At the IBBY Press Conference held at the Bologna Book Fair earlier this month, the winners of IBBY's international awards were announced and broadcast via IBBY's YouTube Channel. The 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Awards went to author Heinz Janisch from Austria and illustrator Sydney Smith from Canada. The ten-member 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury included USBBY's Brenda Dales. Two IBBY awards recognizing for organizations and individuals for excellence in reading promotion were announced by IBBY Reading Promotion Jury Chair and USBBY Executive Director Junko Yokota. The 2024 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award, supported by the Asahi-Shimbun Media Group from Japan, went to ATD (All Together in Dignity) Fourth World’s Street Libraries, nominated by IBBY France. The two winners of the 2024 IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award, sponsored by the Shenzhen iRead Foundation from China, are Basarat Kazim, from Pakistan, nominated by the IBBY Section of Pakistan, and Irene Vasco from Colombia, nominated by IBBY Canada. USBBY is proud to support its committee members in their nomination of qualified candidates for each of these prestigious honors. To volunteer for future USBBY nominating committees for these international IBBY awards, members should indicate their area of interest on the online form. Have you marked your calendar for the 39th International IBBY Congress in Trieste, Italy, August 30 to September 1, 2024?
Early bird pricing ends April 20th, so secure your registration today. The Congress website includes more information about travel, accommodations, and the preliminary program. Unite Against Book Bans is a national initiative on the part of the American Library Association, one of USBBY's valued patron organizations, to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship.
Unite Against Book Bans believes: - Reading is a foundational skill, critical to future learning and to exercising our democratic freedoms. - Books are tools for understanding complex issues. Limiting young people's access to books does not protect them from life's complex and challenging issues. - Individuals should be trusted to make their own decisions about what to read. - Parents should not be making decisions for other parents' children. - Young people deserve to see themselves reflected in a library's books. At our March 2024 meeting, the USBBY board voted to co-sign as a Partner of Unite Against Book Bans. Learn more about their toolkit, talking points, book resumes, and other resources to help you fight censorship efforts in your community and beyond. IBBY Japan (JBBY) is the official sponsor of ICBD 2024, promoting the theme "Cross the Seas on the Wing of your Imagination". Eiko Kadono, a prominent Japanese author and winner of the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award, composed her poem as a letter to the children of the world. Nana Furiya, an international-minded Japanese artist living in Slovakia, created the poster. Imagination is the key word for ICBD 2024. JBBY believes that fostering imagination will lead to mutual understanding and a spirit of tolerance. Download high resolution digital materials to decorate your event, share posts about it #ICBD24 "Stories travel, riding on wings, Longing to hear the joyful beat of your heart. I’m a traveling story. I fly anywhere. On wings of wind, or wings of waves, or sometimes on tiny wings of sand. Of course, I also ride the wings of migratory birds. And even those of jet planes. I sit beside you. Opening the pages, I tell you a story, the one you want to hear. Would you like a strange and wondrous story? Or how about a sad one, a scary one, or a funny one? If you don’t feel like listening right now, that’s fine too. But I know someday you will. When you do, just call out, “Traveling story, come. Sit beside me!” And I’ll fly right there. "I have so many stories to share. How about a story of a little island tired of being alone who learned to swim and set off to find a friend? Or the tale of a mysterious night when two moons appeared. Or the one about Santa Claus getting lost. "Oh, I can hear your heart. It’s beating faster. Flitter-flutter, thumpity-thump, pitter-patter, bumpety-bump. The traveling story has jumped inside and set your heart racing. You’ll become one yourself next, spreading your wings to fly. And so, another traveling story is born." Read the original Japanese text, and the French, German and Spanish translations on the IBBY website.
Many thanks to the 2024 Outstanding International Books Committee, Sara Parrish, Chair, Rachel Roseberry, Assistant Chair, Tiffany A. Thornton, María V. Acęvedo, Gussie Lewis, Linda Pavonetti, Danilo Baylen Sandip Wilson, and Linda Parsons. for their thoughtful selections. of notable international literature for young American readers.
Slidedeck with embedded presentations:
Presentation from LibLearnX 2024 in Baltimore, with Rachel Roseberry, Linda Parsons, and Linda Pavonetti.
