IBBY Honour List 2026
76 books for writing, 58 for illustration and 58 for translation, from 59 countries.
- Writing76 booksSee the list
- Illustration58 booksSee the list
- Translation58 booksSee the list
Writing
| Country | Writer | Book |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (Spanish) | Paula Andrea Bombara | La sombra del jacarandá |
| Australia (English) | Anna Fienberg | Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth |
| Austria (German) | Kathrin Steinberger | Der Rosengarten. Rosa, der Krieg und das Niemandsland |
| Belgium (Dutch) | Aline Sax | Wat ons nog rest |
| Belgium (French) | Aylin Manço | Les Éblouis |
| Canada (English) | Erin Bow | Simon Sort of Says |
| Canada (French) | Stéfani Meunier | Une bulle en dehors du temps |
| Chile (Spanish) | María José Ferrada | Siete apariciones |
| China (Chinese) | Shanshan Li | Qi Cheng Qian Nian |
| Colombia (Spanish) | John Fitzgerald Torres | Flores sobre el agua |
| Costa Rica (Spanish) | Héctor Gamboa Goldenberg | ¡Hora de comer! |
| Croatia (Croatian) | Morea Banićević | Izgubljeni gospodin Kovač |
| Cyprus (Greek) | Elena Perikleous | Ta Katafera! |
| Czech Rep | Tereza Říčanová | Les |
| Denmark (Danish) | Hanne Dagmar Raaberg | Papirhjerter |
| Dominican Republic (Spanish) | Geraldine de Santis | La temible banda de los atracadores de sueños |
| Ecuador (Spanish) | Sandra De la Torre Guarderas | La vuelta del paraguas |
| Egypt (Arabic) | Riham Shendy | El Fara Lara wa Geranha fi el-Omara |
| Estonia (Estonian) | Triinu Laan | Poiss ja papa |
| Ethiopia (Afaan Oromo & English) | Bruktawit Abdu | Simbira Bargaa = White-Winged Flufftails |
| Ethiopia (Afar Af & English) | Goering Noh | Nabah Yan Faqi golóh (Rifti Vaalih) Kalitte = The Great Rift Valley Lakes |
| Ethiopia (Amharic & English) | Adweijira Omod | ʾäyalähu, ʾädamət'alähu, ʾəmaralähu = Watch, Listen, and Learn |
| Ethiopia (Somali & English) | Melaku Belay | Luuqada qoob ka ciyaarka = The Language of Dance |
| Ethiopia (Tigrinya & English) | Jane Kurtz | āʼedāwe = Hands |
| Finland (Finnish) | Silja Sillanpää | Ouroboros: Sateenkaarikäärme |
| Finland (Swedish & Finnish) | Maija Hurme | Var kommer alla dagar ifrån? |
| France (French) | Gaël Aymon | La guerre des ombres |
| Germany | Leslie Niemöller | Die Gurkentruppe |
| Greece (Greek) | Giorgos Panagiotakis | Amphibia |
| Hungary (Hungarian) | Judit Ágnes Kiss | Tujaszörny és Nyírfakobold |
| Iceland (Icelandic) | Hildur Knútsdóttir | Hrím |
| India (English) | Hannah Lalhlanpuii | Songs of Freedom: Postcard from the Lushai Brigade |
| India (Hindi) | Sushil Shukla | Ye Sara Ujala Suraj Ka |
| Indonesia (Indonesian) | Rizal Iwan | Creepy Case Club: Kasus Hantu Panggung |
| Iran (Farsi) | Marjan Fouladvand | Haft Javidan 1: Baran-e Khakestar |
| Ireland (English) | Patricia Forde | The Girl Who Fell to Earth |
| Italy (Italian) | Davide Morosinotto | Il leggendario tesoro di Hell Gate |
| Japan (Japanese) | Madoka Sato | Sukuranburu kousaten |
| Republic of Korea (Korean) | Hyeong Min Jin | waewaewae dong-ali |
| Latvia (Latvian) | Inese Zandere | Putni mūs redz |
| Lebanon (Arabic) | Rouba Baydoun | Kayfa Tartah Sama? |
| Lithuania (Lithuanian) | Marius Marcinkevičius | Mergaitė su šautuvu. Istorija apie mergaitę partizanę |
| Malaysia | Nisah Haron | Chempaka Dengan Piano |
| Mongolia (Mongolian) | Enkh-Oyun Bold | Baddi yu hiij yavaa bol? |
| Netherlands (Dutch) | Enne Koens | Vandaag komen we niet meer thuis |
