International Children's Book Day IBBY Australia 2nd April Video

Meet some Hans Christian Andersen Nominees and Winners 

IBBY Australia have prepared a very special video as our way to celebrate International Children's Book Day.

Fourteen of our Hans Christian Andersen Award nominees and winners are featured in this one hour program of interviews.  

This video will be sent for FREE to all IBBY Australia Members on 2nd April. 

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This is an excellent resource that could be used in all school libraries

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Meet Margaret Wild; Nadia Wheatley; Bronwyn Bancroft; Jackie French; 

Libby Gleeson; Ursula Dubosarsrky and David Metzenthen.

Meet Ann James; Tohby Riddle; Robert Ingpen; Ron Brooks; 

Bob Graham; Jeannie Baker and Shaun Tan

We asked our presenters three questions:

1. What is the significance of your HCA Award nomination to you personally?

2. If you could read or share one book from your body of work in person with the HCAA judges which book would you choose and why?

3. Your books have been translated into other languages; what has been your response to this; and what feedback have you received from overseas readers? 

Check in with my blog over the coming days and I will highlight each of the authors and illustrators who are featured in our video. 

Here is the 2022 ICBD Poster designed by IBBY Canada with art by Julie Flett.

Stories are wings that help you soar every day

Reading is freedom. Reading is breath.

Reading lets you see our world in a new way and it invites you 

into worlds you never want to leave.

Reading allows your spirit to dream.

They say books are friends for life and I agree.

The perfect universe of you only grows when you read.

Stories are wings that help you soar every day so find the books that speak 

to your spirit, to your heart, to your mind.

Stories are medicine. They heal. They comfort. They inspire. They teach.

Bless the storytellers and the readers and listeners. Bless books. 

They are medicine for a better, brighter world.

Mahsi cho. Thank you very much.

Here is a list of all of our IBBY Australia Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominees and Winners:

1978 Ivan Southall (writing)

1976 Ivan Southall (writing)

1984 Patricia Wrightson (writing) WINNER

1986 Robert Ingpen (illustration) WINNER

2008 Jackie French (writing) and Shaun Tan (illustration)

2012 Christobel Mattingley (writing) and Bob Graham (illustration)

2014 Nadia Wheatley (writing) and Ron Brooks (illustration) 

2016 Ursula Dubosarsky (writing) and Bronwyn Bancroft (illustration)

2018 David Metzenthen (writing) and Jeannie Baker (illustration)

2020 Libby Gleeson (writing) and Ann James (illustration)

2022 Margaret Wild (writing) and Tohby Riddle (illustration)