Bookbird: The Journal of IBBY
@IBBYBookbird
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Bookbird is the journal of international children's literature, produced by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
Joined April 2019
So happy to be honored at #IBBYNashville22
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Bookbird needs YOU!
The 37th IBBY World Congress in Moscow is over, but the work of @IBBYINT continues. We're looking for a new editor or team for @IBBYBookbird. I'm looking at YOU, @r_bittner Jamie C. Naidoo, @readingspark & my other colleagues interested in international children's literature
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Valerie Coghlan and Evelyn Feeman gave a wonderful presentation on @IBBYINT 's journal BOOKBIRD and the new, photo-illustrated history of the journal, A FLIGHT THROUGH TIME as the IBBY Congress in Moscow comes to a close. #IBBY #WorldCongress
A fantastic presentation on the history of @IBBYBookbird, @IBBYINT Journal of International Children’s Literature at the #IBBYWorldCongress in Moscow. To find out more, see 'Bookbird: A Flight through Time' https://t.co/09HE3vKEES
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BOOKBIRD is looking for a new editor (or team of editors)! Interested? Applications due Oct. 1, 2021 MORE INFO HERE: https://t.co/0NNAXOlfR3
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Grateful if you would help spread the word about #WorldKidLitMonth - coming up in September! @LitTranslate @scbwi @IBBYINT @iBbYIreland @IBBYUK @ibby_swe @IBBYCanada @HornBook @KirkusReviews @IBBYBookbird @IBBYMexico @AlijaIbbyArg @GreekIBBY @RomaniaNY @ltikorea @Soc_of_Authors
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There's a new @IBBYINT jury for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for a lifelong contribution to literature for young people: @readeromnivorou leads members from Lebanon, Spain, Mexico, Canada, Slovenia, France, South Korea, Australia, Finland & Argentina
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Check out these gorgeous limited edition silk scarves featuring art by 10 HCA artists in support of @IBBYINT projects-- like the inspiring work in Beirut right now building back 120 school libraries destroyed in the recent explosion. #Scarvesforacause: https://t.co/aQ5GnYXv76
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UNESCO & Idries Shah Foundation “World Tales” Short Story Competition open to ages 12-18. 250-500 words in English or French: “Once upon a time in my future…” Winners are published & invited to Paris. Deadline: 31 May. Submit to worldtales@unesco.org
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Zhu Yongxin, China, a scholar who has devoted his life to research and activities for reading promotion has been awarded a 2020 IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award. BOOKBIRD looks forward to seeing you receive your award next year at the IBBY Congress in Moscow
And the winners of the inaugural #IBBYiRead2020 are the wonderful @MaritTornqvist from the Netherlands and Zhu Yongxin from China! This award was established by the Shenzhen iRead Foundation & IBBY to encourage a commitment to reading around the world. https://t.co/5UVDNAYDWy
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Marit Törnqvist (Netherlands), a writer and illustrator who has developed reading programmes for children has won a 2020 IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award. BOOKBIRD looks forward to seeing you receive your award at the IBBY Congress next year.
.@IBBYINT maakt via een livestream bekend dat #MaritTörnqvist de eerste winnaar is van de #IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award. IBBY reikt deze prijs uit aan buitengewone personen die zich inzetten voor de ontwikkeling van lezen voor kinderen ➡️ https://t.co/uFqcYA9ER2
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Congratulations, Casa Cuna Cuenteros, Argentina, for all your great literacy work in hospitals. BOOKBIRD looks forward to seeing you receive your award at the IBBY Congress next year in Moscow.
And the winner of #IBBYAsahi2020 is…(drum roll)...Casa Cuna Cuenteros, Argentina! This group of passionate volunteers carry out reading and storytelling in children’s hospitals in Buenos Aires. Find out more about their work here: https://t.co/uselLavXAa
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Congratulations, Albertine, for winning the #IBBYHCA2020 illustrator award. BOOKBIRD looks forward to your acceptance speech in Moscow next year!
#IBBYHCA2020 nominee Albertine from Switzerland “Maybe, as children, we play in order to reproduce what we see of the world surrounding us. Invention means playing seriously; it means constructing a world in the world.” @IBBYBookbird
https://t.co/pPmIhJrscc
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Congratulations, Jacqueline Woodson, the 6th US author to receive the #IBBYHCA2020 author award since 1956. BOOKBIRD looks forward to your acceptance speech in Moscow next year!
#IBBYHCA2020 nominee @JackieWoodson from the USA "For young people who are very stressed about the future, who have this sense of disempowerment, who don’t know what’s coming next, my big quest is for them to remain hopeful.” @IBBYBookbird
https://t.co/pPmIhJrscc
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Patricia Aldana is the 2021 Carle Mentor Honoree. As the founder of Groundwood Books, past president of @IBBYINT , president of the IBBY Trust & publisher of Greystone Kids imprint Aldana Libros
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The @IBBYINT Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition for an author & an illustrator of children's books. 34 authors & 36 illustrators were nominated in 2020 & the shortlist is featured here https://t.co/26Fo3mt17R Winners announced on May 4
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Also on May 4, @IBBYINT will launch its official statement of support for the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Non-Discrimination
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On May 4, @IBBYINT will announce the winners of the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award & the first winners of the IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award in a digital press conference. Stay tuned!
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Find out more about our #ReflectingRealities research, the first UK study looking at diversity in children’s literature, by reading our blog series! Featured blogs written by @AnnaMMcQuinn @LetterboxLib @landervin @ILoveCopyright @ksandsoconnor
https://t.co/aLaqcIRmBY
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