The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award was presented annually by the

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Winners

The award has been presented to one illustrator for one book every year from 1971."Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award"
inners ''Book Awards''. CLA. Retrieved 2014-07-15. Below, the author column indicates if the author is distinct from the original and/or a retelling of a text. Otherwise the text was written by the illustrator or was not original ("anthology").

Repeat winners

Marie-Louise Gay has won the Illustrator's Award four times from 1987, most recently in 2015. Several others have won it twice.

Winners of multiple awards

Nine books won both this CLA Illustrator's Award and the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration (or Canada Council Children's Literature Prize before 1987). The illustrators and CLA award dates were Blades 1979, Gál 1980, Woodall 1982, (now under the "Governor General's Awards" name) Gay 1988, LaFave 1989, Morin 1991, Lightburn 1992, Reid 1998, and Denton 1999."Canada Council Children's Literature Awards"
nglish-language books

"Canada Council Children's Literature in French Awards"
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''online guide to writing in canada'' (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-22.
inners, 1936–1999 ''online guide to writing in canada''. Retrieved 2015-08-22.

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External links

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Winners

Repeat winners

Winners of multiple awards

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