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Founded in 1967, the day is observed on or around Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, April 2. Activities include writing competitions, announcements of book awards and events with authors of children's literature. Each year a different National Section of IBBY has the opportunity to be the international sponsor of ICBD.
75. “A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.” – Carl Sandburg 76. “You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, World Book Day is a charity event in March, held annually on the first Thursday and coinciding with the release of special editions. [10] The annual celebration on 23 April is World Book Night, an event organized by independent charity The Reading Agency. [11]
The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are two literary awards given by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contribution to children's literature". [1] The writing award was first given in 1956, the illustration award in 1966.
In 1952, Jella Lepman organized a meeting in Munich, Germany, called "International Understanding through Children’s Books".Many authors, publishers, teachers, and philosophers of the time attended the meeting and as a result a committee was appointed to create the International Board on Books for Young People.
A total of 41 books were selected. 29 of the titles were translated into English, 27 different countries or cultures are represented in the selections. [2] The chair of the selection committee noted that "the authors and illustrators empower readers to make sense of themselves, make sense of the world at large, and to recognize change is always possible."
International Literacy Day is an international observance, celebrated each year on 8 September. It was declared by UNESCO on 26 October 1966 at the 14th session of UNESCO's General Conference and celebrated for the first time in 1967. The day aims is to highlight, the importance of literacy to individuals, communities, and societies ...
Ashley Frederick Bryan (July 13, 1923 – February 4, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. He was a U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 [ 1 ] and he won the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his contribution to American ...