Selection - FNLIJ

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Editor’s Note
The selection presented in this catalogue has been specially prepared
by FNLIJ for Bologna Children’s Book Fair. There you can find 210
books published in 2009, representing 61 publishers, 126 writers,
106 illustrators among those published in first edition, received from
the publishing houses. The ones translated into Portuguese have not
been considered.
Every year, since 1974, the Brazilian publishing houses are invited
to send their books to FNLIJ’s selection. As the number of books
published is higher than the one received by FNLIJ, we suppose that
there is a previous selection by the publishers, as they are aware of
FNLIJ’s quality requirements.
Regarding the 2009 production, the traditional categories: Fiction
for Children (40), Fiction for Young People (27), Non-Fiction (17),
Poetry (19), Books without text (5), Drama (4) and Retold stories
(18), usually presented with cover and summary, are preceded by
three highlights: the FNLIJ Award 2009. the Brazilian nominees to
the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the text “Four decades,
five stars.”
At the end of the catalogue there is a list of books divided into the
following categories: Secondary Literature (14), Collections New
Titles (6) and New Editions of Books Already Published (44). In
“Collections”, new titles from collections that have already been
selected to previous Bologna Children’s Book Fairs. In the category
“New Editions of Books Already Published” you will find a list of
books that have already been published but have received a new
cover or design/illustration for this year’s edition. In general, those
books have already been selected for previous catalogues or were
awarded by FNLIJ or are classic books that have been out of list for
a long period.
The exhibition of those books at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair is
another way to bring Brazilian literature to a large number of people.
If you are interest in titles presented here, please contact FNLIJ.
The books are presented according to their title and ISBN.