Scholastic Picture Book Award

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The Scholastic Picture Book Award (SPBA) is an award developed by Scholastic Asia and the Singapore Book Council. [1] [2] [3]

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  1. "Nine entries made it to the First Scholastic Picture Book Award longlist out of 136 submissions Asia-wide | ASIA TODAY News & Events". www.asiatoday.com. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  2. hermes (2017-05-18). "Singapore's The Little Durian Tree wins picture book award". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  3. Nguyen, Tan. "Vietnamese children's book wins Scholastic Picture Book Award 2015 - Nguoi Viet Online" . Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  4. "Download | The Scholastic Picture Book Award". scholasticbookaward.asia. Retrieved 2019-09-14.