USBBY
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    • USBBY
    • Patrons, Sponsors, and Partnerships
    • Twinning Partners
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  • Get Involved
    • Join / Renew Your Membership
    • Donate
    • Matching Challenge
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    • Become a State Ambassador
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Regional Conference
    • Co-Sponsored Sessions
  • Projects & Publications
    • Bridges Newsletter
    • Bridges to Understanding Book Series
    • International Children's Book Day
    • Jella Lepman Autobiography
  • Awards & Lists
    • Bridge to Understanding Award
    • IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award
    • Alida Cutts Lifetime Membership Award
    • Outstanding International Books List
    • Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities List


​"More and more clearly, I came to realize that I must

not look backward, but to the future,

​and that I must start with the children."
Jella Lepman
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A diverse group, USBBY members join together to celebrate and promote international literature for children and young adults. The membership of USBBY includes authors and illustrators, publishers and editors, critics and translators, booksellers, social workers, teachers, university professors and students, librarians and parents. Membership in USBBY is open to anyone interested in its mission. Join USBBY today!

Individual Membership
Individual membership starts at $50 per year. Individual members receive the semiannual USBBY newsletter, may vote at the annual membership meeting, serve on committees, and hold office on the Board of Directors. A student membership is $25 per year with verification from a professor.

Institutional Membership
Institutional membership starts at $250.00 per year and is open to any institution, organization, professional membership organization, trade organization, corporation, publishing company, or other business interested in USBBY´s objectives. Institutional members receive the semiannual USBBY newsletter. Those who join at the Institutional Sponsor level ($500 per year) or Institutional Patron level ($1,000 per year) will receive, in addition, an individual subscription to Bookbird and a link to their website from the USBBY website.​
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The United States Board on Books for Young People

The U.S. National Section of International Board on Books for Young People
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Building Bridges Through Children's and Young Adult Books
Contact Us

​USBBY Secretariat
​Center for Teaching through Children´s Books
National Louis University
1000 Capitol Drive
Wheeling, IL  60090  
​USA


V. Ellis Vance, Executive Director Executive.Director@usbby.org

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  • About
    • USBBY
    • Patrons, Sponsors, and Partnerships
    • Twinning Partners
    • IBBY
  • Get Involved
    • Join / Renew Your Membership
    • Donate
    • Matching Challenge
    • Shop to Support USBBY
    • Volunteer with a Committee
    • Become a State Ambassador
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Regional Conference
    • Co-Sponsored Sessions
  • Projects & Publications
    • Bridges Newsletter
    • Bridges to Understanding Book Series
    • International Children's Book Day
    • Jella Lepman Autobiography
  • Awards & Lists
    • Bridge to Understanding Award
    • IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award
    • Alida Cutts Lifetime Membership Award
    • Outstanding International Books List
    • Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities List