Bologna ragazzi award

Silent book contest

Caldecott Medal

BIB

Hans Christian Andersen Award

Nami Concours

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is the leading international event for professionals in the field of children’s publishing. It has been held in Bologna, Italy, every year since 1964.

Every spring, publishers, authors, illustrators, literary agents, distributors, booksellers and librarians meet at the fair in Bologna: they sell and buy copyrights, establish new contacts, and discuss the latest trends and developments in the children’s book market. At the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, you can see not only new editions of the classics, but also discover the latest works by contemporary children’s writers and illustrators from all over the world. In addition, it is a great opportunity for young talents to make a name for themselves.

The exhibition program includes meetings, debates, lectures and award ceremonies. Thematic sections at the International Children’s Book Fair in Bologna include: children’s books, young adult literature, magazines, educational materials, software, licensed publications, the paper and printing industry, advertising, and broadcasting technologies.

At the heart of the fair is an exhibition of illustrations from around the world.

As part of the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair, the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi Award, one of the most important international prizes in children’s literature, is also presented.

Kintsugi

The most precious things can fall and break, but they can be fixed. Just like people. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of restoring broken ceramics by joining the pieces together with a mixture of resin and precious metals. This creates a new, unique and unrepeatable object, whose cracks tell a […]

Raíces del bosque

This beautifully illustrated book poetically depicts how forest trees share their food, band together to protect each other, and care for their weakest members; they learned a precious life lesson long ago. This book recounts this ancient wisdom in verse, inviting us to immerse ourselves in the generosity of the […]

Per mille camicette al giorno

1911: The Triangle Waist Company occupies the top three floors of the Asch Building in New York City. The company makes blouses and employs about 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women. On March 25, a fire breaks out. The factory owners flee, leaving the trapped men and women to die. […]

Art Is a Voice

Art is like plasticine — in human hands, it takes whatever form they choose. It is a powerful tool, that is capable of changing people’s opinions, becoming both a means of protest and a call to action. In “Art is a Voice”, Kripa shows that art can not only tell […]

Le coq polyglotte

Cocorico, kokokeko, cock-a-doodle-do? What does a rooster crow in your language? Cockerels sound the same everywhere in the world. Yet its onomatopoeia varies from one country to the next. Join us on a cultural trip around the world! Each cockerel is surrounded by emblematic cultural symbols of its country. From […]

The House of Wisdom

House of Wisdom is an illustrated narrative about the history of the House of Wisdom, or Grand Library of Baghdad, which was established during the Islamic Golden Age. It covers the institution’s lasting impact on the world of knowledge before its destruction by the Mongol leader Hulagu Khan in 1258 […]