This year, as many as three Polish books received the Bologna Ragazzi Award: in the non-fiction category – Agata Loth-Ignaciuk and Bartłomiej Ignaciuk’s Marek Kamiński. Jak zdobyć bieguny Ziemi. W rok (“Marek Kamiński. How to Conquer the Poles of the Earth. In a Year”, Druganoga Publishing House), in the Opera prima category – Pion i poziom (“Vertical and horizontal”, Dwie Siostry Publishing House) by Bartosz Sztybor with illustrations by Łukasz Golędzinowski, while the Comics-middle grade award went to Którędy do Yellowstone? Dzika podróż po parkach narodowych (”Which Way to Yellowstone? A Wild Journey Through the National Parks”, Dwie Siostry Publishing House) by Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielinski.

As the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair approaches, we present the latest catalogue dedicated to children’s and young adult books awarded in 2020.

This year, the Leipzig Book Fair will not be held in the traditional in-person format. However, the Book Institute, together with the Leipzig branch of the Polish Institute in Berlin and German publishers, has prepared four online events as part of the “Leipzig liest extra” festival, which started yesterday.