Nominations for The Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize 2018
Icelandic nominations: Skrímsli í vanda & Vertu ósýnilegur - flóttasaga Ishmeals
Icelandic nominations: Vertu ósýnilegur - flóttasaga Ishmeals by Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir & Skrímsli í vanda by Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Kalle Güettler and Rakel Helmsdal.
The national members of the Adjudication Committee for the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize have nominated 13 works from 8 countries for the prize in 2018. The nominations were presented at the Bologna Children's Book Fair on March 26th.
Iceland
Vertu ósýnilegur – Flóttasaga Ishmaels by Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir
Skrímsli í vanda by Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Kalle Güettler and Rakel Helmsdal
Denmark
Lynkineser by Jesper Wung-Sung and Rasmus Meisler (ill.)
Hest Horse Pferd Cheval Love by Mette Vedsø
Finland
Kurnivamahainen kissa by Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani (ill.)
Pärlfiskaren by Karin Erlandsson
Faroe Islands
Træið by Barður Oskarsson
Norway
Ingenting blir som før by Hans Petter Laberg
Alice og alt du ikke vet og godt er det by Torun Lian
The Sami Language Area
Joekoen sjïehteles ryöjnesjæjja () by Anne-Grethe Leine Bientie and Meerke Laimi Thomasson Vekterli (ill.)
Sweden
Fågeln i mig flyger vart den vill by Sara Lundberg
Norra Latin by Sara Bergmark Elfgren
Åland
Pärlfiskaren by Karin Erlandsson