Governor General's Award (illustration)
Canada's national award for young people's literature in English, for the illustration. Canada. 190 books on this site.
2025
- This Land Is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson Winner
- Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp Finalist
- It Bears Repeating by Tanya Tagaq Finalist
- Oasis by Guojing Finalist
- The Rock and the Butterfly by Kathy Stinson Finalist
2024
- Skating Wild on an Inland Sea by Jean E. Pendziwol Winner
- Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith Finalist
- I'm Afraid, Said the Leaf by Danielle Daniel Finalist
- One Giant Leap by Thao Lam Finalist
- The Gulf by Adam de Souza Finalist
2023
- When You Can Swim by Jack Wong Winner
- Boobies by Nancy Vo Finalist
- Mr. S by Monica Arnaldo Finalist
- Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie Finalist
- The Skull by Jon Klassen Finalist
2022
- The Sour Cherry Tree by Naseem Hrab Winner
- Mina by Matthew Forsythe Finalist
- The Big Bath House by Kyo Maclear Finalist
- Time Is a Flower by Julie Morstad Finalist
- kā-āciwīkicik / The Move by Doris George and Don K. Philpot Finalist
2021
- On the Trapline by David A. Robertson Winner
- Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby Finalist
- Out Into the Big Wide Lake by Paul Harbridge Finalist
- The Library Bus by Bahram Rahman Finalist
- The Wind and the Trees by Todd Stewart Finalist
2020
- The Barnabus Project by The Fan Brothers Winner
- I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott Finalist
- Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki Finalist
- Swift Fox All Along by Rebecca Thomas Finalist
- Weekend Dad by Naseem Hrab Finalist
2019
- Small in the City by Sydney Smith Winner
- Albert's Quiet Quest by Isabelle Arsenault Finalist
- Birdsong by Julie Flett Finalist
- How to Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps by Nicola Winstanley Finalist
- King Mouse by Cary Fagan Finalist
2018
- They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki Winner
- Africville by Shauntay Grant Finalist
- At the Pond by Werner Zimmermann Finalist
- Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew Finalist
- Ocean Meets Sky by Eric Fan and Terry Fan Finalist
2017
- When We Were Alone by David Robertson Winner
- Short Stories for Little Monsters by Marie-Louise Gay Finalist
- The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk by Jan Thornhill Finalist
- Town is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz Finalist
- When the Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge Finalist
2016
- Tokyo Digs a Garden by Jon-Erik Lappano Winner
- A Hungry Lion or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins Finalist
- Ooko by Esmé Shapiro Finalist
- The Branch by Mireille Messier Finalist
- The White Cat and the Monk by Jo Ellen Bogart Finalist
2015
- Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson Winner
- A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories by John Martz Finalist
- Bug in a Vacuum by Mélanie Watt Finalist
- Jack, the King of Ashes by Andy Jones Finalist
- The Good Little Book by Kyo Maclear Finalist
2014
- This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki Winner
- Any Questions? by Marie-Louise Gay Finalist
- Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki Finalist
- Julia, Child by Kyo Maclear Finalist
- Once Upon a Memory by Nina Laden Finalist
2013
- Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers Winner
- How To by Julie Morstad Finalist
- Miss Mousie's Blind Date by Tim Beiser Finalist
- Oy, Feh, So? by Cary Fagan Finalist
- The Dark by Lemony Snicket Finalist
2012
- Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear Winner
- Big City Bees by Maggie de Vries Finalist
- House Held Up by Trees by Ted Kooser Finalist
- In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up by Monica Kulling Finalist
- Picture a Tree by Barbara Reid Finalist
2011
- Ten Birds by Cybèle Young Winner
- Along a Long Road by Frank Viva Finalist
- Fishing with Gubby by Gary Kent Finalist
- Migrant by Maxine Trottier Finalist
- Red Wagon by Renata Liwska Finalist
2010
- Cats' Night Out by Caroline Stutson Winner
- I Know Here by Laurel Croza Finalist
- Owls See Clearly at Night by Julie Flett Finalist
- The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood Finalist
- Uirapuru by P. K. Page Finalist
2009
- Bella's Tree by Janet Russell Winner
- Alego by Ningiukulu Teevee Finalist
- Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog by Tim Beiser Finalist
- My Great Big Mamma by Olivier Ka Finalist
- The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larsen Finalist
2008
- The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear Winner
- My Letter to the World and Other Poems by Emily Dickinson Finalist
- Shin-chi's Canoe by Nicola I. Campbell Finalist
- The Emperor's Second Hand Clothes by Martin Wald Finalist
- Yellow Moon, Apple Moon by Pamela Porter Finalist
2007
- The Boy from the Sun by Duncan Weller Winner
- Marja's Skis by Jean E. Pendziwol Finalist
- My New Shirt by Cary Fagan Finalist
- The Blue Hippopotamus by Phoebe Gilman Finalist
- The Painted Circus by Wallace Edwards Finalist
2006
