Welcome to USBBY!
The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) serves as the U.S. national section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), which was founded to promote international understanding and good will through books for children and teenagers.
In the News
Walter Dean Myers and Eric Carle are the U.S nominees for the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. For complete information, read the press release.
It´s going to be a great year, featuring our Eighth Biennial IBBY Regional Conference over the weekend of Oct 2-4, 2009. It will take place in a most attractive retreat called the "Q Center" in St. Charles, IL, affording a peaceful, intimate setting, yet only 30-40 minutes from Chicago´s O´Hare Airport. There´s a terrific line-up of speakers and activities.
An IBBY Regional Conference is not like any other conference. You spend a weekend with an amazing cross-section of committed, dedicated people across various professions, united by their passion for books, and you go away inspired. Don't miss it. Put Oct 2-4, 2009, into your calendar now.
Tell your friends about USBBY and get them to join. I look forward to seeing you.
John Mason
USBBY President
USBBY Secretariat
c/o Center for Teaching through Children´s Books
5202 Old Orchard Road, Suite 300
Skokie, IL 60077, USA
Phone: 224-233-2030
Email: Secretariat@usbby.org
USBBY Executive Secretary
V. Ellis Vance
5503 N. El Adobe Drive
Fresno, CA 93711-2363
Phone: 1-559-351-6119
Email: Executive.Secretary@usbby.org
For other information, contact
President@usbby.org
Treasurer@usbby.org
2008 Hans Christian Andersen Awards Presented
2008 USBBY Bridge to Understanding Award Winner
More information about the USBBY Bridge to Understanding Award.
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New editors Sylvia Vardell and Cathy Kurkjian issue a call for articles.
Events
USBBY MIXING IT UP: THE PROCESS OF BRINGING INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO THE UNITED STATES
DAY & DATE: Saturday, 07/11/2009
Place: McCormick Place West W470b
TIME: 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
SPEAKERS:
Arthur Levine (editor)
Karlijn Stoffels (author) of Heartsinger and
Laura Watkinson (translator) of Heartsinger (from Dutch to English).
This program will offer multiple perspectives on the work of bringing international children's books to the United States by showcasing an author who writes in a language other than English, a translator, and an editor. Download more information.
2009 NCTE Annual Convention-Philadelphia, November 19-24
USBBY Co-Sponsored Session
Irish folklorist Michael Scott will be the featured speaker. Author of the popular ALCHEMYST series, Scott writes for both adults and young adults and is published in twenty-countries, in fifteen languages.
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