2025 BolognaRagazzi, CrossMedia Award Winners Announced

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair has announced the winners and honorable mentions for its BolognaRagazzi Awards, which celebrate their 60th anniversary this year, as well as the BolognaRagazzi CrossMedia Awards.

The worldwide accolades honor the best new children’s books and cross-media projects, respectively. A total of 3,858 titles from 68 countries and regions were submitted for this year's BolognaRagazzis, while 120 projects from 34 countries and regions were considered for the 5th annual CrossMedia Awards.

The winners of this year’s BolognaRagazzi Awards are as follows:

Fiction الحكمة (House of Wisdom)

• Author: Bodour Al Qasimi
• Illustrator: Majid Zakeri Younesi
• Publisher: Kalimat, 2024
• Country: United Arab Emirates

Nonfiction Per mille camicette al giorno (For a thousand blouses a day)

• Author: Serena Ballista
• Illustrator: Sonia Maria Luce Possentini
• Publisher: Orecchio Acerbo, 2024
• Country: Italy

Sustainability - Winner Art Is a Voice

• Author & Illustrator: Kripa
• Publisher: Art1st Enterprises, 2024
• Country: India

Sustainability - Honorable Mention Raíces del bosque (Roots of the Forest)

• Author: Paulina Jara
• Illustrator: Marcos Guardiola
• Publisher: Editorial Amanuta, 2021
• Country: Chile

Debut Work 빨간 사과가 먹고 싶다면 (If You Want to Eat a Red Apple)

• Author: Jin Joo
• Illustrator: Ga Hee Lee
• Publisher: Finger Publishing, 2024
• Country: South Korea

Toddler Le coq polyglotte (The Multilingual Cockerel)

• Author & Illustrator: Marie Darme-Rizzo
• Publisher: Hélium, 2024
• Country: France

Comics for Early Readers Gutenachtgeschichten für Celeste - Ein sehr gruseliges Bilderbuch (Bedtime Stories for Celeste - a Very Scary Picture Book)

• Authors & Illustrators: Nikolaus Heidelbach and Ole Könnecke
• Publisher: Carl Hanser Verlag, 2024
• Country: Germany

Middle Grade Comics Dita Dor (Dictator)

• Author & Illustrator: António Jorge Gonçalves
• Publisher: Edições Assembleia da República, 2024
• Country: Portugal

Young Adult Comics La Trahison d'Olympe Livre 1 (The Betrayal of Olympe #1)

• Author & Illustrator: Jean Dalin
• Publisher: Sarbacane, 2024
• Country: France

New Horizons Dalla finestra (From the window)

• Author & Illustrator: Laura Cattabianchi
• Additional Illustrator: Patrizio Anastasi
• Publisher: Start Edizioni, 2024
• Country: Italy

The 2024 CrossMedia Awards Winners are as follows:

Crossmedia Projects Star Papa

• Publisher: Book Gorae
• Crossmedia Extension: Immersive video experience
• Producer: K3I Co., Ltd.
• Country: South Korea

Digital Reading Experiences Yoto

• Developer: Yoto Ltd
• Category: Digital Audio Device
• Country: United Kingdom