Best children’s books of 2021
As we close in on the end of another year, I find it a cathartic experience to reflect on the year that was. And whilst 2021 will historically be marked […]
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Bologna Ragazzi Award
Here you’ll find reviews of books that were shortlisted for or have won the Bologna Ragazzi Award – major international prize of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, operating since 1963. The Award recognises the finest illustrated children’s book (could be from anywhere in the world) in 4 categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, New Horizons (for the non-Western world) and Opera Prima (for first works).
“The Lost Thing” by Shaun Tan: on belonging through connection
“The Lost Thing” was first published in 2000. It ended up being a multi-award winning picture book, which in 2004 was reinvented as a highly acclaimed theatre production (by Jigsaw
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