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• The King's Daughter Asks for the Moon from the Sky, Farjeon E.. Elinor Farjeon is a classic of English children's literature, a writer as beloved in England as Lewis Carroll and Alan A. Milne. In 1956, for her contribution to the development of children's literature...
• Princess Lindagul and Other Tales, Braude L. (trans.). Lyudmila Yulievna Braude is one of the most famous and honored translators in our country, who introduced millions of Russian children to the world of Scandinavian literary fairy tale. Thanks to her…

Nominees for the 2016 International Hans Christian Andersen Prize have been announced. Writer Andrei Usachev and artist Mikhail Fedorov were nominated for the prize from Russia..

The Andersen Prize is the most prestigious award in the field of children's literature, unofficially it is also called the “Little Nobel Prize”, it is awarded every two years, the next event will take place in 2016. Not a single writer has yet been able to receive from our country gold medal Andersen, however, in the field of illustrations, we were still once recognized as the best - in 1976, Tatyana Mavrina received the Andersen Prize for her contribution to the illustration of children's books.

Tatyana Mavrina – one of the most famous and beloved Russian illustrators folk tales. Her characters are like epic heroes, beautiful girls are real Russian beauties, and fairy tale characters, as if coming from an ancient melodious legend. Everyone is familiar with Mavrina’s illustrations for Pushkin’s fairy tales, poem "Ruslan and Ludmila", fairy tales "Princess Frog", "On Buyan Island" and many others. Let's not forget to add to this list about a hundred books of Russian and foreign classics, illustrated by Tatyana Mavrina.

In 2014 the nominees were writer Vladislav Krapivin And artist Igor Oleynikov.

The list of candidates for the 2016 Prize included 28 authors and 29 illustrators from 34 countries.

Argentina: writer Maria Laura Devetach; illustrator Bianchi
Australia: writer Ursula Dubossarsky; illustrator Bronwyn Bancroft
Austria: writer Renate Welsh; illustrator Linda Wolfsgruber
Belgium: writer Bart Muyaert; illustrator Rascal
Brazil: writer Marina Colasanti; illustrator Sisa Fittipaldi
Great Britain: writer Elizabeth Laird; illustrator Chris Riddell
Denmark: writer Louis Jensen; illustrator Lilian Brögger
Germany: writer Miriam Pressler; illustrator Rotraut Suzanne Berner
Holland: writer Ted van Lieshout; illustrator Marit Törnqvist
Greece: writer Elena Dikaiu; illustrator Lida Varvarusi
Egypt: writer Affa Tobbala
Spain: writer Agusti Fernandez Paz; illustrator Miguel Anjo Prado Plana
Italy: writer Chiara Carminati; illustrator Alessandro Sanna
Iran: illustrator Peyman Rahimzadeh
Canada: writer Kenneth Oppel; illustrator Pierre Pratt
China: writer Cao Wen-Hsuan; illustrator Zhu Chen-Liang
Colombia: illustrator Claudia Rueda
Latvia: illustrator Anita Paegle
Mexico: illustrator Gabriel Pacheco
New Zealand: writer Joy Cowley
Norway: writer Thor Åge Bringsvärd; illustrator Lisa Aisato
Palestine: writer Sonya Nimr
Russia: writer Andrey Usachev; illustrator Mikhail Fedorov
Slovakia: writer Daniel Hevier; illustrator Peter Uchnar
Slovenia: writer Svetlana Makarovich; illustrator Marjan Manczek
USA: writer Lois Lowry; illustrator Chris Raschka
Türkiye: writer Gulcin Alpoge; illustrator Ferit Avci
France: writer Timothée de Fombelles; illustrator Francois Place
Croatia: writer Miro Gavran
Switzerland: writer Franz Hochler; illustrator Etienne Delessert
Sweden: illustrator Eva Lindström
Estonia: writer Piret Raud
South Korea: illustrator Susie Lee
Japan: writer Eiko Kadono; illustrator Ken Katayama

Until January 2016, the jury, under the leadership of its president, will evaluate the work of the nominees and select candidates for the short-list, which will be announced in January, after the final meeting of the jury. The winners of the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Prize will be announced at the IBBY press conference during the Bologna Children's Book Fair in March 2016. Ceremonial presentation of the Prize

ANDREY USACHEV– nomineefor the 2016 International Andersen Prize.

One of the most amazing Russian children's writers. Poet, playwright, screenwriter and contemporary author of rare talent. There are no genres in literature for children in which he would not work. Usachev writes poems, songs, fairy tales, fantastic stories and funny textbooks for children.

Published in 1985. Member of the Russian Writers' Union. Textbook “Fundamentals of Life Safety” for grades 1-4, books “Declaration of Human Rights” and “My geographical discoveries"were recommended for study in schools by the Russian Ministry of Education.

