IBNA: 49 works have reached the shortlist of best children's books of the year among which are 9 translation and 16 creative works of fiction, 9 books of science/technology, 9 works of religion, and 6 poetry books. 

Nominees of different categories are as follows: 

A) Fiction – Translation
1. 'Gathering Blue' - Lois Lowry – trans. Keyvan Abidi Ashtyani
2. 'Grateful Yours' – Jane Buchanan – trans. Parvin Alipour
3. 'Story of Sultan' – Samira Shafiq – trans. Mojtaba Rahmandoust
4. 'The Five Sisters' - Margaret Mahy – trans. Parvin Alipour
5. 'The tiger rising' - Kate DiCamillo – trans. Vida Lashgari Farhadi
6. 'Idle Witch' - Gianni Rodari – trans. Mahnaz Sadri
7. 'Long Way Home' - Michael Morpurgo – trans. Davod Lotfollah 8. ' Tamburlaine's elephants' - Geraldine McCaughrean – trans. Ali Jafari
9. ' Turk Ekizleri' (Turk Twins) – Jahed Ucuq – trans. H. M. Seddiq

B) Fiction – Creative
1. 'How Should I Weave The Rain' – Nargess Bagheri
2. 'Tale of Amoo Nowruz and Khale Nobahar' – Shokuh Ghassemnia
3. 'When Shaqayeq Became a Mom' – Forouzandeh Khodajou
4. 'Harf-Abad' – Ali Khanjani
5. 'Stories of Mr Small' – Fariba Kalhor
6. 'Men of Tomorrow' – Yusef Qojaq
7. 'Only Dad Can Wake Me Up' – Mojgan Baba Marandi
8. 'Hasti' – Farhad Hassanzadeh
9. 'The Island' – Dariush Abedi
10. 'Girl with a White Ribbon' – Mojgan Kalhor
11. 'Even One Minute is Enough' – Atousa Salehi
12. 'Laloo' – Yusef Qojaq
13. 'Call Me for the Storytelling Time' – Mohammadreza Yousefi
14. 'The Return of Professor Zalzalak' – Jamaleddin Akrami
15. 'Sofie and the Magic Lamp' – Ebrahim Hassanbeigi
16. 'Orange Hearts' – Minoo Karimzadeh 

C) Science and Technology
1. 'Thematic Encyclopedia of Science and Technology', volumes 5, 6, 7 – Nematollah Golestanian
2. 'Secret Key to the Universe' – Lucy Hawking – trans. Mohammadreza Mahboob
3. 'Imitating Nature' series, 12 vol. – Toney Allman – trans. Majid Amigh
4. 'Ask Dr Fisher' series, 7 vol. – Claire Llevellyn – trans. Hassan Salari
5. 'Discover' – Christian Dall - trans. Mina Mehrvarz
6. 'Science Factory' 10 vols. – Jon Richards – trans. Hussein Makhuli.
7. The Dinosaurs Dictionary – Kazem Talayi
8. 'Man and Nature' – Majid Amigh
9. 'Mammals of Iran' – Ali Golshan

D) Religion
1. 'Fire Stealer' – Saeid Rouhafza
2. 'The Bounteous of Ahlulbait' – Reza Shirazi
3. 'Coin in the name of Muhammad' – Mahmoud Pourvahab
4. 'Talking with You' – Seyyed Mahdi Shojai
5. 'God and His Stories' – Gholamreza Heidari Abhari
6. 'What Does God Say About My Science Book', 6 vols. – Fatemeh Firouz-abadi
7. 'Grandfather's Kisses' – Mahmoud Pourvahab
8. 'Sparrows' Prayers' – Morteza Daneshmand
9. Science for 1st Grade Junior School – Farzaneh Karimnia

E) Poetry
1. 'My Heart's Backstage' – Hussein Tavallayi
2. 'Perhaps it's Around Here' – Abbas-ali Sepahi Yunesi
3. 'Up to Happy Street' – Babak Nick Talab
4. 'Mr Summer' – Monireh Hashemi
5. 'Scarecrow was in Love' – Biuk Maleki
6. 'Hich Hich Hichaneh' – a group of poets

The closing ceremony of 29th Book of the Year of Iran will be held on Wednesday (February 8) at Vahdat Hall of Tehran.