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✇ IBBY Australia

International Children’s Book Day

Por Mylee J — 24 de Março de 2024, 11:09

Since 1967, the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) has celebrated Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, 2 April, as International Children’s Book Day (ICBD). Celebration aims to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books.

Each year one of the national bodies of IBBY, sponsors ICBD. Japan is the sponsor for 2024. The theme is “Cross the Seas on the Wings of Imagination”.

This year’s ICBD poster, from IBBY Japan (JBBY), is a collaboration between writer Eiko Kadono and artist Nani Furiya

Download the poster and flyer to promote this special day.

To celebrate ICBD, IBBY Australia will be announcing the winners of the Ena Noël Award for 2024 on April 2.

A special video will be released to members and media.

Friends of the Library Launceston members, have joined IBBY to hold displays of treasured children’s books (including one from 1896), a selection of Libraries Tasmania’s collection of books by Tasmanian children’s authors and three Silent Books. Silent books (wordless picture books) that could be understood and enjoyed by children regardless of language. These books were collected from IBBY National Sections. There are, to date, six collections of Silent Books — you can find them at https://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/activities/silent-books A truly special way to celebrate International Children’s Book Day.

What will you be doing to celebrate?

✇ IBBY Australia

2023 Silent Books Collection

Por Mylee J — 3 de Julho de 2023, 07:59

Congratulations to Freya Blackwood whose book, The Boy and the Elephant (HarperCollins) was not only selected for the 2023 Silent Books Collection but was an Honour List title.

2023 SILENT BOOKS JUDGES COMMENTS

‘In an absorbed silence that gradually changes into animated conversation, there are books that agree and conquer everyone at the first reading. This is the case of the Australian The Boy and the Elephant (HarperCollins), by the award-winning illustrator Freya Blackwood enraptured us with her poetry without rhetoric, liquid illustrations and the ability of the little protagonist to listen beyond the daily noise and enter into a relationship with nature in such a profound way that we can observe it through his eyes.’


The Silent Book Collection began as an IBBY response to the refugees fleeing Africa and the Middle East and arriving on the island of Lampedusa, Italy. Putting IBBY’s goal into action of building bridges through books, a library was established in Lampedusa and Silent Books were donated from around the world. These Silent Books are ‘books without words yet books that are extraordinarily rich in stories, images and content’ (Della Passarelli). Any child can understand them no matter the child’s language or culture.

Bringing books and children together


✇ IBBY Australia

2023 Silent Books Collection

Por Mylee J — 3 de Julho de 2023, 07:59

Congratulations to Freya Blackwood whose book, The Boy and the Elephant (HarperCollins) was not only selected for the 2023 Silent Books Collection but was an Honour List title.

2023 SILENT BOOKS JUDGES COMMENTS

‘In an absorbed silence that gradually changes into animated conversation, there are books that agree and conquer everyone at the first reading. This is the case of the Australian The Boy and the Elephant (HarperCollins), by the award-winning illustrator Freya Blackwood enraptured us with her poetry without rhetoric, liquid illustrations and the ability of the little protagonist to listen beyond the daily noise and enter into a relationship with nature in such a profound way that we can observe it through his eyes.’


The Silent Book Collection began as an IBBY response to the refugees fleeing Africa and the Middle East and arriving on the island of Lampedusa, Italy. Putting IBBY’s goal into action of building bridges through books, a library was established in Lampedusa and Silent Books were donated from around the world. These Silent Books are ‘books without words yet books that are extraordinarily rich in stories, images and content’ (Della Passarelli). Any child can understand them no matter the child’s language or culture.

Bringing books and children together


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