He worked on television - wrote scripts and songs for the program “Quarterie Merry Kampania” (together with Pyotr Sinyavsky), for the multi-part series feature film"Dragon and Company" For several years he hosted children's radio programs “Merry Radio Company” and “Flying Sofa.” Various studios in the country based on his scripts produced cartoons: “Papovoz”, “Smart Dog Sonya” and others. More than 100 books by Andrei Usachev for children have been published in Russia. His works have been translated into several languages ​​of the world. Andrey Usachev is also known as the author of popular plays for children's theater, screenwriter of the Kremlin Christmas trees. Among other things, he pays great attention to song creativity– to date, more than a dozen of his author’s collections have been published. More than 50 songs for children with poems and music by Usachev were played on television. 20 audio cassettes with his songs and fairy tales have been released.

Andrey Usachev is a laureate of the Golden Ostap festival, national competition"Book of the Year" for the book "333 Cats", the international award "Peter and the Wolf 2006" for best work for children. In 1990, the book of poems “If You Throw a Stone Up” received first prize at All-Russian competition young writers for children. In addition to poetry and prose, he writes for puppet theater. More than 10 plays have been created individually and in collaboration. The plays are shown in 20 theaters in Russia.

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ASK FOR BOOKS BY ANDREY USACHEV IN LIBRARIES:

THE ABC'S OF GOOD BEHAVIOR

There are children who do not know how to behave. At the table they eat with their hands, on the tram they do not give up their seats to their grandmothers, and these children never say “thank you” or “please”! Do you think these boys and girls are incorrigible?
Nothing like this!
They just think that reading about the rules good behavior- it's terribly boring! And all because they didn't have one wonderful book Andrey Usachev! How to accept and give gifts, how to talk on the phone? You will find these and many other answers to questions in this wonderful book.
Andrei Usachev composed funny poems even about the most boring rules. Once you read them, you will immediately become polite and courteous. After all, being ill-mannered is simply funny! Read!

And the pictures are just class!!!

Read a book in libraries: F23, F3

PILLOW BATTLE

Even in Usachev’s poems “for the holidays” there is no vulgar officialdom, no boring pathos. So, in honor of Defender of the Fatherland Day, a poem is offered “Pillow fight” with the most peace-making appeal:

It's time to forget a long time ago

About guns or cannons.

And if there are still wars,

That's pillow wars.

Funny and witty poems from your loved one children's writer Andrey Usachev. And what fun illustrations that everyone is sure to love! ...

Read a book in libraries: CDYUB, F14, F15, F3

FAIRY TALES

Complete collection of poems and fairy tales. And what amazing texts that you don’t want to let go of the book! The collection also includes two especially favorite
all the stories - “Buk from the planet Buk” and “Malusya and Rogoped”, and wonderful illustrations were drawn by Elena Stanikova.

Read a book in libraries: Central City Hospital, F1, F3

Once upon a time there were hedgehogs

Once upon a time there were hedgehogs: dad Hedgehog, mom Hedgehog and hedgehogs Vovka and Veronica. As with all children, funny, touching and instructive stories happen to little hedgehogs. Getting to know their neighbors - little hares, squirrels, beavers and hamsters - hedgehogs begin to understand what friendship is and learn to value it.

Read a book in libraries: Central City Hospital,F15, F3, CDYB, F10, F14, F22, F1, F2, F23

FUNNY SOUNDER

For reading at home and at school,

In the garden, in the forest, in the mountains and in the field

This beginning of this book is already promising, isn’t it?

This fun book about sounds and syllables is written in poetry. Not with simple verses, but with prompt verses.

Read a book in libraries: Central City Hospital, CDYUB, F 1, F10, F14.

CITY OF LAUGHTER

An ordinary book is made like this: a writer or poet composes a text and gives it to an artist to draw illustrations. And with the book “City of Laughter” it turned out the other way around! Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Chizhikov painted for more than half a century in the magazines “Murzilka”, “ Funny pictures", "Pioneer", as well as in adult publications "Around the World" and "Crocodile". Andrei Usachev collected these drawings and wrote funny poems for them together with Galina Dyadina, and the result was the book “Musical Tree” with the subtitle “music lessons for the whole family.”

That's how they built it the whole CITY LAUGHTER, on the pages of which children will find riddles and counting rhymes, amusing confusions and absurdities, and even... fun drawing lessons! For the younger one school age.

Read a book in libraries : Central City Hospital, F 1, F3, CDYUB, F14

MUSICAL TREE

Poems and music, like brother and sister, always reach out to each other. This is probably why the funny and melodious, mischievous and educational poems of Professor AU so easily and naturally formed into a whole musical alphabet. Professor AU, as always, thoroughly approached the subject being studied: he found the eighth note MU, lost in time immemorial (it was lying around a cow), raised music tree and talked about many of the most amazing musical instruments.

