Geronimo Stilton has been bestowed with several awards at this year’s 15th Annual "Hong Kong Reading City", organized by the Hong Kong School Library Directors Association to encourage students, teachers and the public to share the joy of reading.
The award ceremony held at Hong Kong Central Library and featuredGeronimo Stilton, who won the award formost popular author of books for young readers. In addition, volume no. 84 of the Geronimo Stilton book series published in Hong Kong by Sun Ya (published in Italy under the title Il tesoro di Valle Valgatta), was a double award winner: as the book most loved by students; and recognized for ranking as one of the top ten books most recommended by teachers. The story has delighted young readers and their teachers alike because it talks about the importance of preserving nature and the bamboo forest, bamboo being a precious plant that has always played an important role in Chinese culture.
Only a few months ago, Chinese publishers, 21st Century Publishing House, celebrated 10 million copies soldof the book series by our beloved rodent. Now, this triple victory by Geronimo Stilton once again supports how much young Chinese fans, their families and teachers love our famous mouse writer, who also stars in the animated series aired on CCTV – the first season is also available, on theTencent platform (https://v.qq.com/child) and the Tencent Video app.
The Beijing offices of Atlantyca, the Milan-based company that manages the international publishing, animation and licensing rights of the character Geronimo Stilton, are delighted to join in the celebrations.