
Meeting in Serpa for the 6th edition of “SERPA – International award for picturebooks”, the jury’s unanimous decision was to award the prize to Kotone Utsunomiya (Japan), for the project entitled The Peach Thief (O ladrão de pêssegos) for visual and narrative originality. In this submission, Kotone demonstrates mastery in creating sequences of images which, supported by […]

Madalena Matoso is nominated for the ALMA 2026 prize, also known as the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The author was also amongst last year nominees. This award is given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. There is a total of 263 candidates from 74 countries […]

The book Three Big Questions was selected to the White Ravens 2025 Catalogue! The selection for the annually published catalogue is made by the International Youth Library’s children’s literature experts. The team focuses on titles that might be of interest to an international audience because of their literary and pictorial quality and/or the topics they address. […]






