# Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award

The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award is an annual literary award for children's picture illustrators. 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.

## Honorees
### 1980s–1999

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winners :
| Year | Illustrator | Title | Result |
| 1986 | Ann Blades | By The Sea: An Alphabet Book | Winner |
| 1987 | Barbara Reid | Have You Seen Birds? | Winner |
| 1988 | Stéphane Poulin | Can You Catch Josephine? | Winner |
| 1989 | Eric Beddows | Night Cars | Winner |
| 1990 | Ian Wallace | The Name of the Tree | Winner |
| 1991 | Paul Morin | The Orphan Boy | Winner |
| 1992 | Ron Lightburn | Waiting for the Whales | Winner |
| 1993 | Barbara Reid | Two By Two | Winner |
| 1994 | Leo Yerxa | Last Leaf, First Snowflake To Fall | Winner |
| 1995 | Murray Kimber | Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story | Winner |
| 1996 | Janet Wilson | Selina and The Bear Paw Quilt | Winner |
| 1997 | Harvey Chan | Ghost Train | Winner |
| 1998 | Pascal Mileli | Rainbow Bay | Winner |
| 1999 | Kady MacDonald Denton | A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes | Winner |

### 2000–present

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award winners :
| Year | Illustrator | Author | Title | Result |
| 2000 | Michèle Lemieux | | Stormy Night | Winner |
| 2001 | Marie-Louise Gay | | Stella, Queen of the Snow | Winner |
| 2002 | Janie Jaehyun Park | | The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon | Winner |
| 2003 | Pierre Pratt | | Where's Pup? | Winner |
| 2004 | Stéphane Poulin | | Un chant de Noël | Winner |
| 2005 | Geneviève Côté | | The Lady of Shalott | Winner |
| 2006 | Kady MacDonald Denton | | Snow | Winner |
| 2007 | Stéphane Jorisch | | The Owl and the Pussycat | Winner |
| 2008 | Christine Delezenne | | La Clé | Winner |
| 2009 | Oleg Lipchenko | | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Winner |
| 2010 | Julie Flett | | Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: L’Alfabet di Michif / Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet | Winner |
| 2011 | Cybèle Young | | A Few Blocks | Winner |
| 2012 | Isabelle Arsenault | | Virginia Wolf | Winner |
| 2013 | Julie Morstad | | How To | Winner |
| 2014 | Pierre Pratt | | Stop, Thief! | Winner |
| 2015 | Sydney Smith | | Sidewalk Flowers | Winner |
| 2016 | Isabelle Arsenault | | Louis parmi les spectres | Winner |
| 2017 | Julie Kraulis | Julie Kraulis | A Pattern for Pepper | Winner |
| 2017 | Sydney Smith | Joanne Schwartz | Town is by the Sea | Honour |
| 2017 | Matt James | Paul Harbridge | When the Moon Comes | Honour |
| 2017 | Geneviève Després | Marie-Francine Hébert | Dépareillés | Shortlist |
| 2017 | Gabrielle Grimard | Melanie Florence | Stolen Words | Shortlist |
| 2018 | Julie Morstad | Kyo Maclear | Bloom | Winner |
| 2018 | Eva Campbell | Shauntay Grant | Africville | Honour |
| 2018 | Irene Luxbacher | Irene Luxbacher | Deep Underwater | Honour |
| 2018 | Amanda Strong | Dallas Hunt | Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock | Finalist |
| 2018 | Geraldo Valério | Geraldo Valério | Blue Rider | Finalist |
| 2018 | Matt James | Matt James | The Funeral | Finalist |
| 2018 | Marie-Louise Gay | Marie-Louise Gay | Mustafa | Finalist |
| 2018 | Elly MacKay | Elly MacKay | Red Sky at Night | Finalist |
| 2018 | Marianne Ferrer | Marianne Ferrer and Valérie Picard | Toucania | Finalist |
| 2018 | Thao Lam | Thao Lam | Wallpaper | Finalist |
| 2019 | Rachel Wada | Heather Smith | The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden | Winner |
| 2019 | Dena Seiferling | Cary Fagan | King Mouse | Honour |
| 2019 | Sydney Smith | Sydney Smith | Small in the City | Honour |
| 2019 | Josée Bisaillon | Jan Coates | Dancing with Daisy | Finalist |
| 2019 | Gary Clement | James Gladstone | My Winter City | Finalist |
| 2019 | Geneviève Després | Stéphanie Deslauriers | Laurent, c’est moi! | Finalist |
| 2019 | Emma FitzGerald | Rita Wilson | A Pocket of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth Bishop | Finalist |
| 2019 | Julie Flett | Julie Flett | Birdsong | Finalist |
| 2019 | Julie Morstad | Kyo Maclear | It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way | Finalist |
| 2019 | François Thisdale | Christiane Duchesne | Bon Voyage, Mister Rodriguez | Finalist |
| 2020 | Marie-Louise Gay | Marie-Louise Gay | The Three Brothers | Winner |
| 2020 | Thao Lam | Thao Lam | The Paper Boat | Honour |
| 2020 | Geraldo Valério | Geraldo Valério | At The Pond | Honour |
| 2020 | Marion Arbona | Marion Arbona | Window | Finalist |
| 2020 | Nathalie Dion | Valérie Fontaine | Le grand méchant loup dans ma maison | Finalist |
| 2020 | The Fan Brothers | The Fan Brothers | The Barnabus Project | Finalist |
| 2020 | Nahid Kazemi | Joanne Schwartz | The Old Woman | Finalist |
| 2020 | Marie Lafrance | Kathy Stinson | The Lady with the Books | Finalist |
| 2020 | Miki Sato | Deborah Kerbel | Snow Days | Finalist |
| 2020 | Geraldo Valério | Geraldo Valério | The Egg | Finalist |
| 2021 | Gérard DuBois | Mario Brassard | À qui appartiennent les nuages? | Winner |
| 2021 | Dena Seiferling | Cary Fagan | Bear Wants To Sing | Finalist |
| 2021 | Marie Lafrance | Sara O'Leary | Gemma and the Giant Girl | Finalist |
| 2021 | Bill Pechet | Bill Richardson | Hare B&B | Finalist |
| 2021 | Julie Rocheleau | Hugo Léger | Les devoirs d’Edmond | Finalist |
| 2021 | Isabelle Arsenault | Isabelle Arsenault | Maya's Big Scene | Finalist |
| 2021 | Julie Flett | David A. Robertson | On the Trapline | Finalist |
| 2021 | Eve Patenaude | Simon Boulerice | Papier Bulle | Finalist |
| 2021 | Julie Morstad | Julie Morstad | Time is a Flower | Finalist |
| 2021 | Julie Flett | Julie Flett | We All Play | Finalist |
| 2022 | Dena Seiferling | | Night Lunch | Winner |
| 2022 | Nathalie Dion | Kyo Maclear | Kumo: the Bashful Cloud | Honour |
| 2022 | The Fan Brothers | The Fan Brothers | Lizzy and the Cloud | Honour |
| 2023 | Todd Stewart | Jean E. Pendziwol | Skating Wild on an Inland Sea | Winner |
| 2023 | Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley | Brittany Luby | Mnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin | Honour |
| 2023 | Lauren Soloy | Kathy Stinson | A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis | Honour |