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Children's Publishing Culture Award", is a major and the oldest children's literary awards in Japan. The Sankei Children's Book Award annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished Japanese

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for children", beginning with 1954 publications. The Awards is selected from among all the children's books published in Japan of the previous year. The Awards are announced on

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" attends the ceremony.

Recipients

*Grand Prize - Newly established in 1961

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The 8th (1961) - (World Children's Literature Complete Works Volume 1) - (Supervisor : Yoshishige Abe) published by Kodansha The 9th (1962) - * No corresponding work The 10th (1963) - (Children's Friend) - published by Fukuinkan Shoten The 11th (1964) - (Science illustration series - all 12 volumes) - published by

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The 12th (1965) - (

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's Fairytales Complete Works - All 8 Volumes) - (Author:

) published by Kodansha The 13th (1966) - (Japanese insects for Boys and girls - All 5 volumes) - (Author : Mutsuo Kato-

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) published by

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The 14th (1967) - (Jun'ichi Yoda's Complete Works - All 5 volumes) - (Author :

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) published by Dainippon Tosho The 15th (1968) - ( Shozo Chiba's Fairytales Complete Works, Volume 1) - (Author : Shozo Chiba -

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The 16th (1969) - * No corresponding work The 17th (1970) - (

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) published by Kodansha The 18th (1971) - (Light of mind, The Passion for Archeology) - (Author :

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- Archaeologist : published by

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The 19th (1972) - (Goro who keeps demons) - (Author :

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) - published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha The 20th (1973) - (In the immediate side of the mountain

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(Fire-Crackle Mountain)) - (author : Keisuke Tsutsui / picture :

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) published by froebel kan The 21st (1974) - (The fox came back) - (author :

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/ illustrator : Chiyoko Nakatani ) published by Kodansha The 22nd (1975) - (Sea and boy) - (author : Kazuo Yamamoto / illustrator : Yoshiharu Suzuki ) published by Rironsha The 23rd (1976) - (Albums of Science -, all 50 volumes and 2 Separate volumes) - published by Akane Shobo The 24th (1977) - (Island with Dragon)- (author : Yoichi Takashi / illustrator : Daihachi Ota ) published by Alice Kan The 25th (1978) - (Chinese Classical Literature - all 14 Volume) - published by Saela Shobo The 26th (1979) - (

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) (Insects) (author & photo : Yasunosuke Chikuni) - published by kaiseisha The 27th (1980) - * No corresponding work The 28th (1981) - (Beyond the Golden Empire) - (author : Keiko Yanagiya / illustrator : Takaya Ono ) published by Obunsha The 29th (1982) - (Great Thief Mr.wander)) - (author : Eiko Kadono / illustrator : Akira Odagiri ) published by Kodansha The 30th (1983) - (the picturebook for mathematics for the first time - All 3 volumes)- (author :

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) published by Fukuinkan Shoten The 31st (1984) - * No corresponding work The 32nd (1985) - (Poems of Children of Japan - all 47 Volumes) - published by

The 33rd (1986) - ("Chikuma Boys Library - All 100 Volumes) - published by

The 34th (1987) - (Ryo-chan & Sato-chan's Tales - all 5 volumews) - (author : Masako Matsuno ) published by Dainippon Tosho The 35th (1988) - (Research of Plants climbing Mt. Fuji of plants) - (author & photo : Kiyoshi Shimizu ) published by Akane Shobo

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sankei Children's Book Award Fujisankei Communications Group Japanese children's writers Children's literary awards Awards established in 1954

Recipients

See also

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