The International Andersen Prize is an international literary prize established by ibby on 1956. It is the highest honor of the creators of children's books in the world, so it is also dubbed the "Little Nobel Prize".
Similar to Nobel Prize in Literature, the International Andersen Prize is awarded to people, not works. Everyone can only get it once in his life and be selected every two years.
This award not only considers the literary and aesthetic attainments of the works, but also requires a "children's perspective" in the works.
It is required that the works should have the ability to see things from the perspective of children, and consider whether their works can expand children's curiosity, imagination and creativity.
In addition, we also attach importance to humanistic care, not limited to "telling stories to children", but focusing on bringing children to know the world. It attaches importance to children's hearts, helps children "discover things that can't be discovered by other means", tells them what happiness, wealth, freedom and equality are, and makes no secret of war, hunger and darkness.
Compared with other awards, the International Andersen Prize does not belong to a country or a civilization. It writes for all children, but it never sacrifices professionalism with its rich value. It can be said that it has created the mainstream value of children's literature reading in the world.
Therefore, every winner's work is worth reading by children.
The book list shared with you today is a collection of award-winning authors and their recommended reading masterpieces from 2000 to 20 18.
I hope these books can show children the world.
1.20 18 Winner: Eiko Kadono.
Masterpiece: The Witch's Housekeeping Assistant.
Witch's domestic assistant
Let children believe that everyone has their own magic.
Author: Eiko Kadono, Japan.
Qiu Zi lilin painting.
Publishing House: Nanhai Publishing House
Recommended index: ★★★★★★★
Douban score: 8.5
Content introduction:
Flying to the height of more than three meters on the roof, Kiki felt carefree, as if even the air was filled with the smell of blue sky.
I really want to fly to a higher place, higher, higher … So she is determined to be a real witch.
At the age of thirteen, on the full moon night, the witch Kiki left her parents and landed in the seaside town of Curico with her black cat, and opened a witch home delivery with her only flying magic.
In a completely strange big town, how will Kiki overcome all kinds of difficulties and meet the challenges of her new life independently?
Recommended reason:
This is a fantasy story that understands the joy of growing up. It is quiet and warm with openness and humor, and it is difficult not to be liked by children.
Kiki, the protagonist of the picture book, tries to find her own way of life with her only magic power.
Since we should try our best, we need imagination. Imagination is a kind of power that everyone has, and it is very important for life.
Everyone has his own magic.
Even if you can't fly, you can't be invisible. Just stick to what you like, and that's magic.
Feel the book with three pictures:
2.20 16 Winner: Cao Wenxuan.
Masterpiece: Grass House
Straw house
Take the children to harvest pure and touching stories.
Author: Cao Wenxuan
Publishing House: China Children's Publishing House.
Recommended index: ★★★★★★★
Douban score: 9.2
Content introduction:
The story of the novel takes place in Yau Ma Tei. Through the description of the unforgettable and unforgettable six-year primary school life of the hero boy Sang Sang, the story tells the relationship entanglement between Sang Sang, Touhe, Du Xiaokang, Xima, Zhiyue and Yau Ma Tei's teachers Jiang Yilun and Baique, as well as the painful growth process of the children.
In the past six years, he witnessed or directly participated in a series of seemingly ordinary but tearful and shocking stories:
Innocent innocence between boys and girls, sadness and elegance when unfortunate teenagers fight against bad luck, persistence of disabled teenagers in dignity, glorious personality of dying old people at the last moment, profound and beautiful understanding of life in death experience, complex and poetic emotional entanglements between adults. ...
All this is clearly and dimly displayed in the world of young mulberry.
These six years are the six years in which he received life enlightenment education.
Recommended reason:
The overall style of the work is elegant and full of beauty from beginning to end. The narrative style is humorous and solemn, the overall structure is unique and novel, and the plot design is tortuous and clever.
Today, the relationship between people is becoming more and more alienated and the feelings are becoming more and more indifferent. The feeling of compassion rippling in all works is also precious and particularly touching.
The whole narrative is clear and has a certain depth. It is the kind of children's literature that children love to read and adults can read.
Feel the book with three pictures:
3.20 14 champion: Keiko Uebashi.
Masterpiece: Elf Guardian
Elf guardian
Fairy tales of life exploration
Author: Keiko Sika Cuisine
Japanese Makiko Futaki painting
Publishing House: China Children's Publishing House.
Recommended index: ★★★★★★★
Douban score: 9. 1
Content introduction:
This is a world where the ordinary world "Sagu" and the invisible "Unagu" coexist.
