IBBY Ireland Honour List
The IBBY Honour List is a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published books, honouring writers, illustrators and translators from IBBY member countries. The IBBY Honour List is one of the most widespread and effective ways of furthering IBBY’s objective of encouraging international understanding through children’s literature.
The IBBY Ireland Honour List is a biennial selection of books published in Ireland chosen by a panel of experts. Nominees to the IBBY Honour List are selected from the shortlist.
IBBY Ireland Nominees to IBBY Honour List 2020
Author (English) John Chambers
Author (Gaelige) Caoimhe Nic Lochlainn
Illustrator Shona Shirley Macdonald
IBBY Ireland Honour List 2019
Sadbh Devlin An Beag Bideach
Siobhan Grogan Cillian ag comhaireamh
Caoimhe Nic Lochlainn Scéalta le hInsint don Gealach
Writing (English)
John Chambers Mucking About
Meg Grehan The Space Between
Emma Quigley Bank
Illustration
Tatyana Feeny Socks for Mr. Wolf
Olivia Golden Cillian ag Comhaireamh
Shona Shirley Macdonald The Pooka Party