| Netherlands (Frisian) | Mirjam van Houten | Anton yn it museum |
| Norway (Norwegian) | Julia Lossius Kahrs | Noor og de forsvunne barna |
| Pakistan (English) | Marzieh Abbas | Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect. The True Story of Pakistan’s First Woman Architect |
| Peru (Spanish) | Carlos Garayar | La abuela que tejía el aire |
| Philippines (Filipino) | Cheeno Marlo Sayuno | Sayaw ng mga Ilaw |
| Poland (Polish) | Roksana Jędrzejewska-Wróbel | W krainie snów |
| Portugal (Portuguese) | João Pedro Mésseder | As casas das coisas |
| Russia (Komi & Russian) | Alyona Shomysova | Nöl’ö l'оl’ö da sylön tuj = Ulitka Nelly i eyo puteshestvie |
| Russia (Russian) | Pyotr Voltsit | Kanikuly na ledokole |
| Singapore (English) | Rachelyn Gordon | Curly |
| Singapore (Malay & English) | Liyana Nurdin | Dua Detektif dan Misi Kompas = Detective Duo and the Compass Mission |
| Singapore (Chinese & English) | Seow Ser Lee | Wo de mingzi shi Ling, wo shi ge mangren = My Name is Ling. I am Blind |
| Slovakia | Marta Hlušíková | Leto s Marge |
| Slovenia (Slovenian) | Andrej E. Skubic | Lahko bi umrl na tem kavču z mano |
| Spain (Basque) | Patxi Zubizarreta | Zerria |
| Spain (Catalan) | Clàudia Serra | Un estiu |
| Spain (Galician) | Antonio M. Fraga | Como escorrentar un lobo |
| Spain (Spanish) | Pedro Caldas | La leyenda del samurái y la mariposa azul |
| Sweden (Swedish) | Oskar Kroon | Det finns inget paradis |
| Switzerland (French) | Germano Zullo | Tous les bateaux ne prennent pas la mer |
| Switzerland (German) | Daniel Fehr | Susie im Supermarkt |
| Türkiye (Turkish) | Almıla Aydın | Zamansız Şehrin Çocukları |
| Uganda (English) | James D. Kigozi | Naka Gets a Job |
| Ukraine (Ukrainian) | Dara Kornii | Chomu rozkvitaie paporot |
| United Arab Emirates (Arabic) | Bodour Al Qasimi | Bait El Hikmah |
| United Kingdom (English) | Mel Darbon | What the World Doesn’t See |
| United Kingdom (Welsh) | Daf James | Jac a’r Angel |
| United States (English) | Gayle Forman | Not Nothing |
| Uzbekistan (Russian) | Madina Muminova | Strakhi Zakhramakhra, ili Kto vo vsem vinovat? |
| Uzbekistan | Qobiljon Shermatov | Buvamning Oshqozonidagi Mamlakat |
| Venezuela (Spanish) | Lucas García París | El Tema. Una memoria gráfica sobre violación de derechos humanos |
Illustration
| Country | Illustrator | Book |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (Spanish) | Matías Trillo | Los peces de mi río |
| Armenia (Armenian) | Harutyun Tumaghyan | Vishapakari Gaghtniqy. Kari Verjy |
| Australia (English) | Datsun Tran | Then and Now |
| Austria (German) | Julie Völk | Drachengeburtstag |
| Belgium (French) | Sarah Cheveau | Nuit de chance |
| Canada (English) | Jack Wong | When You Can Swim |
| Chile (Spanish) | Alexis Segovia | Desde lejos |
| China (Mandarin) | Xiaoyu Shao | Jiu Shen Lu Huibenguan: Jiu Se Lu |
| Colombia (Spanish) | Carlos Manuel Díaz Consuegra | En un río |
| Costa Rica (Spanish) | Gabriela Zumbado Solano | Ratones Pérez |
| Croatia (Croatian) | Hana Tintor | Gdje se skriva Vedran? |
| Cyprus (Greek) | Elena Tsigaridou | Posa metra einai o kosmos mas |
| Czech Rep | Jakub Bachorík | Mosty |
| Denmark (Danish) | Jakob Martin Strid | Den fantastiske bus |
| Dominican Rep. (Spanish) | Ilemi Cuesta Mier | Alegría |
| Ecuador (Spanish) | Guido Chaves | Ella |
| Egypt (Arabic) | Sally Samir | Laysu Arkaman |
| Estonia (Estonian) | Marja-Liisa Plats | Härra Haraldi unistuste aed |
| Ethiopia (Amharic) | Nahosenay Negussie | wəb hələmoč |