About the flute!

But about the jew's harp!

A short story is told about each instrument, the plot of which is detailed and unexpectedly “developed and refined” in funny pictures Alexandra Zudina. Poets talk about the shepherd's instrument of yodeling, and the artist depicts a cow selflessly dancing in the Alpine meadows. Poets talk about magic instrument called a flute, and the artist illustrates its magical abilities by depicting a flying flock of birds, into which the inspired flutist was “thrown in.” Fascinatingly?

Read a book in libraries:F 1, F2, F3, F14, F15.

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

RETELLED FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS

One day Small man found out that there is a world Declaration of Human Rights, which says that Man Has the Right. And the Little Man realized that he had the right to live according to his conscience and protect the rights of other people, little ones and others. And that other people, small and otherwise, also have the right to this. Andrey Usachev told an inspirational the story of the Declaration of Human Rights, of the Little Man's struggle for his rights and that a person in this world is not at all defenseless if he believes that he, the Little Man, is not just a cog in a complex and meaningless machine, but has the right (as well as the obligation) to be decent and noble! Author of the idea, compiler ideas: Lyudmila Ulitskaya.

Read a book in libraries: TsDYUB, F3, F10, F14, F15, F22

THE GREAT MIGHTY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Winged words in poems and pictures for children of all ages

He cheerfully and intelligently explains the meanings of popular words and expressions. Well-known and widespread figures of speech become popular because they quickly fly from mouth to mouth. The meaning of such an expression is not easy to unravel, since it does not consist of the meanings of the words included in it. The author gives us the key to the secret of the meaning “between the lines”, the key to the riddles and semantic puzzles of the figurative Russian language. Word game and humor is perfectly supported by the artist, offering unexpected, funny and memorable images. Funny and mischievous poems and drawings help you understand well winged words and simply use them in speech.

Usachev writes figuratively and clearly!

What is an idiom?

If people say
That you don’t have EVERYTHING at home...
Answer: - Me and brother!
Is there straw in your head?
Or a mess in the head?
This is also an idiom
Or rather, two.

All life is a struggle! -

Said the wrestler.

Hurry-mowing!-

Said the scythe.

The actor said:

The whole world is a theater!

Madhouse! -

noted the psychiatrist.

Life is a cross! -

corrected pop.

Ditch!-

The digger muttered.

The artist shouted:

Life is a picture!

The ballerina squealed.

Life is a dark forest! -

the forester sighed.

“Beef,” the butcher yawned.

Is there life?

The philosopher said:

This is the most important question.

A certain scientist
I started making an elephant out of a molehill:
I cheated, I cheated -
People called to have a look.

Read a book in libraries: F1

“Smart Dog Sonya” is one of the most famous books for children younger age. Smart dog Sonya lives in an apartment alone multi-storey building, its owner is Ivan Ivanovich Korolev (because of this, the janitor called the dog “royal mongrel”). And despite the fact that Sonya is a very small and polite dog, she constantly gets into some kind of trouble. incredible stories. But from each situation, Sonya draws conclusions for the future.

Curious little Sonya asks many questions: Where does Echo live? Is it possible to catch a whale in a bathtub? Who made the puddle on the street, and will someone be scolded?.. Sonya will definitely find the answer to all these questions and become much smarter. And along with her, you guys, when you hear this funny and touching story.

Sonya loves to smell flowers and sneeze for fun, and loves to eat cherries and cherry jam. And studies good manners, understanding why tasty things are eaten little by little and tasteless ones are snacked on, and why it’s much better to be small...

Just read it guys good books!

Read a book in libraries:: Central City Hospital, F1. F2, F3, F10, F14, F15, F22, F23

LULLABY BOOK

Poet Andrei Usachev and artist Igor Oleynikov created a delightful book of lulling poems and paintings. "Lullaby Book" will help your baby fall asleep sweetly and see colorful and good fairy tale. cat Baiyun invites you to dive into a pleasant nap in the zoo or in the starry sky - in a dream we are not surprised by anything!

Read a book in libraries: F 23

TRAFFIC LAWS

This is another fun and entertaining “textbook” for children of primary and secondary school age. At home in
in the forest, in the yard, in the countryside, we are just people, but when we enter or leave the road, we immediately become participants in the road traffic - pedestrians, passengers, drivers.

About the rules for crossing the road, rules for passengers, rules for future and present drivers, for cyclists and moped drivers. Meet road signs, get some practical advice, read funny jokes, almost fabulous and extraordinary stories, which every now and then happened to the hero of the book, traffic inspector Protectorov. Poems, riddles, answers to travel questions and solutions to fairy tales and poetry puzzles!

Fascinating, interesting, educational!

Read a book in libraries: F14, F3, CDYB, F10, F15, F22, F1, F2, F18, F23.

And if you are still interested in the work of this author, you can contact the city libraries.

