December 2010 Events
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2011 PBBY-Salanga Prize Winner Announced~ Philippines
Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art Exhibits~ Riddells Creek, Australia
December Kids Book Events~ Cairo, Egypt
Making Books Sing Presents a One-Woman Play Based on The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos by Lucía Gonzalez~ New York, NY, USA
Doha International Children’s Book Festival~ ongoing until Dec 2, Doha, Qatar
2010 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition~ ongoing until Dec 5, Nanao, Japan
Off the Page: Original Illustrations from NZ Picture Books~ ongoing until Dec 5, Ashburton, New Zealand
Guadalajara Book Fair~ ongoing until Dec 5, Guadalajara, Mexico
2011 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards~ submissions accepted until Dec 17, Canada
Scholastic Asian Book Award~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, Singapore
Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2011~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, Singapore
An Exquisite Vision: The Art of Lisbeth Zwerger~ ongoing until Jan 9, Hannover, Germany
Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books~ ongoing until Jan 23, Amherst, MA, USA
Drawn in Brooklyn Exhibit of Original Picture Book Art by Brooklyn Illustrators~ ongoing until Jan 23, Brooklyn, NY, USA
National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Presents From Houdini to Hugo: The Art of Brian Selznick~ ongoing until Jan 29, Abilene, TX, USA
Fins and Feathers: Original Children’s Book Illustrations from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ ongoing until Jan 30, Raleigh, NC, USA
Summer Reading Club: Scare Up a Good Story~ ongoing until Jan 31, Australia
2011 Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award~ submissions accepted until Feb 25, United Kingdom
International Youth Library Exhibit: The Fabulous World of John Kilaka, Pictures and Drawings by a Tanzanian Artist~ ongoing until Feb 28, Munich, Germany
Mr Gumpy and Other Outings; Celebrating 50 years of John Burningham’s at Seven Stories~ ongoing until Mar, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney~ ongoing until May 30, Stockbridge, MA, USA
International Youth Library Exhibit: The World in Miniature. The Family in Historic Picture Books and Children’s Literature~ ongoing until Aug 31, Munich, Germany
Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse~ Dec 1 – 6, Montreuil, France
IBBY France Conference: 2nd European Encounter on Children’s Literature~ Dec 3, Paris, France
SCBWI France International Conference for Writers and Illustrators~ Dec 3 – 4, Paris, France
Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature~ Dec 3 – Jan 2, Concord, MA, USA
Look! The Art of Australian Picture Books Today~ Dec 3 – May 29, Melbourne, Australia
The Children’s Literature Centre at Frostburg State University Presents Storybook Holiday~ Dec 4, Frostburg, MD, USA
Read Out Loud! Family Literacy & Book Festival~ Dec 4, New York, NY, USA
SCBWI Tokyo Illustrators Exhibition: Every Picture Tells a Story~ Dec 7 – 12, Tokyo, Japan
Exhibition of Finalists of the 3rd CJ Picture Book Award~ Dec 8 – 28, Seoul, Korea
Carle Museum Professional Development Workshop: Picturing Stories~ Dec 10, Amherst, MA, USA
BookFest@Singapore~ Dec 10 – 19, Singapore
The Best of the Best in 2010 with Susan Bloom~ Dec 11, Amherst, MA, USA
Chapter & Verse’s (A Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit) Mock Newbery and Caldecott Discussions~ Dec 11, USA
The Art Institute of Chicago Exhibit: Real and Imaginary: Three Latin American Artists – Raúl Colón, David Diaz and Yuyi Morales~ Dec 11 – May 29, Chicago, IL, USA
Talking About Words and Pictures with Tony DiTerlizzi~ Dec 12, Amherst, MA, USA
Partners in Wonder: Selections from the Collection of Jane Yolen~ Dec 14 – May 1, Amherst, MA, USA
Coming of Age Around the World Book Discussion Group: Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins~ Dec 16, Watertown, MA, USA
Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books Exhibit: Winter Fun!~ Dec 18 – Mar 5, Toronto, ON, Canada
Kuala Lumpur Children’s Book Fair~ Dec 22 – 26, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
