Icelandic Children's Book Prize facts for kids
The Icelandic Children's Book Prize (or Íslensku barnabókaverðlaunin) is a special award given out each year in Iceland. It celebrates fantastic new books written for children and young people. This prize looks for stories that haven't been published yet, or for wonderful illustrated children's books that came out the year before.
About the Icelandic Children's Book Prize
This important prize was started in 1985. It was created by a writer named Ármann Kr. Einarsson and a publishing company called Vaka-Helgafell. They wanted to encourage more great children's books in Iceland.
A special group called Verðlaunasjóði íslenskra barnabóka gives out the award. They decide if there are enough really good books to choose a winner each year. If a book wins, it gets published by Vaka-Helgafell (which is now part of Forlagið) in the autumn. This means more kids get to read the winning story!
Sometimes, two books are so good that they both win the prize in the same year. This happened in 1995 and again in 2006. Other times, if no entry is strong enough, the prize is not awarded for that year.
Winners
Here are the amazing authors and their books that have won the Icelandic Children's Book Prize:
- 2017 - Elísa Jóhannsdóttir with Er ekki allt í lagi með þig? (What‘s Wrong With You?)
- 2016 - Inga M. Beck with Skóladraugurinn (The School Ghost)
- 2015 - Ragnheiður Eyjólfsdóttir with Skuggasaga – Arftakinn (A Story of Shadows – The Successor)
- 2014 - Guðni Líndal Benediktsson with Leitin að Blóðey (The Search for Blood-Isle)
- 2013 - No prize awarded because no entry was strong enough.
- 2012 - Kjartan Yngvi Björnsson and Snæbjörn Brynjarsson, Hrafnsauga
- 2011 - Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir, Flugan sem stöðvaði stríðið
- 2010 - Þorgrímur Þráinsson, Ertu Guð, afi?
- 2009 - Guðmundur Brynjólfsson, Þvílík vika
- 2008 - Gunnar Theodór Eggertsson, Steindýrin
- 2007 - Hrund Þórsdóttir, Loforðið
- 2006 - Margrét Tryggvadóttir and Halldór Baldursson, Sagan af undurfögru prinsessunni og hugrakka prinsinum hennar
- 2006 - Héðinn Svarfdal Björnsson, Háski og hundakjöt
- 2005 - No prize awarded because no entry was strong enough.
- 2004 - Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir, Leyndardómur ljónsins
- 2003 - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Biobörn
- 2002 - Harpa Jónsdóttir, Ferðin til Samiraka
- 2001 - Gunnhildur Hrólfsdóttir, Sjáumst aftur...
- 2000 - Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir, Leikur á borði
- 1999 - No prize awarded because no entry was strong enough.
- 1998 - Guðmundur Ólafsson, Heljarstökk afturábak
- 1997 - Þorgrímur Þráinsson, Margt býr í myrkrinu
- 1996 - Ingibjörg Möller, Grillaðir bananar
- 1995 - Herdís Egilsdóttir, Veislan í barnavagninum
- 1995 - Þórey Friðbjörnsdóttir, Eplasneplar
- 1994 - Guðrún Hafdís Eiríksdóttir, Röndóttir spóar
- 1993 - Elías Snæland Jónsson, Brak og brestir
- 1992 - Friðrik Erlingsson, Benjamín dúfa
- 1991 - Iðunn Steinsdóttir, Gegnum þyrnigerðið
- 1990 - Karl Helgason, Í pokahorninu
- 1989 - Heiður Baldursdóttir, Álagadalurinn
- 1988 - Kristín Loftsdóttir, Fugl í búri
- 1987 - Kristín Steinsdóttir, Franskbrauð með sultu
- 1986 - Guðmundur Ólafsson, Emil og Skundi
