Abstract

IBBY Australia is reviving the custom of celebrating International Children’s Book Day as an important day for children’s literature in Australia. We have chosen the nearest Saturday to Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday in order to celebrate this occasion with major events in two states. In NSW, more than seventy people gathered at Santa Maria del Monte school in Strathfield, in a buzz of anticipation to hear speeches from the two Australian nominees for the HCA award, Christobel Mattingley and Bob Graham.

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