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| Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | an outstanding illustrator of a new Canadian children's book |
| Country | Canada |
| Presented by | Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques |
| First awarded | 1971 |
| Last awarded | 2016 |
The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award was presented annually by the Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques (CLA) to an outstanding illustrator of a new Canadian children's book.[1] The book must be "suitable for children up to and including age 12" and its writing "must be worthy of the book's illustrations." The illustrator must be a citizen or permanent resident. The prize is a plaque and $1000 presented at the CLA annual conference.[1] The medal commemorates and the award is dedicated to schoolteacher and artist Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon who taught academics as well as art to Ontario schoolchildren in the 1860s and early 1870s. Her best-known work An Illustrated Comic Alphabet was published in 1966 by Henry Z. Walck in New York City and Oxford University Press in Toronto.
- ^ a b "Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award" Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine [top]. Book Awards. Canadian Library Association (cla.org). Retrieved 2014-07-15.