Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration facts for kids
The Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration is a special Canadian award. It celebrates the best Canadian illustrator each year for a children's book written in French. This award is one of four Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit given for children's books. These awards recognize both writers and illustrators of books in English and French. The Canada Council helps manage this important awards program.
This award has been part of the Governor General's Award program since 1987. However, the awards for children's literature actually started earlier, in 1975, under the Canada Council name. Since 1977, an award has been given every year to a French-language children's book illustrator.
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History of the Award
In 1975, the Canada Council created four yearly prizes. Each prize was $5000. They were for the best English and French children's books by Canadian writers and illustrators. These were called the "Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes."
From 1987, these prizes became part of the "Governor General's Awards." They are still given out today. The award for French-language illustration has been given every year since 1977.
Winners of the Award
Early Winners (1977-1986)
- 1977: Claude Lafortune for L'évangile en papier
- 1978: Ginette Anfousse for La varicelle
- 1979: Roger Paré for Une fenêtre dans ma tête
- 1980: Miyuki Tanobi for Les gens de mon pays
- 1981: Joanne Ouellet for Les Papinacois
- 1982: Darcia Labrosse for Agnès et le singulier bestiare
- 1983: Philippe Béha for Petit ours (a series of books)
- 1984: Marie-Louise Gay for Drôle d'école (a series of books)
- 1985: Roger Paré for L'alphabet
- 1986: Stéphane Poulin for Album de famille and As-tu vu Joséphine?
Winners in the 1980s
- 1987: Darcia Labrosse for Venir au monde
- 1988: Philippe Béha for Les Jeux de Pic-Mots
- 1989: Stéphane Poulin for Benjamin et la saga des oreillers
Winners in the 1990s
- 1990: Pierre Pratt for Les Fantaisies de l'oncle Henri
- 1991: Sheldon Cohen for Un champion
- 1992: Gilles Tibo for Simon et la ville de carton
- 1993: Stéphane Jorisch for Le Monde selon Jean de ...
- 1994: Pierre Pratt for Mon chien est un éléphant
- 1995: Annouchka Gravel Galouchko for Sho et les dragons d'eau
- 1996: No award presented
- 1997: Stéphane Poulin for Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée
- 1998: Pierre Pratt for Monsieur Ilétaitunefois
- 1999: Stéphane Jorisch for Charlotte et l'île du destin
Winners in the 2000s
- 2000: Anne Villeneuve for L'Écharpe rouge
- 2001: Bruce Roberts for Fidèles éléphants
- 2002: Luc Melanson for Le grand voyage de Monsieur
- 2003: Virginie Egger for Recette d’éléphant à la sauce vieux pneu
- 2004: Janice Nadeau for Nul poisson où aller
- 2005: Isabelle Arsenault for Le cœur de monsieur Gauguin
- 2006: Rogé for Le gros monstre qui aimait trop lire
- 2007: Geneviève Côté for La petite rapporteuse de mots
- 2008: Janice Nadeau for Ma meilleure amie
- 2009: Janice Nadeau for Harvey
Winners in the 2010s
- 2010: Daniel Sylvestre for Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie
- 2011: Caroline Merola for Lili et les poilus
- 2012: Élise Gravel for La clé à molette
- 2013: Isabelle Arsenault for Jane, le renard et moi
- 2014: Marianne Dubuc for Le lion et l’oiseau
- 2015: André Marois, Patrick Doyon for Le voleur de sandwichs
- 2016: Stéphanie Lapointe, Rogé for Grand-père et la lune
- 2017: Jacques Goldstyn for Azadah
- 2018: Marianne Dubuc for Le chemin de la montagne
- 2019: Stéphanie Lapointe, Delphie Côté-Lacroix for Jack et le temps perdu
Winners in the 2020s
- 2020: Katia Canciani, Guillaume Perreault for Pet et Répète: la véritable histoire
- 2021: Mario Brassard, Gérard DuBois for À qui appartiennent les nuages ?
- 2022: Nadine Robert, Qin Leng for Trèfle
- 2023: Samuel Larochelle, Ève Patenaude for Le plus petit sauveur du monde
- 2024: Ovila Fontaine, Charlotte Parent for Le premier arbre de Noël
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