Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award こうだんしゃじどうぶんがくしんじんしょう
Edition 6 (1965)
Winners
5 people"Itsuka Taiyo no Shita de" is a children's novel by Taro Okamura about group evacuation of schoolchildren in wartime Miyazaki. Based on lived experience, it portrays children's hardship and anxiety and was published as a Kodansha award-winning work.
An award-winning story of wartime school evacuation told through children's daily experience.
"Haru o Yobu Koe" won the Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award and was retitled Kusa no Me wa Aoi for publication. It follows a girl's growth and carefully portrays a child's changing feelings amid family life, school, and relocation.
An important early novel by Haruko Shogenji, later known under the title Kusa no Me wa Aoi.
"Kuri no Ki no Shita de" is an honorable-mention work by Yoriko Yoshida for the Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award. Award records confirm the title and author, but major public bibliographic sources do not confirm a standalone book or collection.
An honorable-mention children's literature work known from award records, with no confirmed book publication.
"Tosuke to Chogenbo" is a children's work by Akiko Kayama, later identifiable in book form as Tosuke-san Fue o Fuite! from Kodansha Aoi Tori Bunko. Through the friendship between a boy and a bird, it depicts vanishing nature and human cruelty.
A story that entrusts a concern for nature to the bond between a boy and a kestrel.
"Yoshio no Boken" is an honorable-mention work by Mieko Okano for the Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award. Award records confirm the title and author, but no public record of a standalone book or paperback edition was confirmed.
A children's literary work preserved in award records, with no confirmed publication record.