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. More information about the speaker, date, time, and location will be posted as soon as it is available.

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.

One Hen: From Children's Book To Educator Movement For Social Change
2010 IRA Conference - USBBY Co-Sponsored Session
Monday, April 26, 2010   1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Chicago, Illinois
April 26, 2010
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Katie Smith Milway 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.

2009 NCTE Annual Convention-Philadelphia
USBBY Co-Sponsored Session
Sunday, November 22, 2009
11:30 am to 12:45 p.m.
Session M.32 in the Pennsylvania Convention Center/Room 103A, Street Level.

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 20 countries and 15 languages.
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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.