Here you find web links to the nominated candidates
Category of author/illustrator/storyteller
Alexander, Lloyd
USA
Ali, Carolyn
Trinidad and Tobago
Almond, David
United Kingdom
Alonso, Fernando
Spain
Asare, Meshak
Ghana
Beake, Lesley
South Africa
Blake, Quentin
United Kingdom
Browne, Anthony
United Kingdom
Brøgger, Lilian
Denmark
Butenko, Bohdan
Poland
Chambers, Aidan
United Kingdom
Cneut, Carll
Belgium
Colfer, Eoin
Ireland
Cooper, Susan
USA
Cowley, Joy
New Zealand
Da Coll, Ivar
Colombia
Derib, (Claude de Ribaupierre)
Switzerland
Djodorov, Boris
Russia
Doyle, Brian
Canada
Ekman, Fam
Norway
El-Touni, Abdel-Hamid Helmy
Egypt
Elzbieta
France
Erlbruch, Wolf
Germany
Ewo, Jon
Norway
Funke, Cornelia
Germany
Gaarder, Jostein
Norway
Gay, Marie-Louise
Canada
Geelen, Harrie
Netherlands
Gripe, Maria
Sweden
Gugu, Abdallah
Tanzania
Haugen, Tormod
Norway
Helgadottir, Gudrun
Iceland
Hellsing, Lennart
Sweden
Hickey, Tony
Ireland
Hoban, Russell
USA
Hughes, Shirley
United Kingdom
Härtling, Peter
Germany
Höglund, Anna
Sweden
Ibbotson, Eva
United Kingdom
Innocenti, Roberto
Italy
Isol (aka Marisol Misenta)
Argentine
Janosch Eckert, Horst
Germany
Jarunkova, Klara
Klara Jarunkiva, Slovakia, has passed away and is no longer a nominated candidate since the prize cannot be awarded posthumously. (25 November 2005)
Jensen, Louis
Denmark
Juster, Norton
USA
Kalman, Maira
USA
Karrebaek, Dorte
Denmark
Kasparavicius, Kestutis
Lithuania
Kuijer, Guus
Netherlands
Kunnas, Kirsi
Finland
Leeuwen van, Joke
Netherlands
Madeleine L'Engle
USA
Jean Little
Canada
Lukk-Toompere, Regina
Estonia
Lööf, Jan
Sweden
Machado, Ana Maria
Brasil
Madsen, Peter
Denmark
Mahy, Margaret
New Zealand
Mhlope, Gsina
South Africa
Moeyaert, Bart
Belgium
Morpurgo, Michael
United Kingdom
Nabwani, Najeeb
Israel
Ndunguru, Paul
Tanzania
Nyhus, Svein
Norway
Oates, Joyce Carol
USA
Oppel, Kenneth
Canada
Orlev, Uri
Israel
Pacovska, Kveta
Czech Republic
Palcinskaite, Violeta
Lithuania
Palecek, Josef
Czech Republic
Paterakis, Yolanda
Lithuania
Paterson, Katherine
USA
Pervik, Aino
Estonia
Piumini, Roberto
Italy
Pludra, Benno
Germany
Ponti, Claude
France
Praprotnik Zupancic, Lila Prap Lilijana
Slovenia
Prochazkova, Iva
Czech Republic
Pulcheriou, Kika
Cyprus
Pyliotou, Maria
Cyprus
Rosen, Michael
United Kingdom
Sachar, Louis
USA
Sadeghi, Ali Akbar
Iran
Sandberg, Inger och Lasse
Sweden
Sandman Lilius, Irmelin
Finland
Schroeder, Binette
Germany
Simon, Francesca
USA
Sinou, Kira
Greece
Sìs, Peter
USA
Soto, Gary
USA
Spang Olsen, Ib
Denmark
Stark, Ulf
Sweden
Taina, Hannu
Finland
Ungerer, Tomi
France
Uspenskij, Eduard
Russia
Weir, Liz
Ireland
Vestly, Anne-Cath
Norway
Wheatley, Jennie N
Brittish Virgin Islands
Wikland, Ilon
Sweden
Wilson, Jacqueline
United Kingdom
Wynne Jones, Diana
United Kingdom
Zahra, Trevor
Malta
Zwerger, Lisbeth
Austria
Category of promoting reading (organisation/project/person)
Banco del Libro
Venezuela
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro
Bangladesh
Council for Children’s and Adolescents Library
Greece
Illus Africa
Africa
Internationale Jugendbibliothek München
Germany
L’Asept
Burkina Faso
Tamer Institute for Community Education
Palestinian areas
The Children’s Book Museum, Kinderboekenmuseum i Haag
Netherlands
A Bookbus in Nicaragua
Nicaragua
BiB, Biennale of illustrators, Bratislava
Slovakia
Biblionef South Africa
South Africa
Children’s Book Project for Tanzania
Tanzania
Children’s Library Project /AWIC
India
First Words in Print
South Africa
Granito de Arena
Uruguay
Mala de Leitura
Brasil
Read to me! – Nova Scotia Family Literacy Program
Canada
Stichting Lezen Vlaanderen
Belgium
The Postal Libraries – Reading Book Project
Iran
Teens for Teens Project
Croatia
UK Summer Reading Challenge
United Kingdom
Abu Nasr, Julinda
Lebanon
Bin Abdularhim Ali Alzidjali, Khalid
Oman
Braude, Ljudmila
Russia
Burton, LeVar
USA
Caballero de Cueto, Lilly
Peru
Chambers, Nancy och Aidan
United Kingdom
Henning, Mona
Sweden/Jordan
Khalatbaree, Farideh
Iran
Lai Lin, Kiang-Koh
Singapore
Meek, Margaret
United Kingdom
Mirhadi, Touran
Iran
Patte, Geneviève
France