Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award facts for kids

The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award 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.

Winners of the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award

• 2020 - Rachel Wada, The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden
• 2018 - Julie Morstad, Bloom
• 2017 - Julie Kraulis, A Pattern for Pepper
• 2016 - Isabelle Arsenault, Louis parmi les spectres
• 2015 - Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers
• 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