Bookbird

11/06/2024

Bookbird 62.2 on Italian Children's Literature is out now! This issue, with Michelangelo Rossato's illustration in the cover, is co-edited by Marnie Campagnaro & Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang. Through all the articles, you can read the evolution and development of Italian Children's Literature.

24/04/2024

We are looking for contributions for our special issue on Nonfiction!

📘🐥📣 Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature seeks contributions for a special issue on Nonfiction for children and teenagers—what it has to offer to those readers and its place in the worldview of the adult gatekeepers.

For more details about this call, which is open until 30 August, please visit the IBBY wesbite! Deadline: 30 August 2024
https://www.ibby.org/bookbird

30/01/2024

Bookbird 62.1 is finally out! The cover image is specially drawn for Bookbird by Nai Rinaket.

https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/52014

15/12/2023

You can also read Jutta Reusch's article about children's literature and music for free until the end of this month!

15/12/2023

You can read Liz Page's "Reflection on the Evolution of Bookbird" for free until the end of this month!

In the new special issue of Bookbird, former IBBY executive director Liz Page reflects on the evolution of the international children’s literature journal through time, space and technological advances

https://ow.ly/9QaK50QivXz

07/12/2023

Have you read our latest issue on H.C. Andersen Award Nominees? We, the three people who had worked with the short bios, hope that you enjoy this special issue!

22/11/2023

The H.C. Andersen Award issue is out now. It features the nominees of HCA 2024. Pick this issue right now and please let us know who do you think will win the award!

02/08/2023

The special Bookbird issue of "War and Displacement in Children's Literature" is out now. The issue, co-edited by Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang and Mateusz Świetlicki, features studies on how children's literature has been dealing with worldwide issues of war and displacement throughout 20th and 21st century.

26/05/2023

If you have read the recent issue (61.2), this video can be considered a supplement for the first article, ”The Play of Words, Music, and Images in Hans Alfredson’s Flowery Frankfurters”. Both authors, Björn Sundmark and Annette Mars, are performing one of the songs that they analysed in their paper.

25/05/2023

We are looking for articles on (Contemporary) Italian Children's Literature. Please submit your articles before September 30, 2023.

02/05/2023

The latest issue of Bookbird can now be accessed digitally through Project Muse. The physical copies should be available soon!

https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/50846

18/04/2023

We are looking for Postcards for issue 61.3! You can read some of the details here. For further questions, you may contact the Postcards editor, Anamaria Anderson ([email protected])

04/03/2023

If you happen to attend, stop by our stand and meet (most of the) people behind Bookbird! :)

02/02/2023

Bookbird issue 61.1 is out now, with cover art by Sven Nordqvist. This issue features ”Spotlight on Southeast Asian Children’s Literature”!

12/11/2022

We are looking for papers on ”Wars and Displacement in Children’s Lietrature”. Deadline for submission is January 10, 2023.

06/08/2022

Coming soon! The new Bookbird issue 3/2022, featuring the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Winners and Finalists, with cover art by Suzy Lee.
https://www.ibby.org/bookbird/bookbird-3-2022

27/07/2022

Voces de Latinoamérica

The illustrated anthology, Voces de Latinoamérica, is a compendium of songs, poems and stories that have been told and are being told by the voices of Latin America and the Caribbean. The project to collect and publish an oral tradition anthology was led by IBBY Costa Rica. View and download the publication (206 pp, 63 MB) here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mS1aPVfi1ibtEfarfSYU94t-N5ZLVorE/view

21/03/2022

02/03/2022

The list of 163 books nominated for the 2022 IBBY Honour List has been released!

See the full list of titles and nominees: https://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/awards/ibby-honour-list/ibby-honour-list-2022

Every two years, the IBBY Honour List catalogue is published in English and comprises recently published books from IBBY member countries. These books are considered to be outstanding for the quality of writing, illustration and translation. Important considerations in selecting the Honour List titles are that the books represent the best in children's literature from each country, and that the books are recommended as suitable for publication throughout the world. In this way, the Honour List supports IBBY’s objective of encouraging international understanding through children’s literature.

Over 2,000 copies of the 2022 IBBY Honour List catalogue will be distributed worldwide after the presentation of the selection in September at the 38th IBBY World Congress in Putrajaya, Malaysia (www.ibbycongress2022.org)

23/02/2022

IBBY is proud to announce the Shortlist for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award – the world’s most prestigious award for the creators of children’s and youth literature:

Authors:
Marie-Aude Murail from France, Maria Cristina Ramos from Argentina, Fatima Sharafeddine from Lebanon, Peter Svetina from Slovenia, Annika Thor from Sweden, and Margaret Wild from Australia

Illustrators:
Beatrice Alemagna from Italy, Ryoji Arai from Japan, Iwona Chmielewska from Poland, Gusti from Argentina, Suzy Lee from the Republic of Korea, and Sydney Smith from Canada.

Download the 2022 Shortlist Announcement here:https://www.ibby.org/archive-storage/HCA_Shortlist_release_21.2.22.pdf

09/09/2021

Are you ready for the opening of the Congress tomorrow? 10:00-11:30 Opening Ceremony / 12:00-13:30 lectures by keynote speakers, at the State Museum of Alexander Pushkin and online.
https://ibbycongress2020.org/en/

09/09/2021

A little reminder: The application deadline for new Bookbird editors is 1st October 2021.

https://www.ibby.org/fileadmin/user_upload/FULL_Bookbird_ad_graphic.pdf

26/08/2021

The National Sections of IBBY in Europe present a regularly updated selection of the best books for children in European languages. To access a selection, simply click on the language you're interested in.

24/04/2021

New Editor(s) required for Bookbird
Bookbird, Inc., the management board of Bookbird seeks an editor or editorial team to take over from the current editors whose term of office finishes with the publication of the October 2022 issue. Bookbird is a refereed journal published quarterly by IBBY (The International Board on Books for Young People), and is printed and distributed by JHUP (Johns Hopkins University Press).
More information:https://www.ibby.org/fileadmin/user_upload/IBBY_Bookbird_Search_for_Editors.pdf

03/04/2021

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Happy International Children‘s Book Day!! ❤️

01/03/2021