2025 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award finalists revealed

IBBY Canada has announced the finalists for the 2025 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award.

The award, which was established in 1985 following the death of illustrator and author Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver, is presented to a Canadian illustrator in recognition of outstanding artistic talent.

The finalists are:

Aujourd’hui, promis!, illustrated and written by Josée Bisaillon (Éditions Fonfon)
Everybelly, illustrated and written by Thao Lam (Groundwood Books)
Grandes oreilles, illustrated and written by Julie Delporte (Éditions de la Pastèque)
Little Moments in a Big Universe, illustrated and written by Todd Stewart (Owlkids Books)
My Street Remembers, illustrated by Cathie Jamieson and written by Karen Krossing (Groundwood Books)
Qallupilluit: The Takers of Children, illustrated by Megan Kyak-Monteith and written by Neil Christopher and Louise Flaherty (Inhabit Media)
Ra! Ta! Ma! Cue!, illustrated and written by Howie Shia (Annick Press)
Rez Kid, illustrated by Isabelle Fassler and written by Andrea Landry (Kids Can Press)
The Thing About Birds, illustrated and written by Christy Obalek (Heritage House Publishing)
You Can’t Tame a Tiger, illustrated by Julien Chung and written by Stephanie Ellen Sy (Owlkids Books)