Little readers are always very welcome there!

Read the bibliographic list of books by Andrei Usachev

CLASSIC OF CHILDREN'S BOOK GRAPHICS MIKHAIL FEDOROV –

ANDERSEN PRIZE NOMINEE 2016

Graduated from the faculty applied arts Moscow Textile University. He started working with posters back in his student days - he painted posters for cinema, theater, and circus. Illustrated a large number of books - from Bible stories to fairy tales of the peoples of the world; designed the works of Charles Perrault, Lewis Carroll, Ivan Turgenev, Hans Christian Andersen, Alexander Pushkin and many other authors.

M. Fedorov's works were exhibited in Tretyakov Gallery, State Museum fine arts them. A.S. Pushkin, Russian Museum; his personal exhibitions took place in Russia, Holland and Germany. The artist is the winner of many Russian and international competitions. His works were published in periodicals and special Russian and foreign publications, they are in private collections in Russia and abroad.

The Nakhodka library collections include publications with illustrations by the famous Soviet graphic artist Mikhail Fedorov.

Those who have seen the fairy tales of Andersen and Perrault performed by him know what magic the artist can control.

Mikhail Fedorov’s illustrations are sophisticated miniatures that are distinguished by grace and smoothness of lines, careful drawing of details, and brightness in color rendering. All this immerses the reader in an amazing atmosphere fairy tale, forcing you to take a fresh look at your favorite characters.

Marina Boroditskaya. The milk ran out.

Illustrations by Mikhail Fedorov

Name AwardH. H. Andersen (Hans Christian Andersen Award) - a literary prize awarded to the best children's writers.

Established in 1956 by the International Board on Books for Young People.IBBY ). Awarded once every two years, on the second of April - on the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen. The idea to establish the prize belongs to Ella Lepman (1891-1970), a cultural figure in the field of world children's literature.
Candidates for the prize are nominated by national sections of the International Children's Book Council. The laureates are awarded gold medals with a profileHans Christian Andersenduring the congressIBBY. In addition, IBBY awards diplomas of honor to the best children's and youth books recently published in countries that are members of the International Council.
For children's authors, this prize is the most prestigious international award; it is often called the “SmallNobel Prize».

The archive contains 49 books in fb2 and rtf formats. They are arranged according to the date the author received the award - this has nothing to do with the date the book was written, some of them were written much earlier, some much later.

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IN 1956 year, the first winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Prize was Eleanor Farjeon. When she was awarded a gold medal with an expressive profile famous storyteller, the writer was 75 years old and one of the most beloved authors of children reading English. In our country, she became widely known thanks to the fairy tales “The Seventh Princess” and “I Want the Moon.”

IN 1958 the year's prize winner was Astrid Lindgren, author of world-famous and many times filmed children's bestsellers "Pippi Long stocking", "Baby and Carlson", "Ronia - the daughter of a robber", "Emil from Lenneberga" and others.

Laureate 1960 became the year Erich Kaestner, author of the books "Emil and the Detectives" and "Emil and the Three Twins", which were translated into 59 languages ​​and became the beginning of a new genre - children's detective fiction.

IN 1962 This year the award was received by an American writer of Dutch origin. Meindert De Jong. "Wheel over roof" - a story about the life of children in a Dutch village at the beginning of the 20th century.

IN 1964 became the laureate of the year Rene Guillot, French animal writer, continuing the great European tradition animal literature for children , his books are often compared to the works of Kipling. And although one of the peaks of his work was a series of stories about the Siberian boy Grishka and his bear , Not a single work of his has yet been translated into Russian.

IN 1966 received the award this year Swedish writer Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin series of books.

1968 the year brought victory to two writers at once: thisJose Maria Sanchez-Silva (his Marcelino in Spain also known as Pinocchio in Italy or Peter Pan in Englandi), and also James Crews, German children's novelist and poet, A second fairy tale "Tim Thaler, or sold laughter."

IN 1970 the medal went to the Italian Gianni Rodari, the author of “Cipollino”, “Gelsomino” and many other fairy tales, especially loved in the USSR thanks to the communist views of the writer. He gained worldwide fame after receiving the Andersen Prize.

IN 1972 year 3 was awarded a gold medal Scott O'Dell . His most famous book is"Island of Blue Dolphins."

IN 1974 - Maria Gripe, author of a series of booksabout a boy whom his mother named after his idol Elvis Presley and who finds it very difficult to live up to her expectations.

1976 - Danish writerCecil b Bödker , author of a large series of worksabout the boy Silas, who escaped from a circus troupe. Only one story in the collection was published in Russian.

1978 - Paula Fox . Unfortunately, her books have not yet been translated into Russian.

1980 - Bohumil Rzhiga, who made the most important contribution to the development of new Czech children's literatureas a writer and as a publisher.

