Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration
The Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian illustrator for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council.
In name, this award is part of the Governor General's Award program only from 1987 but the four children's literature awards were established in 1975 under a Canada Council name. In the event, the "Canada Council" and "Governor General's" awards have recognized illustration in an English-language children's book every year from 1978.[1][2]
Canada Council Children's Literature Prize
In 1975 the Canada Council established four annual prizes of $5000 for the year's best English- and French-language children's books by Canadian writers and illustrators. Those "Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes" were continued under the "Governor General's Awards" rubric from 1987, and continue today. Among them the English-language illustration prize was awarded every year from 1978.[1]
- 1978: Ann Blades, A Salmon for Simon, written by Betty Waterton
- 1979: László Gál, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, retold by Janet Lunn
- 1980: Elizabeth Cleaver, Petrouchka: adapted from Igor Stravinsky and Alexandre Benois, Petrushka retold by Cleaver
- 1981: Heather Woodall, Ytek and the Arctic Orchid: an Inuit legend, by Garnet Hewitt
- 1982: Vlasta van Kampen, ABC/123: The Canadian Alphabet and Counting Book
- 1983: László Gál, The Little Mermaid, retold by Margaret Crawford Maloney
- 1984: Marie-Louise Gay, Lizzy's Lion, by Dennis Lee
- 1985: Terry Gallagher, Murdo's Story, by Murdo Scribe
- 1986: Barbara Reid, Have You Seen Birds?, by Joanne Oppenheim
Three of these winning English-language illustrators also won the annual Canadian Library Association award for children's book illustration, recognizing the same books. Their CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Awards are dated one year later: Blades 1979, Gál 1980, and Woodall 1982. The Howard-Gibbon award was inaugurated in 1971 for 1970 publications.[3]
Six illustrators listed below, winners of the English-language illustration award under the "Governor General's" name, also won the CLA award for the same book: Gay 1988, LaFave 1989, Morin 1991, Lightburn 1992, Reid 1998, and Denton 1999.[3]
1980s
- 1987: Marie-Louise Gay, Rainy Day Magic
- 1988: Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater
- 1989: Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush
1990s
- 1990: Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy
- 1991: Joanne Fitzgerald, Doctor Kiss Says Yes
- 1992: Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales
- 1993: Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming
- 1994: Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story
- 1995: Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
- 1996: Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift
- 1997: Barbara Reid, The Party
- 1998: Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
- 1999: Gary Clement, The Great Poochini
2000s
- 2000: Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story
- 2001: Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup
- 2002: Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts
- 2003: Allen Sapp, The Song Within My Heart
- 2004: Stéphane Jorisch, Jabberwocky
- 2005: Rob Gonsalves, Imagine a Day
- 2006: Leo Yerxa, Ancient Thunder
- 2007: Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun
- 2008: Stéphane Jorisch, The Owl and the Pussycat
- 2009: Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree
2010s
- 2010: Jon Klassen, Cats' Night Out
- 2011: Cybèle Young, Ten Birds
- 2012: Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf
- 2013: Matt James, Northwest Passage
- 2014: Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer
- 2015: JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers
See also
- Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature
- Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration
- Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature
References
- 1 2 "Canada Council Children's Literature Awards" [English-language books]. online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-06.
- ↑ "Governor General's Literary Awards" [winners, 1936–1999]. online guide to writing in canada. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- 1 2 "Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award" [winners]. Book Awards. Canadian Library Association (cla.org). Retrieved 2015-08-06.
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