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TEHRAN -- The 17th Children’s Book Festival has announced the nominees for the Story Section and the Translated Story Section.
The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, which is the organizer of the festival, nominated eight books in the Story Section for children six years old or less.
“This Letter Is yours?” by Frazaneh Ahmadi, “The Tenth Rabbit” by Zohreh Parirokh, “The Stories of Mushmushi” by Tehran-based French writer Claire Joubert and “The Stories of Sar-o-Tah” by Mohammadreza Shams are among the nominees from this category.
Other nominees for this section are “I Get Green” by Nasser Yusefi, “The Little Misino” by Nushin Shabani, “One Name, Few Stories” by a group of writers and “The Stories of Goat with Bell on Its Foot” by Ali-Asghar Seyyedabadi.
Six books are also nominated for children above six. These works are “This Weblog for Sale” by Farhad Hassanzadeh, “Monster Conserve” by Mehdi Rajabi, “The Children of Karun” by Ahmad Deqan, “The Stone of Greeting” by Mohammadreza Bairami, “The Hunter of the Deaf Shark” by Abbas Abdi and “Nobody Dare to Do That” by Hamidreza Shahabadi.
Nominees in the Translated Story Section are Austrian writer Christine Nöstlinger’s “Stories of Franz” translated into Persian by Katayun Soltani, American writer Jennifer L. Holm’s “Penny from Heaven” translated by Shahla Entezarian, and English author Michael Morpurgo’s “War Horse” translated by Parvin Alipur .
The festival will be held in Tehran from February 7 to 13. Winners will be announced during a ceremony on February 9.
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