1982 - Brazilian writer Lizhia Bojunga (Nunish) . Her P The works have been translated into many languages ​​around the world, including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Bulgarian, Czech and Hebrew. The writer's books were not translated or published in Russia.

1984 - Christine Nöstlinger, except for the Andersen medal -winner of more than 30 literary awards, V In 2003 she became the first laureate of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize.

1986 - Patricia Wrightson. P. Wrightson's work has received wide recognition in Australia and throughout the world, she has been awarded many national and international awards, her works have been translated into 16 languages, but there is no Russian among them.

IN 1988 year Annie Schmidt received an award fromhis famous colleagues And Astrid Lindgren. All along writing career Annie Schmidt was accompanied by success, popularity, sincere love of millions of admirers th . To this day, many years after her death, she remains one of the most readable authors The Netherlands, where her work has long been revered as a national treasure.

1990 - Turmud Haugen, Norwegian writer and translator.

1992 - Virginia Hamilton, African-American children's writer, author of 41 award-winning books. Unfortunately, none of them have been translated into Russian.

1994 - Michio Mado, Japanese poet, author of numerous poems for children. His creative heritage contains more than 1200 poems.He died on February 28, 2014 at the age of 105.

1996 - Uri Orlev, best known for his books about hard fate Polish Jews During the Second World War.

1998 - Katherine Paterson. Her greatest success was brought by the books “The Magnificent Gilly Hopkins” and “Bridge to Terabithia,” filmed by the Walt Disney film company with AnnaSophia Robb in one of the main roles. The prototype of the main character was the writer’s son, and many years later he became the film’s producer and screenwriter.

From the works of the laureates XXI century in Russian we managed to find a novel that is not at all for children Margaret Mahy(awarded in 2006 ) “Space of Memory” and the novel “Skellig” David Almond(awarded in 2010 ), which was made into a film starring Tim Roth.

Hans Christian Andersen Medal

Hans Christian Andersen Prize- The Hans Christian Andersen Prize is a literary prize awarded to the best children's writers (English: Hans Christian Andersen Author Award) and illustrators (English: Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration). Medal for the award... Wikipedia

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Medal G.H. Andersen- The Hans Christian Andersen Prize is a literary prize awarded to the best children's writers (English: Hans Christian Andersen Author Award) and illustrators (English: Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration). Medal for the award... Wikipedia

Andersen Medal- The Hans Christian Andersen Prize is a literary prize awarded to the best children's writers (English: Hans Christian Andersen Author Award) and illustrators (English: Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration). Medal for the award... Wikipedia

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How to choose good books for children? Why not choose the best then? Prize named after G.Kh. Andersen is a kind of analogy Nobel Prize, but only for children's literature. The prize is awarded best author every two years since 1956, so there's plenty of choice for parents who want to instill a taste for a good book in their children. Another thing is that other authors, even quite modern ones, are not translated into languages ​​accessible to us. This is both a question and a proposal to our respected publishers: if all the best is for children, then isn’t it time to introduce young readers to truly outstanding writers?

Seventh Princess

Eleanor Farjeon, 1956

Elinor Farjeon is one of Britain's most widely read and admired storytellers. Over her long writing life, she published about 60 books for children and adults. Farjeon received a prestigious international award for her collection “The Little Library.” Fairy tales and stories from the famous collection are included in this book. With a slight smile, Elinor Farjeon tells her young readers about the most important things in the world - about the simple, but true love, about compassion for one’s neighbor, about faith in people and about cherished dreams.

Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren, 1958

Pippi is not just a girl, she is a cult. This is exactly the heroine of a children's book who does not fit into any “pink” girl canons. If you need to correct your children's ideas about gender equality, read to them about Pippi.

Emil and the detectives

Erich Kästner, 1960

The boy Emil Tyshbein lives with his mother in the small provincial town of Neustadt. During the holidays, the mother decided to send her son to visit his grandmother in Berlin, providing him with 140 marks. On the way, the boy fell asleep and was robbed. Emil realizes how hard this money was earned and decides to find the thief and take his money from him. Therefore, leaving the train ahead of time, he begins surveillance in a large and unfamiliar city. Unexpectedly, Emil finds help in the form of local Berlin guys who really want to take part in catching the thief. From this moment on, Operation Emil proceeds according to a strictly developed plan and with iron discipline. Very reasonable and appropriate behavior of children. The ability to be friends and come to each other’s aid is perhaps the most valuable thing the book teaches.

Wheel on the roof

Meindert De Jong, 1962

Six guys from a tiny fishing village want storks to fly to their Primorka. And for this you need to get at least one cart wheel so that the birds have somewhere to build a nest. And finding the wheel turned out to be not so easy... What there are no negative characters in the village of Primorka are negative characters. All residents of Primorka and surrounding farms - good people. It's so good to read something like this from time to time good books. Kind and warm. Where no one kills anyone. Where you just have to believe and your dream will come true. Storks will fly and bring happiness.

