IBBY Honour List 2026
The 2026 IBBY Honour List includes 191 nominations in 52 different languages from 59 countries. Selected for the 2026 list are 76 entries in the category of Writing; 58 in the category of Illustration; and 57 in the category of Translation, making it the largest list ever compiled since the creation of the programme seventy years ago.
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Writing
| COUNTRY (Language) | WRITER | BOOK | |
| 1 | Argentina (Spanish) | Paula Andrea Bombara | La sombra del jacarandá |
| 2 | Australia (English) | Anna Fienberg | Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth |
| 3 | Austria (German) | Kathrin Steinberger | Der Rosengarten. Rosa, der Krieg und das Niemandsland |
| 4 | Belgium (Dutch) | Aline Sax | Wat ons nog rest |
| 5 | Belgium (French) | Aylin Manço | Les Éblouis |
| 6 | Canada (English) | Erin Bow | Simon Sort of Says |
| 7 | Canada (French) | Stéfani Meunier | Une bulle en dehors du temps |
| 8 | Chile (Spanish) | María José Ferrada | Siete apariciones |
| 9 | China (Chinese) | Shanshan Li | Qi Cheng Qian Nian |
| 10 | Colombia (Spanish) | John Fitzgerald Torres | Flores sobre el agua |
| 11 | Costa Rica (Spanish) | Héctor Gamboa Goldenberg | ¡Hora de comer! |
| 12 | Croatia (Croatian) | Morea Banićević | Izgubljeni gospodin Kovač |
| 13 | Cyprus (Greek) | Elena Perikleous | Ta Katafera! |
| 14 | Czech Rep (Czech) | Tereza Říčanová | Les |
| 15 | Denmark (Danish) | Hanne Dagmar Raaberg | Papirhjerter |
| 16 | Dominican Republic (Spanish) | Geraldine de Santis | La temible banda de los atracadores de sueños |
| 17 | Ecuador (Spanish) | Sandra De la Torre Guarderas | La vuelta del paraguas |
| 18 | Egypt (Arabic) | Riham Shendy | El Fara Lara wa Geranha fi el-Omara |
| 19 | Estonia (Estonian) | Triinu Laan | Poiss ja papa |
| 20 | Ethiopia (Afaan Oromo & English) | Bruktawit Abdu | Simbira Bargaa = White-Winged Flufftails |
| 21 | Ethiopia (Afar Af & English) | Goering Noh | Nabah Yan Faqi golóh (Rifti Vaalih) Kalitte = The Great Rift Valley Lakes |
| 22 | Ethiopia (Amharic & English) | Adweijira Omod | ʾäyalähu, ʾädamət'alähu, ʾəmaralähu = Watch, Listen, and Learn |
| 23 | Ethiopia (Somali & English) | Melaku Belay | Luuqada qoob ka ciyaarka = The Language of Dance |
| 24 | Ethiopia (Tigrinya & English) | Jane Kurtz | āʼedāwe = Hands |
| 25 | Finland (Finnish) | Silja Sillanpää | Ouroboros: Sateenkaarikäärme |
| 26 | Finland (Swedish & Finnish) | Maija Hurme | Var kommer alla dagar ifrån? |
| 27 | France (French) | Gaël Aymon | La guerre des ombres |
| 28 | Germany (German) | Leslie Niemöller | Die Gurkentruppe |
| 29 | Greece (Greek) | Giorgos Panagiotakis | Amphibia |
| 30 | Hungary (Hungarian) | Judit Ágnes Kiss | Tujaszörny és Nyírfakobold |
| 31 | Iceland (Icelandic) | Hildur Knútsdóttir | Hrím |
| 32 | India (English) | Hannah Lalhlanpuii | Songs of Freedom: Postcard from the Lushai Brigade |
| 33 | India (Hindi) | Sushil Shukla | Ye Sara Ujala Suraj Ka |
