The Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award is an annual

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, presented to the year's best illustrated

picture book A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The ima ...

for children. Sponsored by A. Charles Baillie and administered by the

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, the award carries a monetary prize of $20,000."Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award"
. bookcentre.ca, November 13, 2015. The award is named in honour of Marilyn Baillie, a children's book author and early childhood educator who is married to former TD Bank chairman A. Charles Baillie. The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award The TD Canadian Children's Literature Award is an annual Canadian literary award, presented to the year's best work of children's literature. Sponsored by TD Bank Financial Group and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the award carries a monetar ...

Winners and nominees

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Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
Canadian Children's Book Centre awards Picture book awards Awards established in 2006 2006 establishments in Canada