En français IBBY Canada is pleased to invite publishers across Canada to submit picture books for the annual Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award (Cleaver Award). Every year, IBBY Canada presents the Cleaver Award to a Canadian illustrator… Read More

Putting the Celebration in From Sea to Sea to Sea: Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books, Third Edition En français We have ambitious plans for 2023, including the securing of a grant that requires matched funds. Read on to learn… Read More

En français IBBY Canada (International Board on Books for Young People, Canadian section) is delighted to present the third edition of From Sea to Sea to Sea: Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books featuring 25 of the finest books by… Read More

(Application deadline June 15) IBBY Canada invites published Canadian children’s book illustrators to apply for the annual Joanne Fitzgerald Illustrator in Residence program, to be held in October 2023.  The program will be primarily online, with in-person elementary… Read More

En français IBBY Canada announces Canadian nominees for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Awards: author Angèle Delaunois and illustrator Sydney Smith IBBY Canada (International Board on Books for Young People, Canadian section) is pleased to announce that author… Read More

En français The winner of the 2022 Frances Russell Research Grant is Gillian O’Reilly, whose project focuses on recording and preserving the history of independent children’s bookstores in Canada from 1970 – the present. O’Reilly will use the… Read More