EXPO Milan 2015 and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair: “Feeding the Planet” through “Books&Seeds”

BolognaFiere is extending its “Feeding the Planet” initiatives, the theme of EXPO Milano 2015, to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The 2015 edition of the Fair will highlight the countless writers, poets, popularizers, and illustrators devoted to this theme.

A special award dedicated to the “Books&Seeds” theme and devoted to books dealing with subjects such as agriculture, organic farming, biodiversity, food, hunger, abundance, nutrition, safety and cooking was also introduced this year.

Winner – Seuil Jeunesse, Paris (France) with Frigo Vide

Special Mentions:

– Rue du Monde, Voisins-Le-Bretonneux (France) with Une cusine qui sent bon. Les soupes du monde

– Gallimard Jeunesse, Paris (France) with A Table! Petite philosophie du repas

– Wytwórnia, Warsaw (Poland) with Wytwórnik kulinarny

– Junior Gimm-Young Publishers, Gyeonggi-do (Korea) with The Largest Cake in the World

The winner and the shortlisted works will be exhibited at the Biblioteca Salaborsa, in the heart of Bologna, during the Fair and then in Milan as part of the Biodiversity Park.

For more information visit:

www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it