The motto of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is that "books and stories can change lives".
IBBY biennially select two to three recently published honour books from their respective countries. These are chosen for their high quality, and represent outstanding writers, illustrators and translators of children's books. No IBBY collection has ever travelled to Australia, until now. The National Centre for Australian Children's Literature (NCACL) has borrowed the 2018 IBBY International Collection until September 2019. Thebarton Senior College celebrated children's books from around the world by exhibiting this collection. Teacher librarians were welcomed to an educators' walk-through the exhibition, with special presenter and author Jane Jolly. Jane explained the importance of the careful research undertaken in writing a book for children that respects cultural sensitivities. Did you know there is a connection between Prince Harry and Jane's book "One Step at a Time"? Students from our college read aloud from picture books in their first language. This was highly valued by our college visitors as the students also explained how important it was to them to be reading books in their own language. There was also an opportunity to view the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature's Cultural Diversity Database.
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