Klaus Flugge Prize shortlist announced

The shortlist for the £5,000 Klaus Flugge Prize for newcomers to children's picture book illustration has been announced, featuring a pair of Two Hoots titles.

The five shortlisted books are When Sadness Comes to Call by Eva Eland (Andersen Press), The Star in the Forest by Helen Kellock (Thames & Hudson), Where is Your Sister? by Puck Koper (Two Hoots), On the Origin of Species by Sabina Radeva (Puffin) and One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller by Kate Read (Two Hoots).

This year, three of the five shortlisted illustrators—Eland, Koper and Read—are graduates of the Children’s Book Illustration MA at the Cambridge School of Art.

Now in its fifth year, the prize was set-up in honour of Andersen Press founder Klaus Flugge. The 2020 judging panel features illustrator Mini Grey, last year's winner Jessica Love, Moon Lane Ink bookseller Meera Ghanshamdas, children’s book consultant Jake Hope and Pam Smy of Anglia Ruskin University.

Chair of judges Julia Eccleshare said: “Our shortlist demonstrates the vibrancy of contemporary illustration for children. Here are five very different books—the illustrators have different styles, use different techniques and have different intentions, but each achieves exactly what they set out to do with pictures that perfectly tell their stories. The Klaus Flugge Prize has already highlighted many talented illustrators and in the fifth year of this important award, we’re delighted to have another extremely strong and eye-catching shortlist.”

The winner will be revealed on 16th September 2020.