184 candidates from 66 countries are nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2012. This was revealed at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Thursday October 13th 2011.
Over one hundred expert organisations from all over the world have nominated the candidates. The recipient or recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be announced on March 20th 2012.
Here are some of the authors you may be familiar with:
Allan Ahlberg
David Almond
Quentin Blake
Eric Carle
Joy Cowley
Hazel Edwards
Michael Foreman
Neil Gaiman
Morris Gleitzman
Margaret Mahy
Michael Morpurgo
Meg Rosoff
There are of course many other names of authors/illustrators/individuals/organisations who have contributed to children’s literacy and the full list can be found here.
A huge congratulations must go out to all these incredible people and organisations.
TheKylieVerse 
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