White mane

Rene Guillot, 1964

In his homeland, Rene is a classic, during his lifetime he managed to receive the Andersen Prize in 1964, but in our country only this one was translated short story. The boy's friendship with a foal, which turns into a snow-white proud leader in the course of the action, takes place against the backdrop of the Camargue marshes - a protected corner of Provence with a foggy and extremely untouched nature. Romantic story with beautiful black and white illustrations.

All about the Moomins

Tove Jansson, 1966

Wonderful, kind, funny characters. Incredible, fantastic adventures. In the Moomin series there are also deeply philosophical books, for example “The Magical Winter”.

Tim Thaler or sold laughter

James Crews, 1968

Hamburg. Early 1930s. A little boy Tim Thaler lives with his father and misses his deceased mother, cheerful and kind woman. But one day his father decides to get married, and for Tim... Hard times. Soon the father dies at a construction site. It becomes even harder for Tim: his stepmother uses him mercilessly, practically not caring about his condition. He has only one way to help him survive any troubles - his infectious laughter. But one day the boy meets the mysterious Baron Treach, who makes a strange deal with Tim: the boy gains the ability to win any bet, even the most fantastic one. But in return, Treach took away Tim's happy laugh. Tim's stepmother, having learned about his gift, uses it for her own purposes. He escapes from his cruel and greedy stepmother and sets off to wander the world to find happiness and regain his laughter.

The Adventures of Cipollino

Gianni Rodari, 1970

In fact, Rodari wrote social satire for adult readers, but the result was a book about friendship for children. The class struggle and solidarity of workers, peasants and progressive intelligentsia, however, have not disappeared from the agenda, neither in Rodari’s homeland, nor here, therefore classic book can become a kind of introduction to social studies for a child.

Island of Blue Dolphins

Scott O'Dell, 1972

The heroine of the book is an Indian girl, Karana, one of the entire tribe left on a small island off the Californian coast. Karana managed to establish a life in solitude, provide herself with food and safe shelter. The most important thing for Karana is her relationship with animals. For her, “animals and birds are the same people, only with their own language and their own manner of behavior. Without them, life in this world would be very dreary.”
"Island of the Blue Dolphins" received the Newbery Medal in 1961.

Cecilia Agnes - a strange story

Maria Grippe, 1974

The heroine of the story was left an orphan after the death of her parents and lives with relatives. After moving to new house she begins to feel someone's invisible presence, which turns out to be connected with her personal history. A strange doll, mysterious phone calls, and vague memories of family secrets create the tension inherent in “Gothic” literature. In fact, this is a book about the experiences of a teenager who is acutely aware of his loneliness.

Silas and Voronoi

Cecile Skaar Boedker, 1976

Silas lives in an evil, rude and cruel world, the culprits of which are adults - their mistrust, their dishonesty, their falsehood. In that scary world physical and mental violence against the weak and disadvantaged, Silas constantly has to fight for his existence. He can only rely on himself. Silas lives in fantasy world, among circus performers, lives outside of time and space. The most important thing about Silas is his strength, agility, ability to overcome difficulties and fight the world of evil. And also a love for music. To the animals. Silas is extremely musical, and is most often himself when he plays the flute. And he is very kind to his black one. All this creates a complex and contradictory image of the boy.

Maurice's room

Paula Fox, 1978

Fox's novels are about children suffering from what is called a lack of imagination. The stories take place both in abandoned city outskirts and beautiful houses V rural areas. The main characters of Fox's books are often uncommunicative, inhibited teenagers who perceive life inadequately. The works touch on issues such as AIDS, alcoholism, homelessness, and death. Often in Fox's stories, it's not environment, and adults. Not bad, but completely benevolent people cannot understand why their offspring try to be different from them, forgetting that for teenagers other paths seem more attractive.

Chernushka

Emiliyan Stanev, 1979

Emilian Stanev once said to his wife: “One is given the ability to understand the stars, another – herbs and flowers, and a third – birds and animals. I think this is my gift." Such high self-esteem of one of the greatest experts and artists of nature is completely justified.

Gonzik's trip to the village

Bogumil Rzhiga, 1980

Modern guys and their adventures are like an analogue of Kotka and Pavlik from the stories of Nosov or Deniska and Mishka - Dragunsky.

Yellow bag

Lizhia Bojunga, 1982

The big yellow bag that the heroine of the story, Raquel, carries with her everywhere, contains all her dreams: she wants to be a boy, grow up and become independent, and she also wants to write books. And, of course, this is what Raquel thinks, being an adult and independent is much better than being small. Let's grow up quickly!
What wonderful dreams. But the family just laughs at them. And then Raquel decides to hide her desires in a yellow bag. No one will laugh at them anymore...

