Five Persian titles featured in Munich’s Int’l Youth Library’s White Ravens list
The International Youth Library in Munich has unveiled its 2024 White Ravens list, featuring 216 children’s and young adult books from 62 countries and 44 languages. Among the selected titles, five Persian books have made it to the list.
The Persian titles include ‘The Boy of the Ocean’ by Mehdi Rajabi, ‘The World is Traveling’ by Zahra and Hanieh Shojaei, ‘The Roc Girl’ by Ahmad Akbarpour, ‘Not Like Every Day’ by Farhad Hassanzadeh, and ‘Seven Immortals’ by Marjan Fouladvand, ISNA reported.
These titles were selected from books submitted by publishers, authors, illustrators, literary critics, and other organizations involved in children’s literature in Iran between winter 2022 and spring 2023. The more titles submitted, the higher the quality of the selected books and the more diverse the list becomes.
Leila (Roya) Maktabi, curator of the Persian section at the International Youth Library, thanked all the friends and experts who contributed to the selection process and encouraged publishers, authors, and illustrators to continue submitting their latest works twice a year, in October at the Frankfurt Book Fair and in spring at the Bologna Book Fair.
The White Ravens list is one of the most important sources in the field of children’s and young adult literature, published annually by the International Youth Library. The list highlights outstanding and high-quality works from around the world, emphasizing cultural and linguistic diversity.
The primary goal of the White Ravens list is to introduce books that are valuable in terms of literature, art, and content, but may be lesser-known due to cultural or linguistic factors. The list helps publishers, teachers, and parents find books that are worth reading and can provide rich and diverse experiences for children and young adults.