Here is a great interview with Tim Wynne-Jones, IBBY Canada’s author nominee for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award. Our artist nominee is Stéphane Jorisch. The biennial award recognizes an author and artist whose entire body of work… Read More
IBBY’s Children in Crisis fund is accepting donations for the 3-11 Picture Book Project, a project initiated by JBBY to aid the children of Japan after the devastating earthquake on March 11, 2011. For more information on the… Read More
IBBY Russia has organized a special children’s program as part of the 2nd Annual Toronto Russian Film Festival. Come see movies celebrating Russian culture and discuss children’s books by Russian creators, particularly those now living in Toronto. For… Read More
Michelle Mulder’s book After Peaches was shortlisted for both the Chocolate Lily Award and the Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize, and she was selected to tour with TD Book Week 2011. Michelle was awarded the Frances E. Russell… Read More
Saturday, April 2, 2011 is International Children’s Book Day! Celebrated annually since 1967 on or around the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, ICBD is facilitated by IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) and celebrated worldwide to… Read More
Posted: June 17, 2011 by Admin
How to Help the Slave Lake Library
As of May 15, 2011, the public library in Slave Lake, Alberta, burned to the ground in a massive forest fire that also consumed 40% of the town infrastructure. Even more heartbreaking, the library had just opened in… Read More