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Editorial

  1. Hans Christian Andersen Winners and Finalists: Twelve Reasons to Never Lose Hope
  2. Petros Panaou, Janelle Mathis
  3. pp. 1-2
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0042
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Jacqueline Woodson (USA) 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award Winner

  1. Black Girlhood, Representation, Place, and Relationships in Jacqueline Woodson's Work
  2. Krystal Howard
  3. pp. 3-10
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0058
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  1. An Interview with Jacqueline Woodson: Black Childhood, Telling the Truth, and Writing as Activism
  2. Krystal Howard
  3. pp. 11-17
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0059
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Albertine (Switzerland) 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award Winner

  1. Albertine's Unexpected Encounters: A Commitment to Diversity
  2. Loreto Núñez
  3. pp. 18-24
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0041
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  1. "I Am an Author Who Draws": An Interview with Albertine, Winner of the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration
  2. Sylvie Neeman, Loreto Núñez
  3. pp. 25-31
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0039
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2020 Hans Christian Andersen Author Finalists

Argentina

  1. María Cristina Ramos's Poetry: How to Build a House in the Air (and Dare to Live in It)
  2. María José Troglia, Márgara Averbach
  3. pp. 32-37
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0047
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Belgium

  1. Bart Moeyaert as Writer, Author, Performer, and Public Figure: "That's Also What Literature Can Be"
  2. Vanessa Joosen
  3. pp. 38-44
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0060
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France

  1. Marie-Aude Murail: A Perpetually Questioning Author
  2. Nathalie Beau, Evanthia Christoforou
  3. pp. 45-47
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0049
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Iran

  1. Representation of Youth in the Young Adult Fiction of Farhad Hasanzadeh
  2. Farzaneh Aghapour, Farideh Pourgiv
  3. pp. 48-53
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0048
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Slovenia

  1. The Diverse and Communicative Nature of Peter Svetina's Children's Literature
  2. Igor Saksida
  3. pp. 54-58
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0044
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2020 Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Finalists

Canada

  1. The Color of Emotions in Isabelle Arsenault's Illustrations
  2. Perry Nodelman
  3. pp. 59-63
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0040
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Japan

  1. The Picturebooks of Seizo Tashima: Life in Ongoing Metamorphosis
  2. Yukiko Hiromatsu
  3. pp. 64-68
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0057
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Netherlands

  1. Sylvia Weve: The Perfection of Simplicity
  2. Ted van Lieshout, Emma Rault
  3. pp. 69-71
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0061
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Poland

  1. Ethical Engagement in Iwona Chmielewska's Picturebooks
  2. Magdalena Sikorska, Katarzyna Smyczyńska
  3. pp. 72-76
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0045
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Spain

  1. Elena Odriozola and the Constant Search for New Paths
  2. Pep Molist
  3. pp. 77-81
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0062
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Letters

  1. Children's Covid-19 Literature
  2. Björn Sundmark
  3. pp. 84-85
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0046
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Focus IBBY

  1. Focus IBBY
  2. Liz Page
  3. pp. 86-91
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0056
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Books on Books

  1. The Land of Story-Books. Scottish Children's Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century ed. by Sarah Dunnigan and Shu-Fang Lai (review)
  2. Devika Mehra
  3. pp. 92-93
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0050
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  1. Figuring Korean Futures. Children's Literature in Modern Korea ed. by Dafna Zur (review)
  2. Bae Eun Choi
  3. pp. 93-94
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0051
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  1. History of Norwegian Children's Literature. 3rd augmented edition by Tone Birkeland, Gunvor Risa, and Karin Beate Vold (review)
  2. Ines Galling
  3. pp. 94-96
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0052
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  1. Why was Billy Bunter Never Really Expelled? And Another Twenty-Five Mysteries of Children's Literature by Dennis Butts and Peter Hunt (review)
  2. Jutta Reusch
  3. pp. 96-97
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0053
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  1. Double Interpretations. Religion in Children's and Youth Literature ed. by Mirjam Zimmermann and Jana Mikota (review)
  2. Jutta Reusch
  3. pp. 97-99
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0054
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  1. BIG THEMES IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Selected Articles by Lilia Ratcheva (review)
  2. Marin Bodakov
  3. pp. 99-100
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0055
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  1. Postcards
  3. pp. 31-83
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2020.0043
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