Now in its sixth edition, the BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year, acknowledges the most significant publishers in each of the six areas of the world: Africa, Central and South America, North America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

The prize, organized  by  Bologna Children’s Book Fair in partnership with AIE – Italian Publishers Association, awards  those publishers who have most distinguished themselves for their creative and publishing excellence over the last year, showing originality as well as professional and intellectual skills. At the same time, the prize is designed to foster a mutual exchange of knowledge and ideas among different nations and areas of the world.

The initiative is open to all publishing houses specialized in children’s books, or which have major production lines dedicated to young reader. The prize-winning publishers shall be chosen by the exhibitors taking part in the annual Bologna Children’s Book Fair on the basis of a series of nominations they send in, along with those of Publishers Associations and book institutions throughout the world. More

2018 Winners

OCEANIA – OneTree House – New Zealand    https://www.onetree-house.com/

AFRICA – Jacana Media  – South Africa    http://www.jacana.co.za/

ASIA   –  Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers – Japan   http://www.fukuinkan.com/

CENTRAL AND SOUTH-AMERICA – Ediciones Tecolote – Mexico    http://www.edicionestecolote.com/

EUROPE    – Dwie Siostry Publishers – Poland  http://www.wydawnictwodwiesiostry.pl/

NORTH AMERICA – Editions D’eux – Canada   http://editionsdeux.com/a-propos/