- Ancient Thunder by Leo Yerxa Winner
- Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer Finalist
- Earth Magic by Dionne Brand Finalist
- Let's Go for a Ride by Maxwell Newhouse Finalist
- The Birdman by Veronika Martenova Charles Finalist
2005
- Imagine a Day by Sarah L. Thomson Winner
- City Angel by Eileen Spinelli Finalist
- Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon Finalist
- Mixed Beasts by Kenyon Cox Finalist
- The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes Finalist
2004
- Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll Winner
- A Very Unusual Dog by Dorothy Joan Harris Finalist
- Dawn Watch by Jean E. Pendziwol Finalist
- Peg and the Yeti by Kenneth Oppel Finalist
- Stella, Princess of the Sky by Marie-Louise Gay Finalist
2003
- The Song Within My Heart by David Bouchard Winner
- Four Pictures by Emily Carr by Nicolas Debon Finalist
- Imagine a Night by Sarah L. Thomson Finalist
- Sindbad's Secret: From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights by Ludmila Zeman Finalist
- The Subway Mouse by Barbara Reid Finalist
2002
- Alphabeasts by Wallace Edwards Winner
- Dragonfly Kites / Kíweegínapíseek by Tomson Highway Finalist
- Stella, Fairy of the Forest by Marie-Louise Gay Finalist
- The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon by Janie Jaehyun Park Finalist
- When Pigs Fly by Valerie Coulman Finalist
2001
- An Island in the Soup by Mireille Levert Winner
- Mallory and the Power Boy by Pete Marlowe Finalist
- The Wolf of Gubbio by Michael Bedard Finalist
- We'll All Go Sailing by Maggee Spicer Finalist
- Wild Bog Tea by Annette LeBox Finalist
2000
- Yuck, A Love Story by Don Gillmor Winner
- Hannah's Collections by Marthe Jocelyn Finalist
- Pa's Harvest by Jan Andrews Finalist
- The Market Wedding by Cary Fagan Finalist
- The Snow Queen by Ken Setterington Finalist
1999
- The Great Poochini by Gary Clement Winner
- Brave Highland Heart by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart Finalist
- Dragon New Year by David Bouchard Finalist
- I Know an Old Laddie by Jean Little Finalist
- Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights by Ludmila Zeman Finalist
1998
- A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Kady MacDonald Denton Winner
- Music for the Tsar of the Sea by Celia Barker Lottridge Finalist
- The Fox's Kettle by Laura Langston Finalist
- The Great Race by David Bouchard Finalist
- The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other Stories by Barrie Baker Finalist
1997
- The Party by Barbara Reid Winner
- Flying Dimitri by Blair Drawson Finalist
- Rumpelstiltskin by Wilhelm Grimm Finalist
- The Angel Tree by Robin Muller Finalist
- The First Red Maple Leaf by Ludmila Zeman Finalist
1996
- The Rooster's Gift by Pam Conrad Winner
- Gruntle Piggle Takes Off by Jean Little Finalist
- Sody Salleratus by Aubrey Davis Finalist
- The Wise Washerman – A Folktale from Burma by Deborah Froese Finalist
- Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe! by Julie Lawson Finalist
1995
- The Last Quest of Gilgamesh by Ludmila Zeman Winner
- Aska's Sea Creatures by David Day Finalist
- Just Stay Put by Gary Clement Finalist
- The Killick: A Newfoundland Story by Geoff Butler Finalist
- Woodland Christmas by Frances Tyrrell Finalist
1994
- Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story by Jim McGugan Winner
- La Diablesse and the Baby by Richardo Keens-Douglas Finalist
- Polar, the Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Stone Spedden Finalist
- There Was An Old Man...: A Collection of Limericks by Edward Lear Finalist
- Who by Richard Thompson Finalist
1993
- Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming by Sharon Jennings Winner
- Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol Finalist
- Brewster Rooster by Berny Lucas Finalist
- Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall by Leo Yerxa Finalist
- There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen! by Sheree Fitch Finalist
1992
- Waiting for the Whales by Sheryl McFarlane Winner
- Hickory, Dickory, Dock by Robin Muller Finalist
- The Big Storm by Rhea Tregebov Finalist
- When Jeremiah Found Mrs. Ming by Sharon Jennings Finalist
- Zoom Upstream by Tim Wynne-Jones Finalist
1991
- Doctor Kiss Says Yes by Teddy Jam Winner
- A Happy New Year's Day by Roch Carrier Finalist
- Coyote Winter by Jacquelinne White Finalist
- Peter and the Wolf by Michèle Lemieux Finalist
- The Travelling Musicians by P. K. Page Finalist
1990
- The Orphan Boy by Paul Morin Winner
- Seasons by Warabé Aska Finalist
- The Huron Carol by Frances Tyrrell Finalist
1989
- The Magic Paintbrush by Robin Muller Winner
- A Gift from Saint Francis by Joanna Cole Finalist
- The Wildlife 123 by Jan Thornhill Finalist
1988
- Amos's Sweater by Janet Lunn Winner
- Angel and the Polar Bear by Marie-Louise Gay Finalist
- How the Devil Got His Cat by Mary Alice Downie Finalist
- Sleepers by Dayal Kaur Khalsa Finalist
- The Wildlife ABC by Jan Thornhill Finalist
1987
- Rainy Day Magic by Marie-Louise Gay Winner
- Exploring the Night Sky by Terence Dickinson Finalist
- Flights of Magic by John Steffler Finalist
- The Enchanted Tapestry by Robert D. San Souci Finalist