Himmelward: friendship and hope win the children's book price

Himmelward: friendship and hope win the children's book price

Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutschland - in Bonn, Karen Köhler and Bea Davies were awarded the Catholic Children's and Youth Book Prize of the German Bishops' Conference for their impressive work "Himmelwärts". The jury praised the book as a powerful story about friendship and consolation in difficult times. It is about ten -year -old Toni who lost her mother, and her friend Yumyum, who builds a "cosmic radio" to communicate with the late mother. This innovative idea leads the two children on a touching journey, while they also meet other figures like an astronaut on the ISS. According to the jury, the book conveys comfort without arousing without false hopes, and lets space for important questions of life after death, such as kathpress.at reported.

award ceremony and jury decisions

The award ceremony for the 36th edition of the Catholic Children's and Youth Book Award will take place on May 15th in Freiburg. This year there is an interesting increase in prize money from 5,000 to 8,000 euros, which underlines the importance of this award. The specialist jury, led by Auxiliary Bishop Robert Brahm from Trier and with members such as Heidi Lexe, who heads the children's and youth literature institute of the Archdiocese of Vienna, chose 139 titles of 47 publishers to distinguish the award winners. In addition to the main prize, there will also be a list of recommendations with 14 other titles, which will be presented on March 7, as dbk.de

The prize was also awarded to significant works in the past, including in 2022 to Kirsten Boie for her novel "Darknacht", which is based on the tragic events of the "Penzberg Mord Night". These awards prove that childlike and adolescent literature can not only be entertaining, but also profound and focus on important social values.