Best Books of the Year Awards 2008-2009

The Best Children’s Story Book:

En İyi Arkadaşım (My Best Friend)

Writer: Kemal Özer

Publishing House: Tudem

The Best Picture Book:

Kırmızı Elma (The Red Apple)

Writer and illustrator: Feridun Oral

Publishing House: Yapı Kredi Yayınları

The Best Design:

Berber Pire Tellal Deve (When Fleas were Barbers and Camels Were Brokers)

Designer: Suzan Aral

Publishing House: Günışığı Kitaplığı

Special Award of the Jury:

Şeytan Aldı Götürdü (The Devil Stole It Away)

Designer: Sadi Güran

Publishing House: Enkidu

The Best Children’s Poetry Book of the Last Fifteen Years (1994-2008):

Pencereden Bakan Çocuk (The Child Who Gazed From the Window)

Poet: Sennur Sezer

Publishing House: Evrensel

Special Award of the Jury:

Kuşların Alfabesi (The Alphabet of the Birds)

Poet: Abdülkadir Budak

Publishing House: Kök

Mavi Ay (Blue Moon)

Poets: Aytül Akal, Mavisel Yener

Publishing House: Uçanbalık