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The former children’s laureate missed the announcement of the award in Bologna due to post-Brexit passport rule changes ...

Korean author Lee Geum-yi said she would continue writing stories for children and young adults after narrowly missing out on ...

The recipients of this year’s Hans Christian Andersen Award—the highest international distinction given to authors and ...

I think it’s one of those fairy tales without a moral lesson. What made an impression on me, reading it as a young child and ...

British writer Michael Rosen has won the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, while Chinese illustrator Cai Gao ...

On April 13 (local time), at the opening ceremony of the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy, the winners of this year's ...

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Moana shares many similarities with The Little Mermaid, from its watery setting to its protagonist's dream of being somewhere ...

The 79-year-old author of the children’s classic We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (1989) had been invited to the Bologna Children’s ...

Photo provided to China Daily] A day after being named the 2026 winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, ...