PDF version of the 2024 OIB bookmark
On Friday, January 19, 2024, at 8:00 p.m., USBBY explored literature for children about Ukraine and by Ukrainian authors. Panelists include Katherine Marsh, author of The Lost Year (Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan, 2023), a National Book Award finalist and Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winner; Dr. Anastasia Ulanowicz, Professor, Department of English, University of Florida, Emilie Robert Wong, Enchanted Lion Books, publisher of How War Changed Rondo, by Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv (a 2023 Outstanding International Book) and Angus Yuen-Killick of Red Comet Press which recently published Yellow Butterfly: a story from Ukraine by Oleksandr Shatokhin. Co-sponsored by ALSC and ALA.
The International Board on Books for Young People has announced the Shortlist for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award:
Authors Marina Colasanti from Brazil Heinz Janisch from Austria Lee Geum-yi from the Republic of Korea Bart Moeyaert from Belgium Timo Parvela from Finland Edward van de Vendel from the Netherlands Illustrators Cai Gao from China Iwona Chmielewska from Poland Nelson Cruz from Brazil Elena Odriozola from Spain Sydney Smith from Canada Paloma Valdivia from Chile USBBY member Brenda Dales was among the ten-member 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury, which also included Evelyn Arizpe (Mexico/UK), Sabine Fuchs (Austria), Diana Laura Kovach (Argentina), Shereen Kreidieh (Lebanon), Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (Germany), Jaana Pesonen (Finland), Tan Fengxia (China), Pavle Učakar (Slovenia) and Morgane Vasta (France) was led by Jury President Liz Page. Carolina Ballester acted as Jury Secretary. The two winners will be announced at the IBBY Press Conference on Monday, 8 April 2024 at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair. The medals and diplomas will be presented to the winners during the 39th IBBY Congress in Trieste, Italy, 30 August to 1 September 2024. About the Award The IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award, established in 1956, is the world’s most prestigious international children’s book award. The author winners include: Marie-Aude Murail (France), Cao Wenxuan (China), Astrid Lindgren (Sweden), Michio Mado (Japan), Tove Jansson (Finland), and Margaret Mahy (New Zealand). The illustrator winners include: Květa Pacovská (Czech Republic), Maurice Sendak (USA), Suzy Lee (Republic of Korea), Farshid Mesghali (Iran), Albertine (Switzerland) and Roger Mello (Brazil). Every two years, the IBBY Executive Committee elects the international jury of experts from nominations submitted by the IBBY National Sections, including USBBY. The members of the Jury assess the complete body of the candidates’ work. All the candidates nominated for the Award have made outstanding contributions to children’s literature in their countries; a complete list of the 2024 candidates can be seen here. The International Board on Books for Young People is made up of 83 National Sections and works to bring children and books together. The Andersen Award is sponsored by Nami Island Arts & Education Inc. Join USBBY in Columbus Sunday, November 19 at 9:00 a.m. EST in C-160 A/B GCCC. USBBY will present a conversation with author Michelle Kadarusman and Susannah Richards. Michelle Kadarusman's acclaimed novel, Music for Tigers (2020, Pajama Press) is just one title recognized on USBBY's Outstanding International Books (OIB) list. Hear from Michelle about writing across borders, and learn more about USBBY's resources for teaching and learning as well as its work in promoting international literature for American readers. The events that unfolded since Saturday, 7 October stunned and shocked the world. The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) denounces all violence, in any form, and especially violence against children. IBBY’s Mission Statement calls for the protection of all children as codified in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that every child has the inherent right to life and promotes the development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Fifteen years ago, the IBBY Gaza libraries in Beit Hanoun and Rafah opened their doors. These two libraries gave the local children havens where they could enjoy reading and dream of a better future through books. The libraries stayed open through years of blockade, confrontation and poverty, but now war is again destroying their fragile existence. We are deeply concerned for all the children affected by this war: with Gaza under siege and facing a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation, we are especially worried about our librarians and their innocent visitors. Hostage taking and massacres are indefensible, but the current conflict will not solve anything. Therefore, we call on all agencies and organizations that believe in justice, peace and humanity to work towards a diplomatic solution and end this tragic war. The children of Israel and Palestine deserve better than this. IBBY Executive Committee 18 October 2023 |
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