Strega Prize Ragazze e Ragazzi 2019

Luca Doninelli and Guido Sgardoli are the winners of the fourth edition of the Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi.

Luca Doninelli with Tre casi per l’investigatore Wickson Alieni (Bompiani) for the +6 cathegroy (6 to 10 years age readers), with 16 votes (over 40 expressed) and Guido Sgardoli with The Stone. La settima pietra (Piemme) for the +11 cathegory (11 to 15 years age readers), with 150 votes (over 474), were voted by a jury composed by 6 to 15 years old readers.

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A special award for Anna Becchi too, for the translation of the finalist book Come ho scritto un libro per caso - Hoe ik per ongeluk een boek by Annet Huizing (La Nuova Frontiera Junior).  

 

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The Expert Committee of this edition of the Strega Prize Ragazze e Ragazzi was chaired by Giovanni Solimine (Bellonci Foundation) and comprises Flavia Cristiano (Italian Centre for Books and Reading), Fabio Geda (writer) Nicoletta Gramantieri (Salaborsa Ragazzi Public Library, Bologna), Laura Giaretta (Primary School Marco Polo, Rosà), Martino Negri (University of Milano-Bicocca), Elena Pasoli (Bologna Children’s Book Fair) and Paola Saoncella (Biblion Bookshop, Granarolo).

 

 

FINALIST BOOKS

 

+6 Category 

 

1.    Michelle CuevasIl fantastico viaggio di Stella [The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole], De Agostini – Translated by Tania Spagnoli

 

2.    Luca DoninelliTre casi per l’investigatore Wickson Alieni, Bompiani – Illustrated by Nicole Donaldson

 

3.    Anne FlemingUna capra sul tetto [The goat], Mondadori Ragazzi – Translated by Angela Ragusa – Illustrated by Josie Portillo

 

4.    Michael MorpurgoLo sbarco di Tips [The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips], Piemme – Translated by Marina Rullo – Illustrated by Michael Foreman

 

5.    Ingunn ThonOlla scappa di casa [Ollis], Feltrinelli – Translated by Alice Tonzig

 

 

+11 Category

 

1.    Pierdomenico BaccalarioLe volpi del deserto, Mondadori Ragazzi

 

2.    Annet HuizingCome ho scritto un libro per caso [Hoe ik per ongeluk een boek], La Nuova Frontiera Junior – Translated by Anna Becchi

 

3.    Maria ParrLena, Trille e il mare [Een stormachtig jaar voor Olle en Lena], Beisler – Translated by Lucia Barni

 

4.    Katherine RundellCapriole sotto il temporale [Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms], Rizzoli – Translated by Mara Pace

 

5.    Guido SgardoliThe Stone. La settima pietra, Piemme

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