New stories about Franz

Christine Nestlinger, 1984

It would seem that what could happen in the life of an ordinary preschool boy? But it turns out that it is full of events! For example, do you remember how you wanted to learn to read? It was difficult? But Franz mastered reading very quickly - only one small problem remained... You will find out about it when you read the story yourself. Franz also went on a visit on his own for the first time. Not just anywhere, but to my grandmother, who lives in a nursing home. Of course, you can’t leave home without asking, but mom told Franz not to come into her sight again! Just what can happen when you come to visit without warning? That's right, no one is waiting for you. Well well! What will Franz do?

Dark shine of water

Patricia Wrightson, 1986

Australian Patricia Wrightson began her career as a realist writer. And in 1972, while working on the book Ancient Magic, she realized that Australia must have its own mysterious creatures, born of the evergreen Australian bush and red deserts, blindingly bright light and pale shadows. P. Wrightson searched for and found records of Aboriginal folklore made by anthropologists and ethnographers and introduced them, perhaps somewhat unexpectedly, into urban stories. In the process of work, the writer found her style; her poetic language was most fully revealed in her main work and masterpiece - the trilogy “The Song of Virrun” (“The Ice is Coming”; “The Dark Shine of Water”; “At the Back of the Wind”).

Sasha and Masha (originally "Yip and Janneke")

Annie Schmidt, 1988

When Annie Schmidt was invited to receive the H. C. Andersen Prize Gold Medal in Oslo in 1988, she prepared a speech. So her speech was called “Appeal to the Next World”! This have not happened before! Annie Schmidt spoke with Andersen himself (and he has been dead for more than 100 years!). Here are just a few phrases from this speech: “Dear Hans Christian, I received your award! Need I say how happy I was? ugly duckling for a very, very long time, and now I'm an ugly old swan. But still a swan! Always yours, with respect, Annie." And then Annie Schmidt read Andersen’s answer: “Dear Annie, congratulations on receiving my prize!.. Just don’t write plays. I tried and it didn't work. So hold on to your stupid fairy tales, like I do... See you, your friend H.C. Andersen." It is humor and kindness that distinguish Annie Schmidt's books.

Night birds

Turmud Haugen, 1990

Night Birds, a novel about the real and imagined fears of children and adults, won literary awards in Norway and Germany, was recommended by psychological associations, was translated into 20 languages, and became Turmud Haugen's most famous novel in the world.

Zili

Virginia Hamilton, 1992

Virginia Hamilton writes about black boys, raising issues of racial discrimination in America and the new connection between different cultures.

Magic pocket

Michio Mado, 1994

Run, boy, run

Uri Orlev, 1996

The plot of the book echoes the memories of the author’s own childhood. Uri Orlev was born in Warsaw. During World War II, he and his entire family were deported to the Warsaw Ghetto, where he remained from 1940 to 1943. After the murder of his mother by the Nazis, he was deported with his brother to the Bergen-Belsen camp, where he spent about two years. After the war, Uri moved to Israel. This book tells about the extraordinary life and adventures of a Jewish boy from Poland, who lost his parents, was left completely alone in this world, was on the verge of death more than once and still survived despite all the blows of fate. While reading this book, you always feel fear for its hero, but you also rejoice when the hero, thanks to his ingenuity, courage and charm, overcomes all the adversities that befall him. The book teaches how to fight for life, not fall into despair, and look for and find solutions in the most hopeless conditions.

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Patterson, 1998

Ten-year-old Jess Aarons is a boy from a poor family, he is bullied at school, his mother is always busy at home, his father spends all his time at work, and Jess’s older sisters ignore him. But one day the Burke family comes to the neighboring house - a couple with a daughter, Leslie, who enters the same class as Jess. Things are slowly getting better between Jess and Leslie. strong friendship. They create their own country, Terabithia, in the forest next to their house, which can only be reached by jumping over a river while holding onto a rope hanging from a tree. Being mentally in Terabithia, they feel more confident and can resist the bullying of older students. But one day Leslie goes to Terabithia alone... Wonderful book filmed in 2006.

Great-grandmother Bia, great-grandmother Bel

Anna Maria Machado, 2000

A theme that recurs in many of Machado's other works is that of memory and family ties. The girl Bel finds an old photograph of her great-grandmother, where she is depicted as a girl like Bel herself. They become very close, since the great-grandmother seems to live inside Bel and constantly talks to her, shares everything in the world and hears her voice in response. And one day Bel begins to hear another voice, a completely different one, which calls her, little Bel, great-grandmother! It turns out that in the distant future, her great-granddaughter finds her photograph in the same way, and this connection continues.

Bedtime book by Cordelia Kenn

Aiden Chambers, 2002

This last novel from a series of six books. One day, teenage girl Cordelia writes an "evening" book for her unborn daughter, talking about friendship, love, poetry, her favorite teacher Julie and a boy named Will.