| 34 | Indonesia (Indonesian) | Rizal Iwan | Creepy Case Club: Kasus Hantu Panggung |
| 35 | Iran (Farsi) | Marjan Fouladvand | Haft Javidan 1: Baran-e Khakestar |
| 36 | Ireland (English) | Patricia Forde | The Girl Who Fell to Earth |
| 37 | Italy (Italian) | Davide Morosinotto | Il leggendario tesoro di Hell Gate |
| 38 | Japan (Japanese) | Madoka Sato | Sukuranburu kousaten |
| 39 | Republic of Korea (Korean) | Hyeong Min Jin | waewaewae dong-ali |
| 40 | Latvia (Latvian) | Inese Zandere | Putni mūs redz |
| 41 | Lebanon (Arabic) | Rouba Baydoun | Kayfa Tartah Sama? |
| 42 | Lithuania (Lithuanian) | Marius Marcinkevičius | Mergaitė su šautuvu. Istorija apie mergaitę partizanę |
| 43 | Malaysia (Malay) | Nisah Haron | Chempaka Dengan Piano |
| 44 | Mongolia (Mongolian) | Enkh-Oyun Bold | Baddi yu hiij yavaa bol? |
| 45 | Netherlands (Dutch) | Enne Koens | Vandaag komen we niet meer thuis |
| 46 | Netherlands (Frisian) | Mirjam van Houten | Anton yn it museum |
| 47 | Norway (Norwegian) | Julia Lossius Kahrs | Noor og de forsvunne barna |
| 48 | Pakistan (English) | Marzieh Abbas | Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect. The True Story of Pakistan’s First Woman Architect |
| 49 | Peru (Spanish) | Carlos Garayar | La abuela que tejía el aire |
| 50 | Philippines (Filipino) | Cheeno Marlo Sayuno | Sayaw ng mga Ilaw |
| 51 | Poland (Polish) | Roksana Jędrzejewska-Wróbel | W krainie snów |
| 52 | Portugal (Portuguese) | João Pedro Mésseder | As casas das coisas |
| 53 | Russia (Komi & Russian) | Alyona Shomysova | Nöl’ö l'оl’ö da sylön tuj = Ulitka Nelly i eyo puteshestvie |
| 54 | Russia (Russian) | Pyotr Voltsit | Kanikuly na ledokole |
| 55 | Singapore (English) | Rachelyn Gordon | Curly |
| 56 | Singapore (Malay & English) | Liyana Nurdin | Dua Detektif dan Misi Kompas = Detective Duo and the Compass Mission |
| 57 | Singapore (Chinese & English) | Seow Ser Lee | Wo de mingzi shi Ling, wo shi ge mangren = My Name is Ling. I am Blind |
| 58 | Slovakia (Slovak) | Marta Hlušíková | Leto s Marge |
| 59 | Slovenia (Slovenian) | Andrej E. Skubic | Lahko bi umrl na tem kavču z mano |
| 60 | Spain (Basque) | Patxi Zubizarreta | Zerria |
| 61 | Spain (Catalan) | Clàudia Serra | Un estiu |
| 62 | Spain (Galician) | Antonio M. Fraga | Como escorrentar un lobo |
| 63 | Spain (Spanish) | Pedro Caldas | La leyenda del samurái y la mariposa azul |
| 64 | Sweden (Swedish) | Oskar Kroon | Det finns inget paradis |
| 65 | Switzerland (French) | Germano Zullo | Tous les bateaux ne prennent pas la mer |
| 66 | Switzerland (German) | Daniel Fehr | Susie im Supermarkt |
| 67 | Türkiye (Turkish) | Almıla Aydın | Zamansız Şehrin Çocukları |
| 68 | Uganda (English) | James D. Kigozi | Naka Gets a Job |
| 69 | Ukraine (Ukrainian) | Dara Kornii | Chomu rozkvitaie paporot |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates (Arabic) | Bodour Al Qasimi | Bait El Hikmah |
| 71 | United Kingdom (English) | Mel Darbon | What the World Doesn’t See |
| 72 | United Kingdom (Welsh) | Daf James | Jac a’r Angel |
