The Polish Book Institute

IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People”) has announced the shortlist of nominees for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2024, the most prestigious international award for children's books, known as the Little Nobel Prize. Iwona Chmielewska was again among the finalists in the illustrator category.

IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) has announced the shortlist of nominees for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the most prestigious international award for the creators of children’s and youth literature, known as the Little Nobel Prize. Iwona Chmielewska became a finalist in the illustrator category.

Polish illustrator, Iwona Chmielewska, was awarded the main prize in the New Horizons category in the BolognaRagazzi Award 2020 awarded by the International Book Fair in Bologna - the world's largest and most important children and youth’s book fair. It is the third time she has been recognised in such a way in her career, earlier the jury recognised her A House of the Mind: Maum and Oczy ("Eyes", in 2011 and 2013 respectively).