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I Have a Dream | Writing for Social Change by Pooja Makhijani~ ongoing until Dec 2, Singapore
Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse~ ongoing until Dec 6, Montreuil, France
The Children’s Bookshow: Stories From Around The World~ ongoing until Dec 7, United Kingdom
Guadalajara Book Fair~ ongoing until Dec 4, Guadalajara, Mexico
The Original Art: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration~ ongoing until Dec 29, New York, NY, USA
Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary: Children’s Books and Graphic Art~ ongoing until Dec 30, Chicago, IL, USA
2012 South Asia Book Award~ entries accepted until Dec 31
16th Annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature~ ongoing until Jan 1, 2012, Concord, MA, USA
21st Annual Children’s Illustration Show~ ongoing until Jan 1, 2012 Northampton, MA, USA
Budding Writers Project~ entries accepted until Jan 6, 2012, Singapore
Growing Every Which Way But Up: The Children’s Book Art of Jules Feiffer~ ongoing until Jan 22, 2012, Amherst, MA, USA
A Journey Without End: Ed Young~ ongoing until Jan 28, 2012, Abilene, TX, USA
The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats Exhibition~ ongoing until Jan 29, 2012, New York, NY, USA
Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2011 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2012, USA
Book Week 2012 Writing Contest for Kids & Teens~ submissions accepted until Feb 1, 2012, Canada
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Primary Source’s Global Read: Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok. Live, online chat and Q/A session with the author~ Dec 1
A Game That Calls Up Love and Hatred Both: The Child, the First World War, and the Global South~ Dec 1 – 4, Sydney, Australia
Malaysia Art Book Fair~ Dec 1 – 15, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SCBWI France International Conference for Writers and Illustrators~ Dec 2 – 3, Paris, France
An Artist Remembers: Hanukkah Lamps Selected by Maurice Sendak~ Dec 2 – Jan 29, 2012, New York, NY, USA
The Reading Child: Children Literature & Reading Conference~ Dec 3, Chennai, India
Theatre Production Inspired by Mahashweta Devi’s story Kyun-Kyun Ladki / Why-Why Girl Published by Tulika Books~ Dec 3, Mumbai, India
Singapore Children’s Book Club Presents: Grant S. Clark, Author of Monkey Magic Series~ Dec 3, Singapore
The Children’s Literature Centre at Frostburg State University Presents Storybook Holiday~ Dec 3, Frostburg, MD, USA
Read Out Loud! Family Literacy & Book Festival~ Dec 3, New York, NY, USA
The Exquisite Conversation: An Adventure in Creating Books~ Dec 3, Cambridge, MA, USA
Look! The Art of Australian Picture Books Today~ Dec 3 – Dec 31, 2012, Australia
Best Books: Children’s Reading Series – A Chanukah Noel~ Dec 4, Gatineau, QC, Canada
SCBWI Israel Event: Illustrator Frane Lessac Visits From Australia~ Dec 4, Jerusalem, Israel
The Fourteenth Biennial Symposium on Literature and Culture in the Asia-Pacific Region~ Dec 4 – 7, Perth, Australia
SWET and SCBWI Co-present~ J-Boys: From Inspiration to Translation. The Story of Middle Grade Novel J-Boys: Kazuo’s World, Tokyo, 1965~ Dec 6, Tokyo, Japan
Translating the Wonderful: Children’s Literature in Translation~ Dec 6, London, United Kingdom
Summertime Stories~ Dec 10, Blacktown, Australia
The Best of the Best in 2011 with Susan Bloom~ Dec 10, Amherst, MA, USA
Chapter & Verse’s (A Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit) Mock Newbery and Caldecott Discussions~ Dec 15, USA
International Conference on Languages, Literature and Linguistics~ Dec 28 – 30, Dubai, UAE
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Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre Exhibits and Programs~ Fremantle, Australia
Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art Exhibits~ Riddells Creek, Australia
Books Illustrated Events and Exhibitions~ Middle Park, Australia
International Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany
Newcastle University Programme of Talks on Children’s Books for 2011-2012~ Newcastle, United Kingdom
Seven Stories (the National Home of Children’s Books in Britain) Events~ Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Discover Children’s Story Centre~ London, United Kingdom
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ Amherst, MA, USA
The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibits~ Abilene, TX, USA
illustrative styles and tactile reading experiences for readers with disabilities. Some books are presented in Braille with embossed pictures, others are made of cloth and still others have attached pieces intended for readers to handle.On loan from the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), the Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities collection will debut at an open house from 4-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10,in OU’s Educational Resource Lab. The lab is located in Pawley Hall on the campus of Oakland University.The books in the collection – which feature special needs topics, characters and designs – promote understanding and knowledge, as well as foment ideas for the publication and promotion of new books in the field.Linda M. Pavonetti, chair of OU’s Department of Reading and Language Arts and vice president of IBBY, said she is pleased to have OU included among a number of international locations the collection is sent to each year.”Many of OU’s students have had limited exposure to international books. Because of that, there is a perception that the U.S. has cornered the market for children’s publishing,” she explained. “This exhibit may be the first step in understanding that we all need to help children learn – no matter the situation or difficulties. One of the best ways of doing this is through high quality books for all children in their native languages.”
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) 
triggered by memories and is also their repository. The world he creates is both dangerous and healing, as he tries to deal with the trauma of the Holocaust, in which many members of his family perished.
