TEHRAN -- The Children’s Book Council of Iran nominated three Iranian books for the 2010 IBBY Honor List.

The (International Board on Books for Young People) IBBY Honor List is a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published books, honoring writers, illustrators and translators from IBBY member countries.
The Iranian council selected one book in each of the three categories. In the fiction category, “I Am the Eighth of Those Seven Individuals” written by Erfan Nazarahari and illustrated by Sahar Bardiaii was selected.
In the illustration category, “Bobtailed Fox” by Jamaleddin Akrami and illustrated by Ali Buzari, and in the translation section, the book “Gossamer” by Lois Lowry, translated into Persian by Keivan Obeidi Ashtiani are on the list.
The books will have their first exhibit appearance at the IBBY Congress in Santiago de Compostela in September 2010.
IBBY has invited Erfan Nazarahari, Ali Buzari, and Keivan Obeidi Ashtiani as well as the Iranian publishers to participate in the ceremony in which the Honor List diplomas are presented at the IBBY Congress.