Picture book prize piggyback

The picture book prize piggyback is a literary prize for picture books awarded annually by the Bremen Institute for Picture Book Research and the social preventive project Reading aloud in Families of the Fantastic Library Wetzlar . The prize was first awarded in 2016 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the project. The price is supported by the Education -Verlags network the endowed with 1,000 euros. It pays tribute to picture books that not only convince with their linguistic and graphic quality, but are also particularly suitable for emotionally empowering children as they read.

Previous winners were:

• 2020 Adrian has no horse at all by Marcy Campbell (text) and Corinna Luyken (illustration), translated by Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn
• 2019 A great day on which almost nothing happened by Beatrice Alemagna
• 2018 It wasn't me !, says Robinhund from Alice Lima de Faria
• 2017 Klein by Stina Wirsén
• 2016 A great friend of Babak Saberi (text) and Mehrdad Zaeri (illustration)

Web links

• Picture book prize piggyback on the website of the Fantastic Library Wetzlar