Elves lurking in the depths of the water and affecting the two worlds spawn once in a hundred years, and must be lodged with "Sagu" humans. If the elves can't hatch safely, disaster will come, causing people to suffer and suffer.
It's a hundred years since the elves laid eggs, and the new "Elf Guardian" holds the fate of the "Sagu" world.
The young Prince Chagham of the Kingdom of New You Guo is the one who bears this incredible fate. He will become a once-in-a-century "Elf Guardian".
Recommended reason:
Balsa, from Kamba Kingdom, wandered alone to fulfill his vows.
When she went to the new kingdom of Youguo, she inadvertently saved Tchami, the second prince who almost drowned, and at the request of the second imperial concubine, she became the bodyguard of Prince Tchami. Protect it from human beings, even Lalluka, the "egg eater".
After suffering, balsa, who is determined, and Chagan, who is carefully cared for and innocent, wander in two worlds, looking for the meaning of life together!
4.20 12 Winner: Maria Teresa Androuet
Representative work: Juan's country
Juan's country
Fairy tales spanning the generation gap between adults and teenagers
Author: Maria Teresa Androetto of Argentina.
Press: Anhui Children's Publishing House
Recommended index: ★★★★★★★
Douban score: none.
Content introduction:
Juan's country consists of 14 short stories.
Through different stories, the author shows the noble character of hardworking, kindness, sense of justice and compassion of working people.
Recommended reason:
This book mainly reflects the themes of personal shaping, social identity and women's world, spans the generation gap between adults and teenagers, and is widely sought after by adults and teenagers.
In universities in Argentina, the United States and Europe, Androuet's works have become a research topic.
Winner of 5.20 10: David almond.
Masterpiece: lost in the wilderness
Lost in the wilderness
Show the confusion and adventure of juvenile growth.
Author: David? apricot kernel
Publishing House: Writers Literature Publishing House
Recommended index: ★★★★★★★
Douban score: 8.7
Content introduction:
13-year-old boy Kit's grandmother died, leaving his elderly grandfather in Shimen, his hometown, so Kit moved with his parents and moved back to his hometown to take care of his lonely and sad grandfather.
Shimen is an ancient coal mining village. Most families living here have the tragedy that their ancestors died in early mine accidents, and their fears have been passed down from generation to generation.
How can Kit, a sensitive literary teenager, and Askew, an extreme artistic teenager, face the tragedy of history and the hardships in real life through the trembling game they call the death of the wilderness, and then find the meaning of life?
Recommended reason:
This book feels life from a unique perspective, and those that have disappeared and those that are advancing are intertwined.
It can really calm people's fear of death and nothingness, and it gives people the meaning of existence, which is far longer than your life.
There is a child in his heart who didn't grow up on time-be kind to everyone, and love can make it live.
Although it is children's literature, its unique story and narrative style make people think far more than the story itself. everlasting ...
6. Winner in 2008: Jurg Schubiger
Masterpieces: White Bear and Black Bear.
White bear and black bear
Help children overcome their fear of the dark.
Authors: Eva Morgenthaler, Switzerland, Jurg Schubiger, Switzerland
Press: Wanjuan Publishing Company
Recommended index: ★★★★★
Douban score: 8.2
Content introduction:
In the dark night, the little girl wants company.
Is it better to be a lively white bear or an introverted black bear? Which bear did the little girl finally choose?
When the white bear appeared, the words sparkled; As soon as the black bear appeared, the words were black. The white bear is lively and active, the black bear is gentle and quiet, and the color of the text is like their personality, with clear black and white and sharp contrast.
Recommended reason:
Many children are afraid of the dark and even dare not sleep alone, perhaps because they are timid, perhaps because they have heard too many ghost stories, perhaps because they think there are too many disturbing things in the dark, perhaps because they are afraid of loneliness ... Some children have not been able to overcome their fear of "being afraid of the dark" until they grow up.
White Bear and Black Bear is such a classic picture book, which can help children overcome their fear of darkness and help parents get rid of their children's fear of darkness.
Perhaps with the help of classic picture books, children who are afraid of the dark can naturally and easily get through this hurdle. ...
The author is both a writer and a psychological counselor. He is childlike and good at using rich imagination to control words.
His story is thought-provoking, reaching to the child's heart and telling the story of a little girl who is afraid of the dark.
