Seven Ponies, Seven Colors illustrated by Nooshin Safakhoo and The Parrot and The Grocer illustrated by Amir Shabanipoor, from children and young-adults sector of the Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature (TAK) nominated for Biennial of Illustration Bratislava award 2019. These two works are among 15 Iranian nominees which have been introduced by Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults to Biennial of Illustration Bratislava award 2019. Seven Ponies, Seven Colors written by Muhammad Hadi Mohammadi is a fiction praising fantasy. Seven Ponies, Seven Colors is a book of intercultural project collection. Books of this collection are high-quality illustrative books which have been produced for “Read with Me” Program. This book also has been published by a great children books publisher in Netherland and won the Nami’s Purple Island Award 2019 and Russia’s “Books Illustration” Award 2018. The Parrot and The Grocer written by Muhammad Hadi Mohammadi, is a recreation of an anecdote with the same name in the first volume of Rumi’s Masnavi, Persian Poet lived in 13th century. This work won the third award of Nami 2017 and Diploma of Honor from Bologna Award 2018. The winners of Biennial of Illustration Bratislava award will announced in October 2019.