| 73 | United States (English) | Gayle Forman | Not Nothing |
| 74 | Uzbekistan (Russian) | Madina Muminova | Strakhi Zakhramakhra, ili Kto vo vsem vinovat? |
| 75 | Uzbekistan (Uzbek) | Qobiljon Shermatov | Buvamning Oshqozonidagi Mamlakat |
| 76 | Venezuela (Spanish) | Lucas García París | El Tema. Una memoria gráfica sobre violación de derechos humanos |
Illustration
| COUNTRY (Language) | ILLUSTRATOR | BOOK | |
| 77 | Argentina (Spanish) | Matías Trillo | Los peces de mi río |
| 78 | Armenia (Armenian) | Harutyun Tumaghyan | Vishapakari Gaghtniqy. Kari Verjy |
| 79 | Australia (English) | Datsun Tran | Then and Now |
| 80 | Austria (German) | Julie Völk | Drachengeburtstag |
| 81 | Belgium (French) | Sarah Cheveau | Nuit de chance |
| 82 | Canada (English) | Jack Wong | When You Can Swim |
| 83 | Chile (Spanish) | Alexis Segovia | Desde lejos |
| 84 | China (Mandarin) | Xiaoyu Shao | Jiu Shen Lu Huibenguan: Jiu Se Lu |
| 85 | Colombia (Spanish) | Carlos Manuel Díaz Consuegra | En un río |
| 86 | Costa Rica (Spanish) | Gabriela Zumbado Solano | Ratones Pérez |
| 87 | Croatia (Croatian) | Hana Tintor | Gdje se skriva Vedran? |
| 88 | Cyprus (Greek) | Elena Tsigaridou | Posa metra einai o kosmos mas |
| 89 | Czech Rep (Czech) | Jakub Bachorík | Mosty |
| 90 | Denmark (Danish) | Jakob Martin Strid | Den fantastiske bus |
| 91 | Dominican Rep. (Spanish) | Ilemi Cuesta Mier | Alegría |
| 92 | Ecuador (Spanish) | Guido Chaves | Ella |
| 93 | Egypt (Arabic) | Sally Samir | Laysu Arkaman |
| 94 | Estonia (Estonian) | Marja-Liisa Plats | Härra Haraldi unistuste aed |
| 95 | Ethiopia (Amharic) | Nahosenay Negussie | wəb hələmoč |
| 96 | Finland (Finnish) | Maria Vilja | Kesän ainoa kaunis päivä |
| 97 | France (French) | Isabelle Ricq | Encore un plouf ! |
| 98 | Germany (Wordless (German)) | Jens Rassmus | Regentag |
| 99 | Greece (Greek) | Petros Bouloubasis | O Tharrofýlakas |
| 100 | Hungary (Wordless (Hungarian)) | Mariann Máray | Elérhetetlen |
| 101 | Iceland (Icelandic) | Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir | Mamma sandkaka |
| 102 | India (English) | Priya Sebastian | Mommies |
| 103 | Indonesia (Indonesian) | Zunda (Naidi Atika Zundaro) | Ayahku Seorang Nelayan |
| 104 | Iran (Farsi) | Maryam Tahmasebi | Haale Hale Hoole |
| 105 | Ireland (Irish) | Aileen Crossley | An Áit nEitlíonn na Madaí Crainn |
| 106 | Italy (Italian) | Noemi Vola | No, no e no |
| 107 | Japan (Japanese) | The Cabin Company | Gama senbiki iwana senbiki |
| 108 | Korea (Rep. of) (Korean) | Dong-soo Kim | Oneurui hal il |
| 109 | Latvia (Latvian) | Aleksandra Runde | Ko darīt, ja esi kails pilsētā |
| 110 | Lebanon (Arabic) | Hussein Al Robaie | Al Dinosaur Al Kabeer |
| 111 | Lithuania (Lithuanian ) | Lina Itagaki | Mergaitė su šautuvu. Istorija apie mergaitę partizanę |
| 112 | Malaysia (English) | Chinnyinc. | The Water Folks Return Home |
| 113 | Mongolia (Mongolian) | Misheel Erdenebayar | Tsetserlegt yu boldog ve? |
| 114 | Netherlands (Dutch) | Yoko Heiligers | Mensendieren |
