Awards

Our Awards

At Clever Book, we measure success in one way above all others: do children actually love what we make?

The Bisserche Valshebno Award - one of Bulgaria's most prestigious children's book prizes - is decided entirely by children themselves. Winning it once is a privilege. Winning it 3 times tells us we're on the right track.

 

 Bisserche Valshebno (Magic Pearl Award) - 2026 

Category: Little Bugs (ages 3-5)

Title: Lilly the Chick and the Kindergarten

Author: Maia Atanasova

 

220 children chose Lilly - out of 1,599 who voted across 11 shortlisted titles. A little chick, a big first day, and a story that children everywhere recognise as their own.

 

Read the full story -> 

 

Bisserche Valshebno (Magic Pearl Award) - 2022

Category: Seekers - Non Fiction

Title: All About Friends

 

Why do we need friends? How do we make them? What makes a good friend - and what do friends do together? This book answers all the questions children have but rarely ask out loud. Warm, honest, and quietly essential.

 

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Bisserche Valshebno 2019 (Magic Pearl Award)

Category: Ages 5-7

Title: Messy Mimi

 Part of the "I Am Learning to Read" series.

 

Mimi got messy when she ate. Messy when she painted. And her room - well, her room was a story of its own. Until one day she had to do something she'd never done before: tidy up. A book that made children laugh - and parents breathe a quiet sigh of relief.

 

-The Bisserche Valshebno (Magic Pearl) Award has been running annually since 2011. It is voted entirely by children aged 3 to 12 across Bulgaria.