Five categories were recognised. Shapes from the Imagination, by Nasser Al Dousari and Maya Majdalani, won Early Reader; Fahman, by Masarra Touqan and Maya Majdalani, won Picture Book.
The other winners were Unbesieged Minds, The Boy Who Lost His Dream and The Knowledgeables Trip – A Journey with Arab and Muslim Scholars. UAEBBY organises the award, presented by Etisalat. These results identify the winning books and do not establish a commercial outcome for the fair.