Today is International Children's Book Day. This year the theme is "books Enlighten; Knowledge delights"
Each year a member country of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) sponsors an annual celebration of children's books on 2 April, which is Hans Christian Andersen's birthday. In 2008 Thailand has the honour of being the sponsoring country and their message to the children of the world can be found on the Storylines website.
The Storylines organisation marked the occasion with some awards of their own over the weekend, including the 2008 release of their annual list of notable books. Lots of familiar names in here including Lynley Dodd with the latest Hairy McLary tale, Melanie Drewery, Gavin Bishop and Lorraine Orman. For the full list checkout the Storylines awards page .
"The judging panel would like to make special mention of Illustrated Myths & Legends of the Pacific by AW Reed, illustrated by Jenny Cooper. Reed (now Raupo Publishing). The stories were first published in 1969 as Fairy Tales from the Pacific Islands. The panel considers this edition, with new illustrations, to be a treasure for New Zealand children." I can certainly second this. It is a lovely book.
In Rodney several of our libraries are having special storytimes reading stories from around the world. Come along and enjoy the fun at:
Kumeu and Orewa at 3.30pm
Helensville at 4.00 pm
There's also the normal storytime for pre-schoolers at Wellsford this morning at 10.30am so poke your head in the door there too.
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