| 115 | Norway (Norwegian) | Peder Hornseth Nygaard | Supernova |
| 116 | Pakistan (English) | Maria Riaz | Eid Cat-astrophe |
| 117 | Peru (Spanish) | Sheila Alvarado | ABC ilustrado de la biodiversidad del Perú |
| 118 | Philippines (Filipino) | Rommel Joson | Sa Iisang Batya |
| 119 | Poland (Polish) | Maria Dek | W lesie |
| 120 | Portugal (Portuguese) | Inês Viegas Oliveira | O Duelo |
| 121 | Russia (Russian) | Aleksey Dmitriev | Konyok-Gorbunok |
| 122 | Singapore (English) | Hong Shin Quek | Pineapple, Let's Roll! |
| 123 | Slovakia (Slovak) | Juraj Martiška | Detstvo s rozprávkou |
| 124 | Slovenia (Slovenian) | Tanja Komadina | Psiček, čarovnica in tri srebrne žličke |
| 125 | Spain (Spanish) | Rocío Martínez | Alexander Von Humboldt. Explorador de lo inalcanzable |
| 126 | Sweden (Swedish) | Aron Landahl | Alla äter alla |
| 127 | Switzerland (German) | Rina Jost | Weg |
| 128 | Türkiye (Turkish) | Merve Atılgan | Derin Orman |
| 129 | Uganda (English) | Samuel Muganga | My Beautiful Home |
| 130 | Ukraine (Ukrainian) | Oleksandr Shatokhin | Narvaly ne plachut |
| 131 | United Arab Emirates (Arabic) | Hassan Manasrah | Aghla mafi al-wujood |
| 132 | United Kingdom (English) | Petr Horáček | The Star Whale |
| 133 | United States of America (English) | Jason Griffin | Ain’t Burned All the Bright |
| 134 | Uzbekistan (English) | Nargis Karimova | Tashkent with Ali and Lali |
Translation
| COUNTRY (Language) | TRANSLATOR | BOOK | |
| 135 | Argentina (Spanish) | Vanesa Fusco | A de Rinoceronte |
| 136 | Armenia (Armenian) | Naira Khachatryan | Katen uzum er papik darnal |
| 137 | Austria (German) | Brigitte Rapp | Sonne an dunklen Tagen |
| 138 | Belgium (French) | Anne Cohen Beucher | Akata Woman |
| 139 | Canada (French) | Christiane Duchesne | Le chandail orange de Miya |
| 140 | Canada (English) | Jonathan Kaplansky | Like a Hurricane |
| 141 | Chile (Spanish) | Camila Bunster Danklefsen | Tu fantástico cuerpo |
| 142 | China (Chinese) | Xiao Cheng | Shu De Mi Mi Sheng Ming |
| 143 | Colombia (Spanish) | Gabriela García de la Torre | Historias sobre las matemáticas: desde los cálculos cavernícolas hasta los computadores |
| 144 | Costa Rica (Cabécar & Spanish) | Comisión Interinstitucional Siwá Pákö | Cuentos en cabécar para la niñez = Ditsä́ yabalá i a ká pákë |
| 145 | Croatia (Croatian) | Snježana Husić | Pjesme za djecu |
| 146 | Czech Rep (Czech) | Novák, Lukáš; Rubáš, Stanislav & Šťastná, Zuzana Lukáš Novák, Stanislav Rubáš & Zuzana Šťastná | Když si šlápneš na tkaničku |
| 147 | Dominican Rep. (Spanish) | Kianny Antigua | Angélica y la güira |
| 148 | Egypt (Arabic) | Fadwa Boustany | A’azu Asdiqa’i |
| 149 | Estonia (Estonian) | Eve Laur | Geenius laua all. Lapsepõlv raudse eesriide taga |
| 150 | Ethiopia (Afaan Oromo & English) | Ahmed Dedo Gemeda | Yeroo Ijoollummaakoo Itoophiyaa Keessatti = When I Was a Child in Ethiopia |
| 151 | Ethiopia (Amharic & English) | Lulit Bezuayehu | balä qäy kaba = Little Red Cape |
