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.
2014 - Pierre Pratt, Stop, Thief!2013 - Julie Morstad, How To2012 - Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf2011 - Cybèle Young, A Few Blocks2010 - Julie Flett, Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: L’Alfabet di Michif / Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet2009 - Oleg Lipchenko, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland2008 - Christine Delezenne, La Clé2007 - Stéphane Jorisch, The Owl and The Pussycat2006 - Kady MacDonald Denton, Snow2005 - Geneviève Côté, The Lady of Shalott2004 - Stéphane Poulin, Un chant de Noël2003 - Pierre Pratt, Where's Pup?2002 - Janie Jaehyun Park, The Tiger and The Dried Persimmon2001 - Marie-Louise Gay, Stella, Queen of The Snow2000 - Michèle Lemieux, Stormy Night1999 - Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes1998 - Pascal Mileli, Rainbow Bay1997 - Harvey Chan, Ghost Train1996 - Janet Wilson, Selina and The Bear Paw Quilt1995 - Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story1994 - Leo Yerxa, Last Leaf, First Snowflake To Fall1993 – Barbara Reid, Two By Two1992 – Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales1991 – Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy1990 – Ian Wallace, The Name of the Tree1989 – Eric Beddows, Night Cars1988 – Stéphane Poulin, Can You Catch Josephine?1987 – Barbara Reid, Have You Seen Birds?1986 – Ann Blades, By The Sea: An Alphabet BookElizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA