The magnificent Salaborsa Library in the heart of Bologna showcased the thousands of books entered for the 2026 BolognaRagazzi Awards.
Among the over 4,000 titles submitted this year from 73 countries and regions around the world, the winners and special mentions were selected.
The international juries awarded five established categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Opera Prima, Comics, and Toddler. Juries may also assign the New Horizons prize to a particularly innovative work. Every year there is a special category, and the 2026 edition’s is Fables & Fairy Tales. Many other titles, however, greatly impressed the international juries of experts, critics and journalists, who reviewed the outstanding worldwide production. Bologna Children’s Book Fair is proud to devote a special exhibition to these publishing gems and contribute to their visibility on the international stage.
Featuring 150 titles from 43 countries, the exhibition testifies to an extraordinary level of creative and artistic excellence that continues to grow alongside the prestige of the award, demonstrating that quality publishing flourishes in every corner of the world. Conceived and produced for the intelligence, curiosity and thirst for knowledge of young readers, these works reveal remarkable finesse and striking inventiveness — a truly Amazing Bookshelf!
1 - Jen-Ai Elena Molineaux, A Friend for Lucy, (A Friend for Lucy), Levine Querido, United States Of America, 2025
2 - Yevgenia Nayberg, A Party for Florine: Florine Stettheimer and Me, (A Party for Florine: Florine Stettheimer and Me), Neal Porter Books (Holiday House Publishing), United States Of America, 2024
3 - Yukiko Hiromatsu, 100% ORANGE, Youkoso Jigoku he, (A Tour of Hell — A New Jigoku Zōshi), Tamagawa University Press, Japan, 2024
4 - Giuseppe Ferrario, Al di là del fiume. Il Cavaliere Doppio - Il Grande Arbusto, (Beyond The River. The Double Knight - The Great Shrub), Terre di Mezzo Editore, Italy, 2025
5 - Réka Korcsog, Álmodom a világom, (I Dream My World), Két Hold Kiadó, Hungary, 2025
6 - Ben Sveta, Hesse Lina, Безработное дерево, (An Unemployed Tree), Samtambooks, Switzerland, 2025
7 - Emily Hall, Victoria Semykina, Anni & Bert: A Weaving Story, (Anni & Bert: A Weaving Story), The Museum of Modern Art, United States Of America, 2025
8 - María Alejandra Zambrano, Daniela Meythaler, Aquiles y la tormenta, (Achilles and the Storm), Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Ecuador, 2024
9 - Valeria Aloise, Margot Tissot, Art de Wouf, (Dogs in Art), Helvetiq, Switzerland, 2025
10 - Sergio Eisen, Así es Buenos Aires, (This is Buenos Aires), Calibroscopio, Argentina, 2025
11 - Zunda, Zunda, Ayahku Seorang Nelayan, (My Father is A Fisherman), Hujan & Bumi Publishing House, Indonesia, 2024
12 - Paty Wolff, Azul Haiti, (Haiti Blue), Companhia das Letras (Editora Schwarcz), Brazil, 2025
13 - Hélène Combis, Adley, Barbe Belle et autres contes pour toutes et tous, (Beautiful beard and Other Emancipated Tales), Hélium, France, 2024
14 - Roger Mello, Mariana Massarani, Bartolomeo, (Bartolomeo), Fundación Círculo Abierto, Colombia, 2025
15 - Veena Rao, Shivam Choudhary, Bombay is Mumbai: A Peek into the City of Dreams, (Bombay is Mumbai: A Peek into the City of Dreams), RoRo Books, India, 2025
16 - X. Fang, Broken, (Broken), Tundra Book Group, Canada, 2025
17 - Fabian Negrin, Cappuccetti rossi, (Little Red Riding Hoods), Giunti Editore, Italy, 2025
18 - Neus Caamaño, Casi iguales, (Almost the Same), A buen paso editorial, Spain, 2025
19 - Loredana Erbetta, Anna Spreafico, Che splendida giornata!, (What a Wonderful Day!), Nomos Edizioni, Italy, 2025
20 - Andrea L. Rogers, Rebecca Lee Kunz, Chooch Helped, (Chooch Helped), Levine Querido, United States Of America, 2024
21 - Giulia Conoscenti, Come l'acqua, (As Water), BeccoGiallo, Italy, 2025
22 - Émilie Chazerand, Emmanuelle Houdart, Contes en valise, (Fairy Tales in a Suitcase), Éditions Thierry Magnier, France, 2025
23 - Giovanni Colaneri, Crocotte dit non!, (Crocotte Says No !), Les Arènes, France, 2025
24 - Giovanni Colaneri, Crocotte pleure, (Crocotte Cries), Les Arènes, France, 2025
25 - Latvian lullaby, Ūna Laukmane, Čuči čuči, (Hush Hush Little Bear), Liels un Mazs, Latvia, 2025
26 - Jörg Bernardy, Katja Spitzer, Das längste Picknick der Welt, (The World's Longest Picnic), Peter Hammer Verlag, Germany, 2025
27 - H.C. Andersen, Ida Rørholm Davidsen, De vilde svaner og fem andre eventyr af H.C. Andersen, (The Wild Swans and Five Other Fairy Tales by H.C. Andersen), Gads Børnebøger, Denmark, 2023
28 - Elisa Sartori, Déplacements, (Wanderings), CotCotCot Éditions, Belgium, 2025
29 - Nina Dashevskaya, Yulia Sidneva, Слышишь? Музыка!, (Do You Hear? Music!), Samokat, Russia, 2025
30 - Monika Hanulak, Dziubdziusie: Jemy, (Everybody Eats), Wydawnictwo Dwie Siostry, Poland, 2025
31 - Monika Hanulak, Dziubdziusie: Myjemy się, (Everybody Bathes), Wydawnictwo Dwie Siostry, Poland, 2025
32 - Monika Hanulak, Dziubdziusie: Płaczemy, (Everybody Cries), Wydawnictwo Dwie Siostry, Poland, 2025
33 - Monika Hanulak, Dziubdziusie: Śmiejemy się, (Everybody Laughs), Wydawnictwo Dwie Siostry, Poland, 2025
34 - Linda Wolfsgruber, Eine Stadt – Begegnungen, (City Life), kunstanstifter, Germany, 2025
35 - Kike Ibáñez, El diablo sobre ruedas, (The Devil on Wheels), A buen paso editorial, Spain, 2025
36 - Laura Wittner, Joaquín Camp, El gran manual de la risa, (The Great Manual of Laughter), Lecturita Ediciones, Argentina, 2025
37 - Micaela Lupo Salvador, Nicolás Castelo, El rugido de Catalina, (Catalina's Roar), La Editorial Comun, Argentina, 2025
38 - Diego de Arena, El vecino nuevo, (The New Neighbor), Muñeca de Trapo, Chile, 2025
39 - Dylan Hewitt, En dessous, (Under), Monsieur Ed, Canada, 2025
40 - Triunfo Arciniegas, Juan Palomino, Esopo dijo que era el burro, (Aesop Said it Was the Donkey), Cataplum Libros, Colombia, 2023
41 - Everson Bertucci, Juão Vaz, Eugênio, (Eugênio), Editora Peirópolis, Brazil, 2024
42 - Thao Lam, Everybelly, (Everybelly), Groundwood Books, Canada, 2025
43 - Francesco Spampinato, Irene Rinaldi, Facciamo presente, (Let's Point Out), Topipittori, Italy, 2025
44 - Arne Svingen, Ragnar Aalbu, Fantasiens museum, (The Museum of Imagination), Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Norway, 2025
45 - Marta Breen, Sunniva Fluge Hole, Født fri, (Born Free), Cappelen Damm, Norway, 2025
46 - Linn Henrichson, Fuskmåsen Fy, (Greedy Gull), Förlaget, Finland, 2025
47 - Likla Lall, Eva Sánchez Gómez, Ganesh Haloi: Colours of Home, (Ganesh Haloi: Colours of Home), Art1st Enterprises, India, 2025
48 - Dipacho, Carlos Díaz Consuegra, Había una, dos, tres, cuatro casas, (There Was One, Two, Three, Four Houses), Leetra, Mexico, 2025
49 - Zahra Nematollahi, دختر حنا, (Henna Girl), Mehrsa, Iran, 2024
50 - Yugai Leta, Yulia Drobova, Лошадки, (Horses), Samokat, Russia, 2025
51 - Xia Xia, Soupy Tang, 蘋果幾歲呢?, (How Old is an Apple?), Rye Field Children Publications (Cite Publishing), Taiwan, 2024
52 - Doro Globus, Rose Blake, I Am an Artist, (I Am an Artist), David Zwirner Books, United States Of America, 2024
53 - Jang Deokhyeon, Yoon Misook, 만약에 내가, (If I Had), Pulbit Publishing, South Korea, 2023
54 - Jan Jutte, Jan Jutte, Ik ook, (Me Too), Lemniscaat, Netherlands, 2025
55 - Zsuzsanna Iván, Zsuzsanna Iván, Jaj!, (So Brave!), Pagony Kiadó, Hungary, 2025
56 - Daniela Fischerová, Marto Kelbl, Jé!, (WOW!), Meander Publishing, Czech Republic, 2025
57 - Didier Levy, Caroline Hüe, Jojo le Terrible, (Jojo Sweet Monster), Éditions Gründ Jeunesse (Group Edi8 - Editis), France, 2024
58 - Péter Návai, László Herbszt, Jöttünk, láttunk, itt maradunk, (We Came, We Saw, We Stayed), Pagony Kiadó, Hungary, 2025
59 - Choi Seungho, Lee Gabgyu, Just a Cat, (Just a Cat), Woorischool, South Korea, 2024
60 - Zornitsa Hristova, Albena Limoni, Ключовете и ключалките, (Keys and Locks), Dakelche Publishing, Bulgaria, 2025
61 - Phạm Quang Phúc, Khu vườn trong tim ta, (The garden of us), Crabit Kidbooks, Vietnam, 2025
62 - Scott Rothman, Zachariah O'Hora, Kittybunkport, (Kittybunkport), Viking (Penguin Young Readers), United States Of America, 2025
63 - Koki Kinoshita, Koki Zoo, (Koki Zoo), Studio K, Japan, 2024
64 - Magnhild Winsnes, Kom, vi skal til barnehagen, (Lets Go to Kindergarden), Aschehoug, Norway, 2025
65 - Oğuz Demir, Küçük Şirin Bir Gezegen, (A Little Lovely Planet), Can Çocuk Yayınları, Turkey, 2024
66 - Reetta Niemelä, Eri Shimatsuka, Kurjen kartta – Seikkailu Aaltojen metsässä, (The Crane’s Map), Etana Editions, Finland, 2025
67 - Chiara Roggero, Vero Gatti, La flor y el baobab, (The Flower and the Baobab), Ediciones Pichoncito, Peru, 2025
68 - Nicolás Schuff, Sebastián Ilabaca, La increíble historia de Arístides Moon, (The Incredible Story of Arístides Moon), Claraboya Ediciones, Chile, 2025
69 - Caroline Dall'Ava, La Maison Magique de Milo et Mizzi, (Milo’s and Mizzi’s Magical House), L'Agrume, France, 2025
70 - Marcos Farina, La manzana, (The Apple), Limonero, Argentina, 2025
71 - Gaby Bazin, La taille-doucière, (The Intaglio Printer), Éditions MeMo, France, 2024
72 - Cristina Sardà, La vaca, el médico y el hijo del jardinero, (The Cow, the Doctor and the Gardener's Son), Fulgencio Pimentel, Spain, 2025
73 - Gideon Samson, Milja Praagman, Lamelos, (Lemmego), WPG Kinderboeken, Netherlands, 2025
74 - Juana de Ibarbourou, Alicia Baladán, Las canciones de Natacha, (Natacha´s Songs), Editorial Morisqueta, Uruguay, 2025
75 - Emanuele Lugli, Chiara Palillo, Lavinia’s Wondrous Portraits, (Lavinia’s Wondrous Portraits), Corraini Edizioni, Italy, 2025
76 - Caroline Stevan, Elīna Brasliņa, Le pouvoir c’est moi, (The Power Book), Helvetiq, Switzerland, 2025
77 - Antonis Papatheodoulou, Iris Samartzi, Για να δούμε, (Let's See), Ikaros Publishing, Greece, 2025
78 - Lorena Fuentes Canobbio, Andrea Pizarro Clemo, Lloronas del carbón, una lira a la memoria minera, (Coal Weepers, a Lyre in Memory of Mining), Claraboya Ediciones, Chile, 2025
79 - Marco Quadri, Los alienígenas no son verdes, (Aliens are not Green), Zahorí Books, Spain, 2025
80 - Ernesto Navarro, Los músicos de Bremen, (The Musicians of Bremen), Pintacoda Ediciones, Spain, 2025
81 - Lina AlHathloul, Uma Mishra-Newbery, Marie-Andrée Dufresne, Rebecca Green, Loujain rêves des tournesols, (Loujain Dreams Of Sunflowers), Les 400 coups, Canada, 2024
82 - Cristian Robles, Mal de ojo, (Evil Eye), Bang & Mamut comics, Spain, 2024
83 - Amandina, Mamá, hazme una trenza, (Mom, Braid My Hair), Vegueta Ediciones, Spain, 2024
84 - Marina Montero, Meccanica Illustrata. La frittata, Archimede e le dita nel naso: un manuale pratico di meccanica classica, (Mechanics Illustrated From Omelets to Archimedes and Beyond: A Practical Guide to Classical Mechanics), Quinto Quarto Edizioni, Italy, 2025
85 - Nara Aragão, Renata Roberta, Guilherme Lira, Menino onça, onça menino, (Boy Jaguar, Jaguar Boy), Boitatá, Brazil, 2025
86 - Javier González, Lluïsot, Mi Padre es un Hombre Lobo, (My Dad is a Werewolf), Pastel de Luna, Spain, 2025
87 - Carlotta De Melas, Maria Lucia Carbone, Mia mamma Maud Wagner, (My Mother Maud Wagner), Maschietto Editore, Italy, 2025
88 - Cristina Pieropan, No es una pantera, (It’s Not a Panther), Ediciones Ekaré, Spain, 2025
89 - Mariana Ruiz Johnson, Nomo, (Nomo), Lecturita Ediciones, Argentina, 2025
90 - Otávio Júnior, Anna Cunha, Nuvem de areia, (Sand Cloud), Companhia das Letras (Editora Schwarcz), Brazil, 2025
91 - Zuzanna Kisielewska, Agata Dudek, Małgorzata Nowak, O tańcu, (All About Dance), Druganoga, Poland, 2025
92 - Ida Larmo, Ida Larmo, O'boy – Min klin kokos tegnedagbok, (O'boy – My Crazy Comic Diary), Strand Forlag, Norway, 2024
93 - Zeno Sworder, Once I was a Giant, (Once I was a Giant), Thames & Hudson Australia, Australia, 2025
94 - Helge Torvund, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Ord på jord, (Your Word is Heard), Magikon Publishing, Norway, 2024
95 - Arianna Tamburini, Ours, (Bear), Éditions Thierry Magnier, France, 2025
96 - Alfonso Ochoa, Enric Rodríguez, Pequeños gigantes, (Little Giants), Alboroto ediciones, Mexico, 2025
97 - Hikaru Amemiya,ゆるワニビビくちのとじかた、おしえてください, (Please Show Me How to Close My Mouth: A Bibi the Little Crocodile Story), PIE International, Japan, 2024
98 - Katarzyna Witt, Ola Niepsuj, Po co nam sztuka?, (Why Do We Need Art?), Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland, 2025
99 - Martin Vopěnka, Renáta Fučíková, Pražský golem, rabi Löw a moje židovská duše, (The Prague Golem, Rabbi Loew, and My Jewish Soul), Nakladatelství Práh, Czech Republic, 2025
100 - Yuliya Gwilym, Кряк!, (Quak!), The Old Lion Publishing House, Ukraine, 2025
101 - Ximo Abadía, Que nunca se acabe, (May it Never End), Litera Libros, Spain, 2025
102 - Lane Smith, Recess, (Recess), Abrams Books, United States Of America, 2025
103 - Ali Ginger,記得那個地方, (Remember That Place), Locus Publishing Company, Taiwan, 2025
104 - FourTin Yeung,特困規則, (Rules of Square), UTOYPIA, Hong Kong - China, 2025
105 - Marius Marcinkevičius, Lina Itagaki, Sakmė apie Neringą, (A Tale of Neringa), Misteris Pinkmanas, Lithuania, 2025
106 - VV.AA., Jacqueline Molnár, Sapka, sál!, (Bundle Up!), Pagony Kiadó, Hungary, 2025
107 - Tini Malina, Selma, du machst das falsch!, (Selma - The Story of a Stellar Spider), NordSüd Verlag, Switzerland, 2025
108 - Beby Haryanti, Wulang Sunu, Semut & Belalang, (The Ant & the Grasshopper (Aesop's Fables Read & Play Series)), Noura Publishing (PT Mizan Publika), Indonesia, 2022
109 - Wang Xiaoyang. Yushanfankuan, Xiu, Xia Tian Mao Jin Xi Gua Li, (Shoo, summer hides in a watermelon), Beijing Caterpillar Books, China, 2025
110 - Alexandara Salmela, Kertu Sillaste, Sild. Kitsekese lugu, (The Bridge. The Little Goat’s Story), Menu Meedia, Estonia, 2025
111 - Taro Miura, Yuki, (Snow), Kaisei-sha Publishing , Japan, 2025
112 - Yayo, Yayo, SOS Water, (SOS Water), Tradewind Books, Canada, 2024
113 - Dace Krēsliņa, Spīdošās gaismas tracis, (Bright Lights Confused), Zvaigzne ABC, Latvia, 2025
114 - Marcus Jernberger, Stor och farlig, (Enormous & Fearsome), Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden, 2025
115 - Ragnar Aalbu, Storkfulle høyder, (Wuthering Flights), Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Norway, 2025
116 - Bdoor Rashidi, طاقة, (Taga), Kalimat, United Arab Emirates, 2025
117 - Jamila Okubo, Tales of East Africa, (Tales of East Africa), Chronicle Books, United States Of America, 2020
118 - Patrícia Yxapy, Leandro Kuaray, Ariel Kuaray, Sophia Pinheiro, Teko Hypy: a origem do mundo, (Teko Hypy: The Origin of the World), Boitatá, Brazil, 2025
119 - Guituzi, 十二生肖, (The 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals), Hunan Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House, China, 2025
120 - Nick Papandreou, Marianna Poga, Christos Simatos, The Beautiful Script, (The Beautiful Script), Melissa Publishing House, Greece, 2025
121 - Hiba Noor Khan, Julian Ariza, The Bookship, (The Bookship), Ketebe, United Kingdom, 2025
122 - Wolverton Hill, Laura Carlin, The Boy Who Became a Parrot, (The Boy Who Became a Parrot), Enchanted Lion Books, United States Of America, 2025
123 - Kim Dongsung,꽃에 미친 김 군, (The Boy who is Crazy about Flowers), Borim Press, South Korea, 2025
124 - Mihaela Angelova, Облакът, който остава, (The Cloud That Stays), Punkt, Bulgaria, 2025
125 - Han Jie, Wu Mao, 好梦妖怪与坏梦妖怪, (The Good Dream Monster and the Bad Dream Monster), Hunan Juvenile & Children's Publishing House, China, 2025
126 - Eugenio Fernández Vázquez, Mariana Villanueva Segovia, The Lighthouse Keeper, (The Lighthouse Keeper), Tapioca Stories, United States Of America, 2025
127 - Kim Cheol-soon, Kim Se Hyun, 사과의 길, (The Path of Apple), Munhakdongne Publishing, South Korea, 2025
128 - Mick Jackson, Baljinder Kaur, The Sleeper Train, (The Sleeper Train), Walker Books, United Kingdom, 2025
129 - maniniwei, 鬼獵人, (The Specter Huntsman), Zebra Crossing Publishing, Taiwan, 2024
130 - Huang Yu-Chin, 異鄉的三少爺——林獻堂, (The Third Young Master's Global Journey: A Biography of Lin Hsien-Tang), Locus Publishing Company, Taiwan, 2025
131 - Júlia Sardà, The Witch in the Tower, (The Witch in the Tower), Walker Books, United Kingdom, 2025
132 - Dalia Menhall Mirza, Maya Majdalani, غداً يومٌ آخر, (Tomorrow is Another Day), Kalila wa Dimna Publishing, Jordan, 2025
133 - Alfonsina Storni, Gabriela Mistral, Juana de Ibarbourou, curated by Laura Forchetti, Daniel Roldán, Trenza que trenza estrellas Vol.1, (A Braid of Stars Vol.1), Ojoreja, Argentina, 2025
134 - Tomoko Aso,りょこう, (Trip with My Grandpa), Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Japan, 2025
135 - Joana Barata, Henrique Coser Moreira, Um ovo na testa, (An Egg on His Forehead), Upa editora, Portugal, 2025
136 - Agata Lučić, Umjetnost umije, (Art is Smart), Mala zvona, Croatia, 2025
137 - Fabrice Melquiot, Jeanne Roualet, Un grain de sable, (A grain of sand), Éditions La Joie de lire, Switzerland, 2024
138 - Sabina Schürmann, Un sueño redondo, (A Perfectly Round Dream), EnLápiz Ediciones, Argentina, 2025
139 - Jairo Buitrago, Erre, Una flor que crece en los escombros, (A Flower Growing in the Rubble), Grafito Ediciones, Chile, 2025
140 - Bernadette Gervais, Une année, (One Year), La Partie, France, 2025
141 - Hernán Ronsino, Christian Montenegro, Vida y obra de algunas nubes, (Life and Work of Certain Clouds), Limonero, Argentina, 2025
142 - Gabriel Sabourin, Vivace, (Vivace), Éditions de la Pastèque, Canada, 2025
143 - Anastasia Evdokimova, Sofia Melnyk, Що воно таке? Українська література, (What Is It? Ukrainian Literature), Publishing House “Ranok”, Ukraine, 2025
144 - Bijal Vachharajani, Rajiv Eipe, When Fairyland Lost Its Magic, (When Fairyland Lost Its Magic), HarperCollins Publishers India, India, 2023
145 - Matt Shanks, When the Mountain Wakes, (When the Mountain Wakes), Simon & Schuster Australia, Australia, 2025
146 - Kate Rolfe, Wiggling Words, (Wiggling Words), Two Hoots (Macmillan Children's Books), United Kingdom, 2025
147 - Misheel Erdenebayar, Үр минь чамайг хүлээж байна, (World Awaits You, Child), Geren Publishing, Mongolia, 2024
148 - Angela Burke Kunkel, Becca Stadtlander, World More Beautiful, (World More Beautiful), Random House Studio (Random House Children's Books), United States Of America, 2024
149 - Donna Barba Higuera, Mariana Ruiz Johnson, XOLO, (XOLO), Levine Querido, United States Of America, 2025
150 - Jon Klassen, Your Places Box Set, (Your Places Box Set), Candlewick Press, United States Of America, 2025