Feel the book with three pictures:
Winner in 2006: Margaret Messi
Masterpiece: the lion on the grass
Lions on the grass
Strange and warm false stories
Author: Margaret Messi
Publishing House: Xin Lei Publishing House
Recommended index: ★★★★★★★
Douban score: none.
Content introduction:
A little boy with strange ideas told his mother that he saw a huge and fierce yellow long-haired lion on the grass! Unable to beat her son, the mother decided to make up a story for him with a matchbox.
Who knows, in the eyes of the little boy, this story turned out to be true: he talked and played with the lion and became good friends, and the lion on the grass became the lion at home, accompanying the little boy every day.
Recommended reason:
This book presents a strange and warm story for readers through the imagination, showing the bits and pieces of family life.
Take us into the children's imaginary game world with a unique perspective and feel this innocence and beauty.
Feel the book with three pictures:
Winner in 2004: Martin Vedel.
Masterpiece: Little Owl: A Selected Picture Book of Xinyi World
Little owl: a selection of Xinyi world picture books
A fairy tale that shows the attachment and concern between parents and children
Author: Irish Martin Vedel/Wen
Inpak Binson/ map
Publishing House: Tomorrow Publishing House
Recommended index: ★★★★★
Douban score: 8.4
Content introduction:
This book tells the warm story of three kittens, Xiu Xiu, Pippi and Bibi, waiting for their mother to come home in the dark.
At first, three kittens stayed in a warm tree hole. Because of concern, worry and yearning, they slowly walked outside the tree hole and waited.
It was dark in the forest. Xiu Xiu, Pippi and Bibi snuggled up to each other, closed their eyes and prayed for their mother to come home soon. finally ...
Recommended reason:
The author personifies the owl and reveals the hesitation and anxiety of the child when waiting for his mother to come home with simple and easy-to-understand sentences.
The article mentions several times that "owls are good at thinking", which actually implies that children in human society also have ideas, especially when a person is at home, how much they expect their parents to return!
Seemingly short and repetitive nursery rhymes, the meaning expressed is so profound and meaningful, and it is a warm work full of natural feelings!
Feel the book with three pictures:
Winner in 2002: aidan chambers.
Masterpiece: The Secret of Seals
The Secret of Seals
A growth story that affects a child's life.
Author: Aidan Chambers, UK
Press: Hunan Education Press
Recommended index: ★★★★★★★
Douban score: none.
Content introduction:
William and his parents are on holiday in Wales. He was forced to make friends with Gwen, who likes to calculate and bully others. He has a little secret.
Deep in the cave, Gwen caught a baby seal and was discovered by William. William knew that if it was not allowed to return to nature, it would die.
But William has vowed not to tell anyone that if he wants to save this little life, he must do it alone, no matter how dangerous it is. ...
Recommended reason:
Some children grow up unconsciously, and some children will experience obvious landmark events during their growth.
For William, what happened that summer completely changed him. ...
And the subversive change of this night is growth.
X. Winner in X.2000: Maria Massado
Masterpieces: Grandma Bi, Grandma Bei
Grandma Bi, Grandma Bei
Looking forward to the future, the story of reality and fantasy intertwined.
Author: Brazilian Anna Maria machado.
Press: Anhui Children's Publishing House
Recommended index: ★★★★★
Douban score: 8.4
Content introduction:
In an old photo I came across, Bell met her great-grandmother, Bi Popo.
Through the spiritual dialogue with Bibi's mother-in-law, Bell has a new understanding of his life. At this time, another mysterious voice appeared, and Bell became the mother-in-law of her granddaughter Xiao Niu. In this way, three different roles spanning three time dimensions are all integrated into Bell.
Times are changing, social customs are gradually changing, and people's way of thinking is also changing. ...
Recommended reason:
This is a time-travel story, in which the protagonist "I" meets her great-grandmother in the past and her great-granddaughter in the future.
It triggered the exchange and communication between childhood concepts and life in different times, involving the growth theme of self-identity.
This is the perfect combination of powerful thinking and ingenious conception.
Teacher Du Yu said:
Among the works of the winners of the International Andersen Prize, we can find many works with different styles and profound connotations.
These works are philosophical authors, conveying information about the world to children in a way that children can understand and with the most perfect expression.
Compared with translated literary works, the pictures in picture books need no translation. Reading pictures is every child's innate ability, and they can see what adults ignore in these works.
Excellent paintings gradually cultivate children's aesthetic ability.
Not every child is lucky enough to be born in a city/country full of art exhibitions, museums and art galleries, and not all children have the opportunity to go abroad, but these books can let children know the whole world.