| Finland (Finnish) | Maria Vilja | Kesän ainoa kaunis päivä |
| France (French) | Isabelle Ricq | Encore un plouf ! |
| Germany (Wordless (German)) | Jens Rassmus | Regentag |
| Greece (Greek) | Petros Bouloubasis | O Tharrofýlakas |
| Hungary (Wordless (Hungarian)) | Mariann Máray | Elérhetetlen |
| Iceland (Icelandic) | Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir | Mamma sandkaka |
| India (English) | Priya Sebastian | Mommies |
| Indonesia (Indonesian) | Zunda (Naidi Atika Zundaro) | Ayahku Seorang Nelayan |
| Iran (Farsi) | Maryam Tahmasebi | Haale Hale Hoole |
| Ireland (Irish) | Aileen Crossley | An Áit nEitlíonn na Madaí Crainn |
| Italy (Italian) | Noemi Vola | No, no e no |
| Japan (Japanese) | The Cabin Company | Gama senbiki iwana senbiki |
| Korea (Rep. of) (Korean) | Dong-soo Kim | Oneurui hal il |
| Latvia (Latvian) | Aleksandra Runde | Ko darīt, ja esi kails pilsētā |
| Lebanon (Arabic) | Hussein Al Robaie | Al Dinosaur Al Kabeer |
| Lithuania (Lithuanian ) | Lina Itagaki | Mergaitė su šautuvu. Istorija apie mergaitę partizanę |
| Malaysia (English) | Chinnyinc. | The Water Folks Return Home |
| Mongolia (Mongolian) | Misheel Erdenebayar | Tsetserlegt yu boldog ve? |
| Netherlands (Dutch) | Yoko Heiligers | Mensendieren |
| Norway (Norwegian) | Peder Hornseth Nygaard | Supernova |
| Pakistan (English) | Maria Riaz | Eid Cat-astrophe |
| Peru (Spanish) | Sheila Alvarado | ABC ilustrado de la biodiversidad del Perú |
| Philippines (Filipino) | Rommel Joson | Sa Iisang Batya |
| Poland (Polish) | Maria Dek | W lesie |
| Portugal (Portuguese) | Inês Viegas Oliveira | O Duelo |
| Russia (Russian) | Aleksey Dmitriev | Konyok-Gorbunok |
| Singapore (English) | Hong Shin Quek | Pineapple, Let's Roll! |
| Slovakia | Juraj Martiška | Detstvo s rozprávkou |
| Slovenia (Slovenian) | Tanja Komadina | Psiček, čarovnica in tri srebrne žličke |
| Spain (Spanish) | Rocío Martínez | Alexander Von Humboldt. Explorador de lo inalcanzable |
| Sweden (Swedish) | Aron Landahl | Alla äter alla |
| Switzerland (German) | Rina Jost | Weg |
| Türkiye (Turkish) | Merve Atılgan | Derin Orman |
| Uganda (English) | Samuel Muganga | My Beautiful Home |
| Ukraine (Ukrainian) | Oleksandr Shatokhin | Narvaly ne plachut |
| United Arab Emirates (Arabic) | Hassan Manasrah | Aghla mafi al-wujood |
| United Kingdom (English) | Petr Horáček | The Star Whale |
| United States of America (English) | Jason Griffin | Ain’t Burned All the Bright |
| Uzbekistan (English) | Nargis Karimova | Tashkent with Ali and Lali |
Translation
| Country | Translator | Book |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (Spanish) | Vanesa Fusco | A de Rinoceronte |
| Armenia (Armenian) | Naira Khachatryan | Katen uzum er papik darnal |
| Austria (German) | Brigitte Rapp | Sonne an dunklen Tagen |
| Belgium (French) | Anne Cohen Beucher | Akata Woman |
| Canada (French) | Christiane Duchesne | Le chandail orange de Miya |
| Canada (English) | Jonathan Kaplansky | Like a Hurricane |
| Chile (Spanish) | Camila Bunster Danklefsen | Tu fantástico cuerpo |
| China (Chinese) | Xiao Cheng | Shu De Mi Mi Sheng Ming |
| Colombia (Spanish) | Gabriela García de la Torre | Historias sobre las matemáticas: desde los cálculos cavernícolas hasta los computadores |
| Costa Rica (Cabécar & Spanish) | Comisión Interinstitucional Siwá Pákö | Cuentos en cabécar para la niñez = Ditsä́ yabalá i a ká pákë |
| Croatia (Croatian) | Snježana Husić | Pjesme za djecu |
