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Vietnamese authors win Scholastic Picture Book Award
16:49, 2015/10/29
The First Journey by Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Kim Lien has won the 2015 Scholastic Picture Book Award (SPBA) for best Asian themed picture book, one of the most prestigious honours in the field of children’s and young adult literature.
The First Journey tells the story of An, a young boy who crosses the Mekong Delta for the first time on his way to school, encountering floods, snakes and a mysterious forest with a giant crocodile.
 
Illustration from The First Journey, an award-winning children's book by Room to Read authors Quang and Lien.
Illustration from The First Journey, an award-winning children's book by Room to Read authors Quang and Lien.
Authors Quang and Lien spent two weeks on writing the book before coordinating with Room To Read, a non-governmental organization in illiteracy reduction to complete it.
The Scholastic Picture Book Award (SPBA) is a joint initiative between the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NDBCS) and Scholastic Asia. 
It is presented biennially for an outstanding unpublished picture book with distinct Asian themes.
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