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International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is a yearly event sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), an international non-profit organization. Founded in 1967, the day is observed on or around Hans Christian Andersen 's birthday, April 2.
The Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours, (Nami Concours), is an international competition held in Korea for children's book artists. [1] The biannual event is sponsored by Nami Island , Korea, and seeks to encourage artistic creativity and advance the quality of picture book illustrations worldwide.
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) was founded by Jella Lepman in the 1950s. [2] The Hans Christian Andersen Award was first proposed in 1953 and awarded three years later, in 1956. [3] It was established in the aftermath of World War II to encourage the development of
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."
Each year, an IBBY national section sponsors International Children's Book Day, held in the first week of April. The IBBY-Yamada Fund supports projects for reading promotion, establishing libraries, teacher, librarian and parent training as well as workshops for writers, illustrators and editors of children's books.
Bookbird is indexed by Scopus, Library Literature, LISA, Children’s Book Review Index, Web of Science, MLA International Bibliography. Bookbird is available by subscription in print and online through Johns Hopkins University Press, [2] and individual articles are available online via Project Muse and ProQuest.
In Spain, Book Day began to be celebrated since 1926 every October 7, [7] the date that Miguel de Cervantes was believed to have been born. But, it was considered more appropriate to celebrate this day in a more pleasant season for walking and browsing the books in the open-air.
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