Organized by IBBY (The International Board on Book for Young People), different National sponsors are chosen each year to represent Children’s Book Day internationally.
International Children’s Books Day is always held on or around 2nd April. This was the birthday of the famous Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, who wrote some of the best-known children’s stories, including ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’, ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘The Ugly Duckling’.
IBBY Greece is the sponsor for International Children's Book Day 2023. The Greek author of the message is Vagelis Iliopoulos and Photini Stephanidi is the illustrator of the poster.
- Theme for International Children’s Books Day 2023 is:
"I am a book, read me ! "
The poster is the result of a collaboration between author Vagelis Iliopoulos and illustrator Photini Stephanidi. Together, they wanted to celebrate "the power of children’s books in promoting values of equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as connecting people through tolerance and understanding."
- Poetry theme:
I am a book, read me !
I am a book.
You are a book.
We are all books.
My soul is the story I tell.
Every book tells its own story.
(...)
Try to feel as it feels.
Understand it. Protect it.
You may be in its place tomorrow.
Because you are a book too.
We all are books.
Come on, say it loud so everyone can hear you.
«I am a book, read me.»
Vagelis Iliopoulos, I am a book, read me!
Read the entire message here (English version)
Vagelis Iliopoulos was born in Athens, Greece in 1964. He studied Pedagogy and Theology in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is currently the Director of one of the most prestigious private primary schools in Athens.
O Trigonopsaroulis
The Little Triangle Fish
Vagelis Iliopoulos
Patakis Publishers
He wrote his first children’s book in 1995 and in 1997, he published O Trigonopsaroulis (The Little Triangle Fish ). By talking about tolerance and understanding, this little fish has become the most famous contemporary Greek literary hero.
He has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award by the Greek Section of IBBY, and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) by the Cypriot Section of IBBY. IBBY Greece has also proclaimed him as Ambassador of the Greek Children’s Book.
Photini Stephanidi was born in Greece in 1962. The artist and illustrator Photini Stephanidi completed her studies in painting and fresco art at the Athens School of Fine Arts in 1986.
Her pictures have featured in more than a hundred published works, including editions of Greek folk tales, literature, and poetry, and she has made a specialty of producing collectors’ editions. She also has been the author of ten books.
She was selected by the Greek Section of IBBY for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). She has also been awarded the prize for young adults’ literature from the Greek Section of IBBY (2021).
Education:
Taking part in International Children’s Book Day are synonymous of benefits of reading as a whole. Here some of them:
- Brain exercise - reading engages and exercises the brain, helping it to better make neural connections.
- Vocabulary improvement - the amount of terminology that a child uses and possesses can increase with regular reading.
- Empathy and imagination - reading opens children up to new horizons, helping them think outside the box and engage with the outside world in ways they had not done previously.
- Morale improvement - it should not be forgotten that reading is fun! Taking part in it will boost a child’s morale and uplift their mood.
via Google Images
- Reading:
- One is benefiting those readers in your classroom that wish to read from you and need to let them be free.
- Secondly, it is so you can reap the exponential rewards their choices offers.
- Books to special moments:
Are you planning to celebrate the 2023 International Children's Book Day?
- Download IBBY digital materials to decorate your lesson, or event, even to offer flyers to your little students.
Donpt forget! Share your posts about Children's Book Day and tag IBBY: @ibby.international (Facebook & Instagram), @ibbyint (Twitter). #ICBD23
G-Souto
02.04.2023
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