Award-winning Canadian picture book a gift for every Syrian refugee family / Un album jeunesse canadien primé pour chaque famille syrienne réfugiée

IBBY Canada, Groundwood Books and Canada’s libraries welcome Syrian children FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 15, 2015 IBBY Canada, the Canadian national section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), is pleased to announce a special… Read More

INVITATION: Launch of IBBY exhibit Silent Books: Final Destination Lampedusa

Please join us for the Toronto launch of Silent Books: Final Destination Lampedusa, an international touring exhibit of wordless picture books. Monday, November 2, 2015 Reception 6:30, Launch 7:00 North York Central Library, Toronto Public Library, Auditorium 5120… Read More

Children’s book creator John Martz is Illustrator in Residence at Toronto Public Library

IBBY Canada program honours illustrator Joanne Fitzgerald September 29, 2015 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: IBBY Canada and the Toronto Public Library are pleased to announce that children’s book creator John Martz is the 2015 Joanne Fitzgerald Illustrator in… Read More

INVITATION: IBBY Canada Illustrator in Residence launch and silent auction

IBBY Canada and Toronto Public Library invite you to celebrate the Joanne Fitzgerald Illustrator in Residence program  and the 2015 illustrator JOHN MARTZ Thursday, October 1, 2015 6:00 to 7:30 pm Toronto Public Library, Northern District Branch 40… Read More

Call for Submissions for the 2015 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award / Le Prix Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver pour le meilleur livre d’images Canadien

Publishers across Canada are invited to submit picture books for the annual Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award / Le Prix Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver pour le meilleur livre d’images Canadien (the Cleaver Award). Every year since 1986, IBBY-Canada has… Read More

International exhibit of wordless children’s picture books tours Canada

Edmonton (Aug 28 to Sept 18), Vancouver (Oct 1 to 22), Toronto (Nov 2 to Dec 11) People around the world are deeply touched by the desperately dangerous circumstances for boatloads of refugees from Africa and the Middle… Read More