| Alba Bouwer Prize | |
| Subheader: | Afrikaans: Alba Bouwerprys vir Kinderliteratuur |
| Awarded For: | outstanding children's literature in Afrikaans |
| Sponsor: | South African Academy of Science and Arts |
| Country: | South Africa |
The Alba Bouwer Prize (Afrikaans: Alba Bouwerprys vir Kinderliteratuur) is a prize for outstanding children's literature in Afrikaans, awarded triennially by the South African Academy of Science and Arts.[1] Works qualifying for the prize should have been published within the preceding three years, and be intended for under-12s. The prize is named in honour of children's author Alba Bouwer (1920–2010), herself a three-time winner of the, instituted in 1956.
| 1989 | Strepie en Kurfie (1987) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Droomwa (1990) | ||
| Braam en die engel (1991) | |||
| 1995 | (1994) | ||
| (1993) | |||
| 1998 | Moenie 'n mielie kielie nie (1995) | ||
| 2001 | (2000) | ||
| 2004 | Droomoog Diepgrawer (2003) | ||
| 2007 | Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies (2005) | ||
| 2010 | In die Nimmer-Immer-bos (2009) | ||
| 2013 | Anna Atoom-reeks (2012) | ||
| 2016 | Hoekom die walvisse gekom het (a translation of Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo) | ||
| 2019 | Moenie hierdie boek eet nie! (2016) |