| Czech Rep | Novák, Lukáš; Rubáš, Stanislav & Šťastná, Zuzana Lukáš Novák, Stanislav Rubáš & Zuzana Šťastná | Když si šlápneš na tkaničku |
| Dominican Rep. (Spanish) | Kianny Antigua | Angélica y la güira |
| Egypt (Arabic) | Fadwa Boustany | A’azu Asdiqa’i |
| Estonia (Estonian) | Eve Laur | Geenius laua all. Lapsepõlv raudse eesriide taga |
| Ethiopia (Afaan Oromo & English) | Ahmed Dedo Gemeda | Yeroo Ijoollummaakoo Itoophiyaa Keessatti = When I Was a Child in Ethiopia |
| Ethiopia (Amharic & English) | Lulit Bezuayehu | balä qäy kaba = Little Red Cape |
| Ethiopia (Tigrinya & English) | Aklilu Dessalegn | mäʾas ʾəyä täwälidä? = When I Was Born |
| Ethiopia (Afar Af & English) | Afar Ethiopia Regional Education Bureau | The Happiest Hearder in the Land = Ardi Bagul Kaxxam Rufto le Duwaytu |
| Ethiopia (Somali & English) | Abdi Mohamed Hassen | Caroogii Yaraa = The Little Snail |
| Finland (Swedish) | Annika Sandelin | Hela Konkarongen |
| Finland (Finnish) | Outi Menna | Tasangon tyttäret |
| France (French) | Marion Danton | Black girl unlimited |
| Germany | Beate Schäfer | Gras unter meinen Füßen. Das Jahr, als ich leben lernte |
| Greece (Greek) | Myrsini Gana | Medusa |
| Iceland (Icelandic) | Æsa Guðrún Bjarnadóttir | Spæjarastofa Lalla og Maju: Spítalaráðgátan |
| India (Hindi) | Shashi Sablok | Lakire = Lines |
| Ireland (Irish) | Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin | Bi Fiáin, a Chroí |
| Italy (Italian) | Samanta K. Milton Knowles | Il bello di Kerstin |
| Japan (Japanese) | Kaori Nozawa | Monokuro no machi no yoake ni |
| Korea (Rep. of) (Korean) | Jeongha Kim | Jasinmanmanhan eumchi geobug-ideul |
| Latvia (Latvian) | Signe Viška | Kā ārprāts man izskaidroja pasauli |
| Lebanon (Arabic) | Mckeen Assi | Maza Law…? |
| Lithuania (Lithuanian) | Mantas Karvelis | Žirafos širdis labai didelė |
| Mongolia (Mongolian) | Baterdene Gerlee | Khurelkhuu, Narantsetseg hoyor |
| Netherlands (Dutch) | Maria Postema | De ogen en het onmogelijke |
| Netherlands (Frisian) | Tjitske van Dijk | De Wurdskat |
| Norway (Norwegian) | Kirsti Vogt | Sølvbåren |
| Pakistan (Punjabi) | Sarwat Mohiuddin | Ajjhaā Sher Jihaine Apṇe Āp Nūn Pānī Vich Vekhiā |
| Peru (Spanish) | Alejandra Garayar Rodríguez | Fábulas de la Fontaine |
| Peru (Quechua) | Nora Coronado | Uku Pacha |
| Philippines (English) | Richard Guevarra | Zona Cero |
| Poland (Polish) | Anna Czernow | Złota Kerstin |
| Russia (Russian) | Mikhail Vizel | Volshebnik Federico |
| Slovakia | Anna Fosse | Sestra |
| Slovenia (Slovenian) | Julija Potrč Šavli | Radio Popov |
| Spain (Gallician) | Moisés Barcia | Que é a guerra |
| Spain (Catalan) | Xavier Pàmies | El desnuador d’embruixos |
| Spain (Basque) | Aiora Jaka Irizar | Neska baten memoria |
| Spain (Spanish) | Ana Flecha Marco | Perfectamente imperfecto |
| Sweden (Swedish) | Johanna Lindbäck | Missat samtal |
| Switzerland (German) | Eva Roth | Das Dorf der Steine |
| Türkiye (Turkish) | Mine Kazmaoğlu | Findel Gizemi |
| Ukraine (Ukrainian) | Božena Antoniak | Imenyny |
| United Arab Emirates (Arabic) | Samar Mahfouz Barraj | Adam |
| United Kingdom (Welsh) | Alun Saunders | Curiad Coll: Cyfrol 1 |
| United Kingdom (English) | A. A. Prime | The Secret of Helmersbruk Manor. A Christmas Mystery |
| United States (English) | Vineet Lal | Home |
Countries, names and titles are given as IBBY lists them, including its spelling of country names.
Sources
- IBBY — IBBY Honour List 2026 . Accessed .
- IBBY — IBBY Honour List . Accessed .