| 152 | Ethiopia (Tigrinya & English) | Aklilu Dessalegn | mäʾas ʾəyä täwälidä? = When I Was Born |
| 153 | Ethiopia (Afar Af & English) | Afar Ethiopia Regional Education Bureau | The Happiest Hearder in the Land = Ardi Bagul Kaxxam Rufto le Duwaytu |
| 154 | Ethiopia (Somali & English) | Abdi Mohamed Hassen | Caroogii Yaraa = The Little Snail |
| 155 | Finland (Swedish) | Annika Sandelin | Hela Konkarongen |
| 156 | Finland (Finnish) | Outi Menna | Tasangon tyttäret |
| 157 | France (French) | Marion Danton | Black girl unlimited |
| 158 | Germany (German) | Beate Schäfer | Gras unter meinen Füßen. Das Jahr, als ich leben lernte |
| 159 | Greece (Greek) | Myrsini Gana | Medusa |
| 160 | Iceland (Icelandic) | Æsa Guðrún Bjarnadóttir | Spæjarastofa Lalla og Maju: Spítalaráðgátan |
| 161 | India (Hindi) | Shashi Sablok | Lakire = Lines |
| 162 | Ireland (Irish) | Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin | Bi Fiáin, a Chroí |
| 163 | Italy (Italian) | Samanta K. Milton Knowles | Il bello di Kerstin |
| 164 | Japan (Japanese) | Kaori Nozawa | Monokuro no machi no yoake ni |
| 165 | Korea (Rep. of) (Korean) | Jeongha Kim | Jasinmanmanhan eumchi geobug-ideul |
| 166 | Latvia (Latvian) | Signe Viška | Kā ārprāts man izskaidroja pasauli |
| 167 | Lebanon (Arabic) | Mckeen Assi | Maza Law…? |
| 168 | Lithuania (Lithuanian) | Mantas Karvelis | Žirafos širdis labai didelė |
| Mongolia (Mongolian) | Baterdene Gerlee | Khurelkhuu, Narantsetseg hoyor | |
| 169 | Netherlands (Dutch) | Maria Postema | De ogen en het onmogelijke |
| 170 | Netherlands (Frisian) | Tjitske van Dijk | De Wurdskat |
| 171 | Norway (Norwegian) | Kirsti Vogt | Sølvbåren |
| 172 | Pakistan (Punjabi) | Sarwat Mohiuddin | Ajjhaā Sher Jihaine Apṇe Āp Nūn Pānī Vich Vekhiā |
| 173 | Peru (Spanish) | Alejandra Garayar Rodríguez | Fábulas de la Fontaine |
| 174 | Peru (Quechua) | Nora Coronado | Uku Pacha |
| 175 | Philippines (English) | Richard Guevarra | Zona Cero |
| 176 | Poland (Polish) | Anna Czernow | Złota Kerstin |
| 177 | Russia (Russian) | Mikhail Vizel | Volshebnik Federico |
| 178 | Slovakia (Slovak) | Anna Fosse | Sestra |
| 179 | Slovenia (Slovenian) | Julija Potrč Šavli | Radio Popov |
| 180 | Spain (Gallician) | Moisés Barcia | Que é a guerra |
| 181 | Spain (Catalan) | Xavier Pàmies | El desnuador d’embruixos |
| 182 | Spain (Basque) | Aiora Jaka Irizar | Neska baten memoria |
| 183 | Spain (Spanish) | Ana Flecha Marco | Perfectamente imperfecto |
| 184 | Sweden (Swedish) | Johanna Lindbäck | Missat samtal |
| 185 | Switzerland (German) | Eva Roth | Das Dorf der Steine |
| 186 | Türkiye (Turkish) | Mine Kazmaoğlu | Findel Gizemi |
| 187 | Ukraine (Ukrainian) | Božena Antoniak | Imenyny |
| 188 | United Arab Emirates (Arabic) | Samar Mahfouz Barraj | Adam |
| 189 | United Kingdom (Welsh) | Alun Saunders | Curiad Coll: Cyfrol 1 |
| 190 | United Kingdom (English) | A. A. Prime | The Secret of Helmersbruk Manor. A Christmas Mystery |
| 191 | United States (English) | Vineet Lal | Home |
