Five Golden Ribbons for Albatros Media
Books from Albatros Media appeared in all categories of the prestigious Golden Ribbon Book Award 2010 (awarded by the Writers' Association, Illustrators´ Club and the Czech section of IBBY to the authors of a book for children and young people). In total Albatros Media get five Golden Ribbons:
Illustrations for children:
And Then It Happened (A pak se to stalo), text Ester Stará,
illustrator Martina Matlovičová, imprint Albatros
Fiction for children and youth:
Ghost Nanny (Bílá paní na hlídání), text Pavel Brycz,
illustrator Eva Sýkorová-Pekárková, imprint Albatros
Translation:
Svět podle Snoopyho (“Peanuts”), author Charles M.
Schulz, translation Petr Onufer, imprint COOBOO
Special award, publisher’s achievement:
Generation 0 : Czech comics 2000 – 2010
(GENERACE NULA: ČESKÝ KOMIKS 2000–2010), Selection: Tomáš Prokůpek, imprint PLUS
Lips Tullian, authors Kaja Saudek and
Jaroslav Weigel, imprint Plus
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A graphic novel of sorts, composed of nine stories without words, presents unusual protagonists: old men. One of them is still as wild as an urchin
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