Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Explained
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
1980s–1999
Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winners[3] [4] !Year!Illustrator!Title!Result1986 | | By The Sea: An Alphabet Book | Winner |
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1987 | | Have You Seen Birds? | Winner |
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1988 | | Can You Catch Josephine? | Winner |
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1989 | | Night Cars | Winner |
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1990 | | | Winner |
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1991 | | | Winner |
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1992 | | Waiting for the Whales | Winner |
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1993 | | Two By Two | Winner |
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1994 | | Last Leaf, First Snowflake To Fall | Winner |
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1995 | | Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story | Winner |
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1996 | | Selina and The Bear Paw Quilt | Winner |
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1997 | | Ghost Train | Winner |
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1998 | | Rainbow Bay | Winner |
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1999 | | | Winner | |
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2000–present
Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winners!Year!Illustrator!Author!Title!Result!Ref.2000 | | | Stormy Night | Winner | |
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2001 | | | Stella, Queen of the Snow | Winner | |
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2002 | | | | Winner | |
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2003 | | | Where's Pup? | Winner | |
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2004 | | | | Winner | |
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2005 | | | | Winner | |
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2006 | | | Snow | Winner | |
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2007 | | | | Winner | |
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2008 | | | | Winner | |
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2009 | | | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Winner | |
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2010 | | | Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: L’Alfabet di Michif / Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet | Winner | |
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2011 | | | | Winner | |
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2012 | | | Virginia Wolf | Winner | |
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2013 | | | How To | Winner | |
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2014 | | | Stop, Thief! | Winner | |
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2015 | | | Sidewalk Flowers | Winner | |
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2016 | | | Louis parmi les spectres | Winner | |
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2017 | | | | Winner | [5] |
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| | Town is by the Sea | Honour | |
| | When the Moon Comes | Honour | |
| | Dépareillés | Shortlist | [6] |
| | Stolen Words | Shortlist | |
2018 | | | Bloom | Winner | [7] [8] |
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| | Africville | Honour | |
| | Deep Underwater | Honour | |
| | Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock | Finalist | [9] |
| | Blue Rider | Finalist | |
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| | Mustafa | Finalist | |
| | Red Sky at Night | Finalist | |
| and Valérie Picard | Toucania | Finalist | |
| | Wallpaper | Finalist | |
2019 | | | | Winner | [10] |
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| | King Mouse | Honour | [11] |
| | Small in the City | Honour | [12] |
| | Dancing with Daisy | Finalist | [13] |
| | My Winter City | Finalist | |
| | Laurent, c’est moi! | Finalist | |
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| | Birdsong | Finalist | |
| | It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way | Finalist | |
| | Bon Voyage, Mister Rodriguez | Finalist | |
2020 | | | | Winner | [15] |
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| | At The Pond | Honour | |
| | Window | Finalist | [16] |
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| | Snow Days | Finalist | |
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2021 | | | À qui appartiennent les nuages? | Winner | [17] |
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| | Bear Wants To Sing | Finalist | [18] |
| | Gemma and the Giant Girl | Finalist | |
| | Hare B&B | Finalist | |
| | Les devoirs d’Edmond | Finalist | |
| | Maya's Big Scene | Finalist | |
| | On the Trapline | Finalist | |
| | Papier Bulle | Finalist | |
| | Time is a Flower | Finalist | |
| | We All Play | Finalist | |
2022 | | | Night Lunch | Winner | [19] [20] |
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| | Kumo: the Bashful Cloud | Honour | |
| | Lizzy and the Cloud | Honour | |
2023 | Todd Stewart | Jean E. Pendziwol | Skating Wild on an Inland Sea | Winner | [21] |
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Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley | Brittany Luby | Mnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin | Honour | |
Lauren Soloy | Kathy Stinson | A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis | Honour | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award – IBBY Canada . 2023-05-22 . en-US . 2023-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206200801/https://www.ibby-canada.org/awards/elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-award . live .
