40 albums, and as many universes. The finalists for the French-speaking Belgium IBBY awards have just been revealed, in a bouquet of works published by 21 publishing houses – small and large – including four Belgian. A selection where each page is part of the IBBY’s mission: to bring children closer to books and help them decipher a constantly changing world.
The suspense will end on Monday January 20, at 2 p.m., when the winners are announced at the Brussels Literature Center. A public ceremony where creators and their editors could well be present, subject to their availability. An event broadcast live on the CLJBxl YouTube channel.
Once again, this third edition of the IBBY awards is supported by the Monique Martin – Gabrielle Vincent Foundation, famous for having brought to life the characters of Ernest and Célestine. A valuable contribution which underlines, once again, the importance of promoting children’s literature.
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Bertha and I, by Beatrice Alemagna (the Leisure School)
With mushroomsby Camille Alessandroni (The Diplodocus)
The two wolvesby Madeline Roth and Pascale Breysse (Kilowatt)
My friend Cocoby Karine Daisay (Saltimbanque éditions)
Don’t touch my khakis!by Satomi Ichikawa (the Leisure School)
Fall down 8 times, get up 9by Frédéric Marais (Hongfei)
The story of the black cowby Brune Bottero and Amandine Meyer (Seuil jeunesse)
Madame O’s Childrenby Jean-Christophe Cavallin and Jérémie Moreau (Albin Michel)
A shelterby Adrien Parlange (The Party)
The Big Bookby Delphine Perret (Les Fourmis Rouges)
Price of the translated album
The bear and the childby Sylvie Bello and Cristiana Pezzetta (trans. Pauline Allart, The part)
En route!by Atinuke and Angela Brooksbank (trans. Ilona Meyer and Caroline Drouault, the elephant editions)
The Taste of WatercressAndrea Wang et Jason Chin (trad. Chun-Liang Yeh, Hongfei)
Willow et Bunnyby Christopher Denise and Anitra Rowe Schulte (trans. Claire Billaud, Kaléidoscope)
You are an explorerby Shahrzad Shahrjerdi and Ghazal Fathollahi (trad. Néda Khoshdoni Farahani, Alice Jeunesse)
A birthday in the snowby Chiaki Okada and Reiko Katayama (Seuil jeunesse)
The other sideJacqueline Woodson and EB Lewis (trans. Christiane Duchesne, D’eux)
Into the water!de Heejin Park (trad. Charlotte Gryson, CotCotCot)
What will beby Johanna Schaible (The Part)
A beautiful tripby Balint Zsako (Saltimbanque éditions)
Belgian Album Prize
Umbrellasby Pierre Alexis (The Party)
Irma’s journey, by Mathias Baijot (CotCotCot éditions)
There’s also a T.rex, but that’s not the pointby Julie Douine and Noémie Favart (Versant Sud)
Morning Twinkby Anne Herbauts (the Leisure School)
The Duck Caseby Vincent Mathy (The Party)
On the wingby Pierre Coran and Dina Melnikova (CotCotCot éditions)
At the edgeby Nina Neuray (La Partie)
Vacation Angerby Marina Philippart (MeMo)
Bilal Balazar Street, by Alice Babin and Marine Schneider (Albin Michel Jeunesse)
In the witch’s noseby Michel Van Zeveren (L’école des Loisirs)
Funny Album Award
A kiss for my brotherby Adrien Albert (The School of Leisure)
Félicien the magician pigby Christian Oster and Maud Begon (Albin Michel Jeunesse)
The 7 dwarf bears against the big bad wolfby Emile Bravo (Seuil Jeunesse)
The book that can read your mindby Marianna Coppo (trans. Christian Demilly, Grasset Jeunesse)
Oskar and the Countby Jean-Baptiste Drouot (The Red Ants)
Lack ! by Antonin Faure (Les éditions des éléphants)
The sleeping animalsby Samir Senoussi and Henri Fellner (Gallimard Jeunesse)
I am a dragon! by Sabina Hahn (trans. Rosalind Ellan-Goldsmith, The School of Leisure)
Lice, survival manual in human territoryby Berta Páramo (trans. Coralie Artus-Jolly, Helvetiq)
Ketchup or mayo? The big book of impossible choicesby Gilles Rapaport and Laurence Salaün (Seuil Jeunesse)
Find the list of French and French-speaking literary prizes
By Louella Boulland
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