2020 CICLA Winners

The 2020 CICLA winners were announced on Thursday 12 November at a ceremony held at the Boashan International Folk Arts Exhibition Centre.

Best Picture Books of the Year

1.º Direito (First Floor Right) 
Ricardo Henriques (text), Nicolau (ill.)
Pato Lógico Edições, 2020
Portugal

《布莱克先生和他的狗》 (Mr Black and His Dog)
Jiu’er (text and ill.)
Guizhou People's Publishing House, 2019
China

《天上掉下一头鲸》 (A Falling Whale)
Xi Yuke (text and ill.)
Daylight Publishing House, 2019
China

《下雪天的声音》 (The Snow Comes Around)
Mei Zihan (text), Igor Oleynikov (ill.)
Guizhou People's Publishing House, 2019
China

The Truth about Old People
Elina Ellis (text and ill.)
Two Hoots (Macmillan), 2020
UK

Best Literary Works in Chinese Language

《不存在的小镇》(A Non-existent Villa)
Huang Yingzhao (text), Su Ka (ill.)
China Juvenile and Children's Publishing House, 2019
China


《建座瓷窑送给你》(Building a Ceramic Kiln and Giving It to You)
Peng Xuejun (text)
21st Century Publishing Group, 2019
China


《我和小素》(Xiao Su and I)
Huang Chunhua (text)
Anhui Juvenile and Children's Publishing House, 2020
China


《奔跑的岱二牛》 (Running Dai Er’niu)
Huang Beijia (text)
Phoenix Juvenile and Children’s Publishing Ltd, 2019
China


《荆棘丛中的微笑:小丛》 (A Smile Among Thorns: Xiao Cong)
Yang Xiaoyan (text)
21st Century Publishing Group, 2020
China

 

Special Contribution Award

Zhang Qiusheng (China)
Writer of fairy tales and children’s poems, publisher

Best Author of the Year Award

Ed Young (United States)
Illustrator, picture book writer

Past winners