IBBY Congress 2006
Children’s Books and Social Development is the theme of the 30th IBBY Congress, which will be held in Beijing, China on 20-24 September 2006.The themes of the congress are:
- Literature of Ours- Children’s Forum
- Children’s Literature and Ethics
- Children’s Literature and the Ideal World
- Children’s Freedom and Space
- Children’s Book and Multimedia Era
- Development Trends in Children’s Picture Books
- Reflection on the Phenomenon of Harry Potter
- Reading of the Underprivileged Children
The congress will also celebrate the 20th anniversary of CBBY.
The five-day program will include:
- The presentation of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2006
- The IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2006
- The IBBY Honor List 2006
- The Chinese National Children’s Book Fair, and a national exhibition of children’s newspaper and periodicals
For the first time at an IBBY Congress, an international Children’s forum will be held where children will be talking about reading.
More information about the 2006 IBBY Congress is available in www.ibby.org.
