The Tiger and The Dried Persimmon
- 2001 - Marie-Louise Gay, Stella, Queen of The Snow
- 2000 - Michèle Lemieux, Stormy Night
- 1999 - Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
- 1998 - Pascal Mileli, Rainbow Bay
- 1997 - Harvey Chan, Ghost Train
- 1996 - Janet Wilson, Selina and The Bear Paw Quilt
- 1995 - Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story
- 1994 - Leo Yerxa, Last Leaf, First Snowflake To Fall
- 1993 – Barbara Reid, Two By Two
- 1992 – Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales
- 1991 – Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy
- 1990 – Ian Wallace, The Name of the Tree
- 1989 – Eric Beddows, Night Cars
- 1988 – Stéphane Poulin, Can You Catch Josephine?
- 1987 – Barbara Reid, Have You Seen Birds?
- 1986 – Ann Blades, By The Sea: An Alphabet Book