YOKOHAMA, Japan (Dec. 15, 2011) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will publish two winning works from the 27th "Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix" held in 2010. Published under BL Publishing Co., Ltd., the books will go on sale at major bookstores nationwide.
The published books are "Aya to Yuki" (Aya and Yuki) by Fusako Inagaki and "Umi no Soko no Tenshi" (Angel on the ocean floor) by Keiji Matsumiya - winners of the Children's Storybook Grand Prize and Picture Book Grand Prize respectively. The former was illustrated by Yoshimi Aoi, a previous Special Prize winner from the Picture Book category.
As part of its corporate contribution to promote children's literature, Nissan will donate copies of these books to about 3,400 libraries across Japan and about 700 local nursery schools and kindergartens located near Nissan offices. Nissan will also donate these books to the Japanese schools and the Japanese language supplementary schools around its overseas business sites.
Beginning with the first Grand Prix in 1984, the company has donated up to 184,000 books nationwide, bringing the joys and educational value of reading to children of all ages.
Submissions for this year's 28th Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix ended on October 31. The award ceremony will be held in March 2012 at the Nissan Global Headquarters, Nishi-ku, Yokohama city.
Information on the Grand Prix is available at the following site (Japanese only)
http://www.nissan-global.com/JP/CITIZENSHIP/FAIRYTALE/
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