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Amelia Frances Howard Gibbon Award

The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator?s Award is presented by the Canadian Association of Children?s Librarians, a section of the Canadian Association of Public Libraries (CAPL). This award was established in 1971 and is presented annually to the illustrator of an outstanding children?s book published during the previous calendar year. The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has recently announced that Perfect Snow, illustrated by Barbara Reid is this year's winner.

The two honourable mentions are:

• Timmerman Was Here, illustrated by Nicolas Debon
• You're mean, Lily Jean, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

The complete shortlist can be found on the CLA website.

IBBY Canada Cleaver Picture Book Award

The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award was established in 1985 following the death of Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver, one of Canada's pre-eminent book illustrators. The recipient is a Canadian illustrator of a picture book published in Canada in English or French during the previous calendar year. This year, the award was presented to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Oleg Lipchenko. According to the press release:

This is a captivating book in every way... The windowed book cover, gold embossed pages, detailed end pages, and faded, old-photograph colouring of the illustrations, are all visual pieces that work together to make reading it a special adventure. Lipchenko's illustrations are more than images on a page, they are a homage to the surreal quality and humour of Lewis Carroll's text, as well as a meticulously and brilliantly constructed original vision of a longstanding tradition in children's literature.