Reading list: Hans Christian Andersen Award - Author's Award
The **Hans Christian Andersen Award** is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. Given every other year by The *International Board on Books for Young People* (IBBY), the Hans Christian Andersen Awards recognize lifelong achievement and are presented to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children's literature.
The **Author's Award** has been given since 1956 and the **Illustrator's Award** since 1966. The former is sometimes called the *"Nobel Prize for children's literature"*.

This list is **Author's Award** only.

Hans Christian Andersen Award from IBBY