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We are celebrating 30 years of helping children around the world through access to books and literacy programs and supporting the Canadian authors, artists, storytellers, organizations, and scholars who have all contributed to producing quality children’s books.

IBBY Canada is one of more than 70 National Sections of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), a non-profit organization that was founded in the wake of World War II by Jella Lepman. This remarkable woman believed in the power of children’s books to bridge cultures and, ultimately, to promote peace.

IBBY Canada works to

• honour and promote Canadian children’s books at home and around the world
• support international programs and organizations that advocate for children’s literacy and access to quality children’s books
• support our colleagues in developing nations

We aim to achieve these goals through various projects that

• honour creators and promoters of Canadian children’s books with national awards
• nominate Canadian authors, illustrators, and storytellers for international awards
• support Canadian scholars of children’s literature to encourage a healthy domestic children’s publishing community
• raise funds for libraries and literacy- and reading-promotion programs and organizations
• partner with like-minded organizations to provide support and training for children’s publishing industries in developing nations

Please join us in our efforts to help children in Canada and around the world connect with quality children’s books