As you may already know, Nami Island is the official sponsor of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards, which is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is the Patron of the Andersen Awards.

The Author's Award has been given since 1956 and the Illustrator's Award since 1966. The Award consists of a gold medal and a diploma, presented at a festive ceremony during the biennial IBBY Congress.

In August 2012, Peter Sis from Czech Republic won the author award and Maria Teresa Andruetto from Argentina won the illustrator award. To celebrate and congratulate their achievements, Nami Island Children's Book Festival Organizing Committee has created a poster as a way of celebrating and congratulating their achievements. This poster is scheduled to be used as the back cover of the spring issue of Bookbird Magazine, 2013.

In the meantime, through this website, we wish to share the poster with those who may be interested.