Book Award “Espreso. Readers’ Choice 2021” became the largest in 5 years of existence.
Almost took part in the competition 21 thousand Ukrainians. Among them: close 7 thousand – children.
The award’s expert jury chose only three finalist books in nominations “Literature for children”.
This “Lost in the camp” by Nastia Muzychenko about a mystical journey in a mountain camp, “Olexa Dovbush. The Secret of Strength” by Vasyl Karpyuk about the Opryshki gang and “The Guinea Pig Detective” by Ivan Andrusiak about sweet tooth Gerard. For three months, young Ukrainians chose their favorite author and book. And our independent observers from Baker Tilly followed the voting.
Children not only from Ukraine, but also from far abroad: Norway and Jordan voted for their favorite book. In addition, thanks to the joint efforts of the public organization “Demforum” and the TV channel “Espreso”, the number of libraries participating in the award increased to 625. Instead, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine changed the lives of all citizens. But, thanks to our Armed Forces, Ukrainians continue to live, study, work and read. And despite the difficulties, the organizing committee of the book award still announced the winner.
The winner is Ivan Andrusiak shared with us that he was confident of his victory. After all, he also worked as an editor with other prize finalist books. Therefore, the victory of one of them would mean a victory for him as well.
While the award is already on its way to its owner, Ivan Andrusiak continues to surprise children with his stories. During this time, the author managed to publish a new book “Gerard – Partisan”. According to the writer, this book is very important now, because children need to be able to tell about the war.
