At the just-completed 16th competition for the best Croatian picture book “The Sheep in the Box”, special praise arrives in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County for thematic Frankopan picture books!
“Knjiga u centru”, the organizer of this prestigious literary and art award, awarded a special commendation to the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the project Cultural-tourist route The Routes of the Frankopans for popularizing the Croatian picture book in 2020 for an extremely interesting series of eight thematic picture books which were illustrated by Margareta Peršić, and the text was written by Velid Đekić.
At the awards ceremony held through Zoom, it was emphasized that the organizers hope that other counties, inspired by the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County project, will start similar activities themselves, which include picture books.
In this competition, one could compete with picture books whose text and illustrations were first published in the period from October 2019 to October 2020. The sponsors of the award are the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia and the City of Zagreb. Awards from the expert and children’s jury, plaques to the finalists and special awards “Black Sheep” will be presented later.
The series of thematic Frankopan picture books praised by the profession will also be the motif of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County calendar for 2021, so for the first time this long-term county project will be dedicated to children.
Due to great interest, we are pleased to announce that at the beginning of 2021, the picture books will be reprinted and sold in our interpretation centers at popular prices. Until then, you can download free PDF editions from our official project website https://frankopani.eu/en/all-multimedia/print-media/.