- Web site: Library and Archives Canada Awards page . 2011-03-29 . 2012-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022045648/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-073002-e.html . live .
- Web site: Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2023-05-24 . . en-US . 2023-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206200801/https://www.ibby-canada.org/awards/elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-award . live .
- Web site: Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Archives . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2023-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230522042210/http://bookcentre.ca/awards/elizabeth-mrazikcleaver-award . live .
- Web site: Hunter . Emma . 2018-04-10 . Julie Kraulis wins Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2022-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209192452/http://bookcentre.ca/news/julie-kraulis-wins-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award . live .
- Web site: Howe . Meghan . 2018-03-05 . Shortlist announced for 2017 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2023-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230327164157/http://bookcentre.ca/news/shortlist-ibby-cleaver-2017 . live .
- Web site: Hunter . Emma . 2019-02-21 . Julie Morstad wins 2018 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Bloom . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2023-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230129030112/http://bookcentre.ca/news/julie-morstad-wins-2018-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award-bloom . live .
- Web site: van Koeverden . Jane . 2019-02-22 . Vancouver illustrator Julie Morstad wins Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Bloom . 2023-05-24 . . 2019-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190225191810/https://www.cbc.ca/books/vancouver-illustrator-julie-morstad-wins-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award-for-bloom-1.5027940 . live .
- Web site: Hunter . Emma . 2019-01-31 . Finalists announced for 2018 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2022-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130132814/http://bookcentre.ca/en/finalists-announced-2018-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award . live .
- Web site: Rachel Wada wins 2020 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200928020820/https://www.ibby-canada.org/cleaver-2020-winner/ . 2020-09-28 . September 9, 2020 . IBBY Canada.
- Web site: Hunter . Emma . 2020-03-07 . Rachel Wada wins 2020 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2023-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321073937/http://bookcentre.ca/news/rachel-wada-wins-2020-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver . live .
- Web site: Porter . Ryan . 2020-03-09 . Illustrator Rachel Wada wins Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award . 2023-05-25 . . en . 2022-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221206103221/https://quillandquire.com/omni/illustrator-rachel-wada-wins-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-picture-book-award/ . live .
- Web site: Howe . Meghan . 2020-01-31 . Finalists announced for 2020 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2023-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230327174326/http://bookcentre.ca/en/finalists-announced-2020-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award . live .
- Web site: "A Pocket of Time" is a finalist of IBBY Canada's Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2023-05-25 . Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press . en-US . 2021-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210419115335/https://nimbus.ca/news/a-pocket-of-time-is-a-finalist-of-ibby-canadas-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award . live .
- Web site: Hunter . Emma . 2021-03-08 . Marie-Louise Gay wins 2020 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for The Three Brothers . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2022-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130032725/http://bookcentre.ca/news/marie-louise-gay-wins-2020-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award-three-brothers . live .
- Web site: Hunter . Emma . 2021-02-05 . Announcing the 2020 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Finalists . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2022-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221128041458/http://bookcentre.ca/news/announcing-2020-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award-finalists . live .
- Web site: Deogun . Inderjit . 2022-03-28 . Gérard DuBois wins 2021 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2023-05-25 . . en . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129140016/https://quillandquire.com/omni/gerard-dubois-wins-2021-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award/ . live .
- Web site: Hunter . Emma . 2022-03-08 . Announcing the 2021 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Finalists . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2023-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321081810/http://bookcentre.ca/news/announcing-2021-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award-finalists . live .
- Web site: Howe . Meghan . 2023-04-03 . Dena Seiferling wins 2022 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Night Lunch . 2023-05-25 . . en-US.
- Web site: Deogun . Inderjit . 2023-04-03 . Dena Seiferling wins 2022 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2023-05-25 . . en . 2023-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404085253/https://quillandquire.com/omni/dena-seiferling-wins-2022-elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-canadian-picture-book-award/ . live .
- Web site: Deogun . Inderjit . 2024-06-06 . Todd Stewart wins 2023 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2024-04-22 . Quill & Quire.