The winners of this year’s BolognaRagazzi Awards (BRAW), presented by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, have been announced. The primary awards are offered in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, comics, Opera Prima—which is for first-time authors—and New Horizons, which honors innovation. Each year the BRAW has a special category, which this year is photography.
A total of 2349 titles were submitted by 644 publishers from 59 countries and regions around the world. The winners will be showcased at the special exhibition at the fair called the BRAW Amazing Bookshelf. In addition, 100 additional picture books chosen from the finalists will be included.
Winner, Fiction
Title: Todo lo que pasó antes de que llegaras (Everything That Happened Before You Arrived)
Text and illustrations by: Yael Frankel
Publisher: Limonero, 2022
Country: Argentina
Special Mentions, Fiction
Title: 噔噔噔 (Thump! Thump! Thump!)
Text by: Yu Yi
Illustrations by: Wang Zumin
Publisher: 21st Century Publishing Group, 2021
Country: China
Title: Spinne spielt Klavier (Spider Plays Piano)
Text and illustrations by: Benjamin Gottwald
Publisher: Carlsen Verlag GmbH, 2022
Country: Germany
Title: 이사가 (Moving Away)
Text and illustrations by: Ji Yeon Lee
Publisher: NCSOFT Corporation, 2022
Country: South Korea
Winner, Nonfiction
Title: Art of Protest
Text by: De Nichols
Illustrations by: Diana Dagadita, Saddo, Olivia Twist, Molly Mendoza, Diego Becas
Publisher: Big Picture Press (Bonnier Books UK), 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Special Mentions, Nonfiction
Title: Woven of the World
Text by: Katey Howes
Illustrations by: Dinara Mirtalipova
Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2022
Country: USA
Title: Ogledalo bez mana (The Flawless Mirror)
Text and illustrations by: Agata Lučić
Publisher: Mala zvona d.o.o., 2022
Country: Croatia
Winner, Opera Prima
Title: Mariedl. Une histoire gigantesque (Mariedl. A Gigantic Story)
Text and illustrations by: Laura Simonati
Publisher: Versant Sud, 2022
Country: Belgium
Special Mentions, Opera Prima
Title: The Blue: Bench
Text and illustrations by: mia
Publisher: Studio Woom, 2022
Country: South Korea
Winner, Comics, Early Reader
Title: Whose Sock?
Text and illustrations by: Sun Jun
Publisher: Hsin Yi Publications, 2020
Country: China
Special Mentions, Comics, Early Reader
Title: Après les vagues (After the Waves)
Text and illustrations by: Sandrine Kao
Publisher: Grasset Jeunesse, 2022
Country: France
Title: O primeiro dia (The First Day)
Text and illustrations by: Henrique Coser Moreira
Publisher: Planeta Tangerina, 2022
Country: Portugal
Winner, Comics, Middle Grade
Title: Un matin (One Morning)
Text by: Jérôme Dubois
Illustrations by: Laurie Agusti
Publisher: La Partie, 2022
Country: France
Special Mentions, Comics, Middle Grade
Title: 그림자 극장 (The Shadow Theater)
Text and illustrations by: Kyu-Ah Kim
Publisher: Bear Books Inc., 2022
Country: South Korea
Title: House of Dracula
Text by: 5unday
Illustrations by: Heedae Yun
Publisher: Dogbooks, 2022
Country: South Korea
Title: Le monde des animaux perdus (The World of the Lost Animals)
Text and illustrations by: Noémie Weber
Publisher: Gallimard Jeunesse, 2022
Country: France
Winner, Comics, Young Adult
Title: さかな作品集 プラネタリウム・ゴースト・トラベル
(Planetarium Ghost Travel The Art of Sakatsuki Sakana)
Text and illustrations by: Sakana Sakatsuki
Publisher: PIE International Inc., 2021
Country: Japan
Special Mentions, Comics, Young Adult
Title: Aujourd'hui (Today)
Text and illustrations by: Loïc Froissart
Publisher: L'Articho, 2021
Country: France
Title: Avant l'oubli
Text and illustrations by: Lisa Blumen
Publisher: L'employé du moi, 2021
Country: Belgium
Title: Night Night
Text and illustrations by: Chivas Leung
Publisher: Studio MARY, 2022
Country: Hong Kong, China
Winner, Photography
Title: Seen and Unseen
Text by: Elizabeth Partridge
Images by: Lauren Tamaki
Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2022
Country: USA
Special Mentions, Photography
Title: Qui veut jouer avec moi? (Who Wants to Play with Me?)
Text and images by: Claire Dé
Publisher: Éditions des Grandes Personnes, 2022
Country: France
Title: Cache-cache cauchemars
Text and images by: Jean Lecointre
Publisher: Éditions Thierry Magnier, 2018
Country: France
Title: O adeus do marujo (The Sailor's Goodbye)
Text and images by: Flávia Bomfim
Publisher: Pallas Editora, 2022
Country: Brazil
Winner, New Horizons
Title: El bolso (The Purse)
Text by: María José Ferrada
Illustrations by: Ana Palmero Cáceres
Publisher: Alboroto Ediciones, 2021
Country: Mexico
