International Children's Book Day

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The International Kinderbuchtag ( English International Children's Book Day ) is an international day of action , of the joy of reading support and interest in children's literature to promote. It has been celebrated every year since 1967 on April 2nd, the birthday of the well-known poet and writer Hans Christian Andersen , and was founded by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Since then, the International Children's and Young People's Book Day has also taken place annually in Germany and is supported by the German section of IBBY, the Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e. V. based in Munich.

The day of action

Goals and implementation

Action on International Children's Book Day 2011, here: Mask parade in Tallinn in Estonia

The main goals of the International Children's Book Day are:

  • international communication through children's and youth literature,
  • To enable children worldwide (easier) access to books with literary and artistic demands,
  • Creating conditions for the publication and distribution of high quality children's books,
  • Support and further training for people with an interest in children's and youth literature,
  • Stimulation for scientific debate and discussion about children's literature.

Every year a different national section of IBBY takes over the organization of the day. The organizing section determines a specific topic, hires a children's book author from their country to write a “Message for International Children's and Young People's Book Day”, and recruits an illustrator to design a suitable poster .

The national IBBY sections disseminate the message written by the host country with the help of the media and also usually organize numerous activities in cooperation with schools and libraries . International Children's Book Day is often celebrated with special events, such as presentations by authors and illustrators, book readings , writing competitions or awarding of book prizes .

Previous International Children's Book Days

year Hosting
country		 Motto
(English)		 Motto
(german)		 Poster
(illustrator)		 Message
(author)
2020 Slovenia A Hunger For Words ... Damijan Stepančič Peter Svetina
2019 Lithuania Books Help Us Slow Down ... Kęstutis Kasparavičius Kęstutis Kasparavičius
2018 Latvia The Small is Big in a Book ... Reinis Petersons Inese Zandere
2017 Russia Let Us Grow With the Book ... Mikhail Fedorov Sergey Makhotin
2016 Brazil Once Upon a Time ... Ziraldo Luciana Sandroni
2015 United Arab Emirates Many cultures, one story Many cultures, one story Nasim Abaeian Marwa Obaid Rashid Al Aqroubi
2014 Ireland Imagine Nations through Story ... Niamh Sharkey Siobhan Parkinson
2013 United States Bookjoy around the world ... Ashley Bryan Pat Mora
2012 Mexico Once upon a time,
there was a story that the whole world told		 ... Juan Gedovius Francisco Hinojosa
2011 Estonia The Book Remembers The book reminds you Jüri Mildeberg Aino Pervik
2010 Spain A book is waiting for you, find it! A book is waiting for you, find it! Noemí Villamuza Eliacer Cansino
2009 Egypt I am the world ... Hani D. El-Masri EBBY
2008 Thailand Books Enlighten: Knowledge Delights ... Chakra hand Posayakrit Chakra hand Posayakrit
2007 New Zealand Stories Ring the World ... Zac Waipara Margaret Mahy
2006 Slovakia The Destiny of Books is Written in the Stars ... Peter Cisárik Ján Uliciansky
2005 India Books Are My Magic Eyes ... Jagdish Joshi Manorama Jafa
2004 Greece The Light of the Books ... Nicholas Andrikopoulos Angeliki Varella
2003 Brazil The World in an Enchanted Network ... Rafael Fabrice Yockteng Benalcázar Ana Maria Machado
2002 Austria Climbing Up Book By Book ... Maria Blazejovsky Renate Welsh
2001 Hungary Books Have It All ... Krisztina Rényi Éva Janikovszky
2000 Finland The Secret Is in the Book,
the Book Is the Secret		 ... Mika Launis Hannele Huovi

See also

Web links

Commons : Actions for International Children's Book Day 2011, in Tallinn, Estonia  - collection of images