Co-Sponsored Sessions & Events
ALA co-sponsored session
USBBY holds a co-sponsored session at the annual convention of the American Library Association featuring an international author or other expert in the field of literature for children and young adults.
"Libraries to the World" National and International Library Collections of Materials for Young People
Cosponsored by AASL, ALSC , USBBY
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Washington D.C.
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, Room 150B
Please check your programs for last minute changes.The Children´s Literature Center at the Library of Congress, the International Children´s Digital Library, and International Youth Library in Munich, Germany, each offer a wealth of materials, programs and services to a worldwide audience of children, young adults, and adults working with materials for young people. Today´s panelists include a librarian, a board member, and a fellowship scholar describing resources and opportunities provided by these very special libraries.
Speakers: Sybille Jagusch, Children's Literature Center, Library of Congress; Ann Weeks, University of Maryland; Junko Yokota, Center for Teaching through Children's Books, National-Louis University
IRA co-sponsored session
USBBY holds a co-sponsored session at the annual convention of the International Reading Association (in April or May) featuring an international author or other expert in the field of literature for children and young adults.
The USBBY co-sponsored session at the 2010 IRA Convention was a grand success. Katie Smith Milway spoke about the ongoing efforts of the central character in her book, One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference. She has coordinated community development programs in Africa and Latin America for Food for the Hungry, consulted on village banking in Senegal with World Vision, and was a delegate to the 1992 Earth Summit. She has written books and articles on sustainable development, and is currently a partner with The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit advisor to nonprofits and philanthropy, based in Boston, Massachusetts.
One Hen is the story of a West African boy, Kojo, who receives a small loan to buy a chicken, and takes flight as an entrepreneur. He moves gradually from poverty to well-being to providing livelihoods for others. It's the story of how change happens in the world, one person, one family and one community at a time. It's also the true story of Kwabena Darko, today one of the largest poultry farmers in West Africa and founder of Ghanaian nonprofit Sinapi Aba, part of global microfinance organization Opportunity International.
NCTE co-sponsored session
USBBY holds a co-sponsored session at the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (in November) featuring an international author or other expert in the field of literature for children and young adults.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
11:30 am -12:45 pm
Orlando, Florida
(Check the program for exact location)CELEBRAMOS CON PURA BELPRÉ: HIGHLIGHTING HISPANIC VOICES IN LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS
This session will feature two past winners of the Pura Belpré Award who will discuss their writing for children and teens. Speakers include Margarita Engle (The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba´s Struggle for Freedom, Holt, 2008, and The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano, Holt, 2006) and Pat Mora, author on Doña Flora: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart. Download more information (pdf)
The 8th IBBY Regional Conference in St. Charles, IL, Oct 2-4, 2009, was outstanding.
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IBBY Congress
Our umbrella organization, IBBY, sponsors a world-wide Congress every two years (in even numbered years), in sites such as South Africa, Macau, and Copenhagen. Upcoming World Congresses are scheduled for Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2010) and London (2012). The prestigious Hans Christian Andersen awards are presented at this Congress.
IBBY's 32nd World Congress will be held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain from 8-12 September 2010. A call for papers has been issued. More information is available to download or by visiting the IBBY Compostela site.