Why are you not sleeping?

Martin Waddell, 2004

Waddell was born in Belfast and began his football career as a young man. When it became clear to Waddell that his career as a professional football player was not working out, he took up literary creativity. Almost all of Waddell's works bear the imprint of the events of his life and often unfold at the foot of the Mourne mountain range in Northern Ireland. His most famous works are books about bear cubs - “Why aren’t you sleeping, Little Bear?” (1988) and Let's Go Home, Little Bear (1993), as well as the Little Dracula series.

Dragon in an ordinary family

Margaret Mahy, 2006

Margaret Mahy's children's books A Lion in the Meadow ("The Lion in the Meadow" - not translated into Russian) and The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate ("The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate" - not translated into Russian) are considered national classical literature New Zealand.

Where is the sea?

Jürg Schubiger, 2008

"Where is the sea?" - a collection of extraordinary stories about travel and self-discovery. The most unexpected objects become their heroes - for example, a carpet, thumb, apple men, sorrel, whale, another whale, longing, sea, traveler. These stories are touching and lyrical, at the same time absurd and funny.

Skellig

David Almond, 2010

This kind, fascinating and poetic book tells how two miracles suddenly enter the life of the most ordinary teenager, not too obedient, as befits a boy, who loves to kick a ball with his bosom friends: either a pterodactyl, or an angel living in among unnecessary rubbish in an old barn, and an amazing girl with burning eyes. The hero and the readers are faced with the question: should they believe in these miracles or dismiss them? The book received wide success, a film of the same name was made based on its plot, and it was staged theatrical performance and opera.

Girl, heart and home

Maria Teresa Andruetto, 2012

The girl Tina is five years old, she lives with her father and grandmother. But mom lives in another house with Tina’s brother Pedro. But this is not at all because the parents separated. But because Pedro is sick. He has Down syndrome. On Sundays the family meets in in full force, but little Tina will try to make sure that everyone always lives together.

Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit

Nahoko Uehashi, 2014

According to Andersen Prize jury chair Maria Jesús Gil, “Uehashi tells stories that are rich in imagination, culture and beauty.” complex processes and forms. At its core literary plots lies ancient Japanese mythology and science fiction fantasies that are deeply rooted in human reality." Based on the novel “Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit” in 2007, director Kamiyama Kenji made an anime of the same name.

The 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Prize longlist included 28 authors and 29 illustrators from 34 countries:

Argentina: writer Maria Laura Devetach; illustrator Bianchi

Australia; writer Ursula Dubossarsky; illustrator Bronwyn Bancroft

Austria: writer Renate Welsh; illustrator Linda Wolfsgruber

Belgium: writer Bart Muyaert; illustrator Rascal

Brazil: writer Marina Colasanti; illustrator Sisa Fittipaldi

UK: writer Elizabeth Laird; illustrator Chris Riddell

Denmark: writer Louis Jensen; illustrator Lilian Brögger

Germany: writer Miriam Pressler; illustrator Rotraut Suzanne Berner

Holland: writer Ted van Lieshout; illustrator Marit Törnqvist

Greece: writer Elena Dikaiou; illustrator Lida Varvarusi

Egypt: writer Affa Tobbala

Spain: writer Agusti Fernandez Paz; illustrator Miguel Anjo Prado Plana

Italy: writer Chiara Carminati; illustrator Alessandro Sanna

Iran: illustrator Peyman Rahimzadeh

Canada: writer Kenneth Oppel; illustrator Pierre Pratt

China: writer Cao Wen-Hsuan; illustrator Zhu Chen-Liang

Colombia: illustrator Claudia Rueda

Latvia: illustrator Anita Paegle

Mexico: illustrator Gabriel Pacheco

New Zealand: writer Joy Cowley

Norway: writer Tor Aage Bringsvärd; illustrator Lisa Aisato

Palestine: writer Sonia Nimr

Russia: writer Andrey Usachev; illustrator Mikhail Fedorov

Slovakia: writer Daniel Hevier; illustrator Peter Uchnar

Slovenia: writer Svetlana Makarovich; illustrator Marjan Manczek

USA: writer Lois Lowry; illustrator Chris Raschka

Türkiye: writer Gulcin Alpoge; illustrator Ferit Avci

France: writer Timothée de Fombelles; illustrator Francois Place

Croatia: writer Miro Gavran

Switzerland: writer Franz Hochler; illustrator Etienne Delessert

Sweden: illustrator Eva Lindström

Estonia: writer Piret Raud

South Korea: illustrator Susie Lee

Japan: writer Eiko Kadono; illustrator Ken Katayama

The winners will be announced at the IBBY press conference during the Bologna Children's Book Fair in March 2016. The award ceremony will take place in Auckland, Australia at the XXXV World Children's Book Congress.