I had some great news a few days ago: my illustrator, Dimitris Fousekis, called me late at night, sounding really excited: our children’s book, Whisker Smile (available only in Greek for now) had won the prestigious IBBY award!
Whisker Smile is our second children’s book published in Greece by Patakis Publications.
What is the IBBY award?
IBBY is a non-profit organization that was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1953. Today, it is composed of 75 National Sections all over the world.
The Greek IBBY National Section is the Circle of the Greek Children’s Book, a non-profit, non-governmental cultural association, officially founded in 1969.
Today it has 347 individual members (writers, illustrators, translators, publishers, librarians, university professors, researchers, teachers, philologists, and psychologists). A seven-member Board elected biennially by the NS General Assembly administers it.
Congratulations to Dimitris Fousekis for his outstanding work. I’m thrilled that my story provided him with the inspiration for his wonderful sketches!
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Congratulations Nicholas! 🙂
Thank you so much, Shaily 🙂
Congratulations, Nicholas.
Thank you so much, John 🙂
Congratulations, Nicholas! To judge a book by its cover, it looks wonderful! 🙂
Thank you so much, Sheri! I hope it won’t be long before I can finally share it in English 🙂
Congratulations, Nicholas. I love those illustrations.
Thank you! Dimitris is an amazing illustrator 🙂
I love this book. Hope it will soon be available in english!
Aw, you! Thank you 🙂
Congratulations! Looks like an incredible children’s book. Waiting for the English version. 📚🎶 Christine
It really is! Now, all I gotta do is get Dimitris to finally finish that English version… 🙂
WOW! Congratulations to you both! Quite an honor!
It really was! Thank you, Sa 🙂
Congratulations!
Thank you so much, Elle 🙂