Peter Pan Prize facts for kids

The Peter Pan Prize (called Peter Pan-Prisets in Swedish) is a special award given out every year in Sweden. It was started in 2000 by IBBY Sweden (which stands for the International Board on Books for Young People) and the Göteborg Book Fair. This prize celebrates amazing books for kids and young adults that are really well-written and have interesting topics.

The Peter Pan Prize looks for books that:

• Are by an author who is new or not very well known in Sweden.
• Come from a country, language, or culture that isn't often seen in Swedish books.
• Tell stories about kids or young adults in countries and cultures that Swedish readers might not know much about.

Sometimes, other books are chosen as "runner-up" prizes. These are called Silver Stars (or Silverstjärna in Swedish).

Peter Pan Prize Winners

Here are the books that have won the main Peter Pan Prize:

• 2019: Doften av ett hem (The Scent of a Home) - by Bonnie Sue Hitchcock
• 2018: Akissi och det flygande fåret (Akisssi and Flying Sheep) - by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin
• 2017: Mitt år av längtan (My Year of Longing) - by Dasha Tolstikova
• 2016: Sabelles röda klänning (Sabelle's Red Dress) - by Marina Michaelidou-Kadi, illustrated by Daniela Stamatiadi
• 2015: Guji Guji (Guji Guji) - by Chih-Yuan Chen
• 2014: Världens ände (Everybody Jam) - by Ali Lewis, translated by Elisabeth Fredholm
• 2013: Naku, Nakuu, Nakuuu! - by Nanoy Rafael, illustrated by Sergio Bumatay III, translated by Anna Gustafsson Chen
• 2012: Ensam hemma (While We Were Out) - by Lee
• 2011: Ankomsten (The Arrival) - by Shaun Tan, translated from English
• 2010: Makwelane och krokodilen (Makwelane and the Crocodile) - by Maria Hendricks, illustrated by Piet Grobler, translated by Ulla Forsén
• 2009: Den absolut sanna historien om mitt liv som halvtidsindian (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian) - by Sherman Alexie, translated by Ingela Jernberg
• 2008: Blunda och öppna ditt fönster (Open the Window with Closed Eyes) - by Nguyen Ngoc Thuan, translated by Hoai Anh Tran
• 2007: Kiffe Kiffe imorgon (Kiffe Kiffe demain) - by Faïza Guène, translated by Lotta Riad
• 2006: Long-longs nyår: en berättelse om den kinesiska vårfesten (Long-Long's New Year) - by Catherine Gower, illustrated by He Zhihong, translated by Lotta Riad
• 2005: Persepolis - by Marjane Satrapi, translated by Gabriella Theiler
• 2004: Över näktergalens golv (Across the Nightingale Floor) - by Lian Hearn, translated by Carla Wiberg
• 2003: Den osynliga flickan (The Breadwinner) - by Deborah Ellis, translated by Helena Ridelberg
• 2002: Alexis Kouros for På en ö i havet (On an Island in the Sea), translated by Janina Orlov
• 2001: Hipp, hurra för mormor (Hip, Hip, Hurray for Grandma) - by Cari Best, illustrated by Giselle Potter, translated by Barbro Lagergren
• 2000: Katies krig (Katie's War) - by Aubrey Flegg, translated by Gunilla Borén

Silver Star Awards

The Silver Star is given to books that are also very good, but don't win the main Peter Pan Prize. They are like special mentions for excellent books. Here are some of the books that have received a Silver Star:

Recent Silver Stars

• 2019: Paveen och buffertjejen (The Pave and the Buffer Girl) - by Siobhan Dowd, illustrated by Emma Shoard, translated by Helena Ridelberg
• 2019: Är du min bror? (Are you My Brother?) - by Liu Hsu-kung, translated by Anna Gustafsson Chen
• 2018: The Great Story of a Small Line - by Serge Bloch, translated by Christo Burman
• 2018: Mouth of the Night - by Cristino Wapichana, illustrated by Graça Lima, translated by Helena Vermcrantz
• 2017: Stopp! Ingen får passera! (Stop! No one is Allowed to Pass) - by Isabel Minhó Martins, illustrated by Bernardo P. Carvalho, translated by Erik Titusson
• 2017: Kanske ett äpple (Maybe an Apple) - by Shinsuke Yoshitake, translated by Yukiko Duke
• 2016: Strong as a bear - by Katrin Stangl, translated from German
• 2016: Princess who did not like princes - by Alice Brière-Haquet and Lionel Larcheveqque, translated from French