Ulm toad
The Ulmer Unke is an undoped German book prize for children's and youth literature "by children for children", which has been awarded annually in Ulm since 2005 .
description
The award was launched in 2005; Since 2013 it has been awarded in two categories (books for the age groups 10 to 12 years and 12 to 14 years). The Ulm Unke award ceremony is organized by the Stadtjugendring Ulm eV in cooperation with the local book trade. The prize is usually awarded at the beginning of December at the KIBUM children's and youth book fair in Ulm . The jury now consists of more than 100 children and adolescents (2017: 180 jury members) between 10 and 14 years of age, each of whom read, comment on and rate around 50 new books using a points system. The winners of the prize will each receive a certificate and a small trophy. The best-placed books are presented to the public in a colored brochure.
The logo of the award is a stylized light green toad with round glasses reading an orange book.
In 2017, Ulmer Unke was named on the shortlist of the German Reading Prize of the Reading Foundation in the category "Outstanding municipal commitment".
Prize winners (from 2013 with indication of age group)
- 2005 Gabrielle Zevin : Elsewhere
- 2006 Matthew Skelton : Endymion Spring
- 2007 Thomas Fuchs : Among friends
- 2008 Brigitte Blobel : Between Baghdad and nowhere
- 2009 Sally Nicholls : How to Become Immortal
- 2010 Ursula Poznanski : Erebos
- 2011 Pittacus Lore : I'm number four
- 2012 Kat Falls : The Glow
- 2013 Rainer Wekwerth : The Labyrinth Awakens (12-14)
- 2013 Nina Weger : A crocodile dives (10–12)
- 2014 Christine Fehér : I'll give up then (12-14)
- 2014 Garth Nix : Trouble Twister (10-12)
- 2015 Lauren Miller : Eden Academy (12-14)
- 2015 Kate Saunders : The Ingeniously Dangerous Immortality Chocolate (10–12)
- 2016 Nicole Gozdek : The Magic of Names (12-14)
- 2016 Janet Foxley : Victoria Street No. 17 - The Secret of the Turtle (10-12)
- 2017 Ursula Poznanski : Elanus (13+)
- 2017 Valija Zinck : Penelop and the sparkling red magic (10–12)
- 2018 Kerstin Gier : Cloud Castle (13+)
- 2018 Anna Ruhe : The Fragrance Pharmacy (10–12)
- 2018 Kelly Barnhill : The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Special Award)
- 2019 Davide Morosinotto : Lost in Ice and Snow (13+)
- 2019 Ali Sparkes : Fox Runner. The Power of Transformation (10-12)
Web links
- Website of the Ulm toad
- The Ulmer Unke in the list of children's and youth literature prizes of the working group for youth literature (German umbrella association for children's and youth literature)
- The Ulmer toad in the list of international children's and youth literature prizes (technical information German at the University of Duisburg-Essen)
- These books are worth a “Ulm toad” , Augsburger Allgemeine from November 28, 2015
- Ulmer Unke report on radio free FM on November 24, 2011
- Ulmer Unke Winners on goodreads.com (list of winners up to 2015, some with English titles)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ulmer Unke - Children's and Young People's Book Prize , presented on the educational server of the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), online at bildungsserver.de
- ↑ Record: 180 members of the jury vote for the “Ulmer Unke” . In: Südwest Presse . May 4, 2017 ( swp.de ).
- ↑ Logo on ulmerunke.de.
