How Does a Lighthouse Work? Is nominated for a prestigious French Award – The Prix Sorcières 2021!

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The Canadian edition of How Does a Lighthouse Work? by Roman Belyaev (Comment fonctionne un phare, translated by Luba Markovskaia) published in French by Éditions de La Pastèque is nominated for a prestigious award – The Prix Sorcières 2021, the category – Carrément Sorcières, Non fiction. It is an annual literary prize awarded in France since 1986 to works of children’s literature. The winner will be selected by a professional jury - the ALSJ (Association des Librairies Spécialisées Jeunesse) and the ABF (Association des Bibliothécaires de France) – and will be announced in spring 2021. Fingers crossed!

In 2019 the English edition of How Does a Lighthouse Work? won the "Best Information Book" award at the STEAM Children’s Book Prize and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

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