April 2010 Events
Thursday, April 1st, 2010(Click on event name for more information)
National Poetry Month~ Canada and USA
Growing Up Asian in America Art and Essay Contest Winners Announced~ San Francisco, CA, USA
The Mathieu Da Costa Challenge Winners Announced~ Canada
38th National Book Fair & 8th Bangkok International Book Fair~ ongoing until Apr 6, Bangkok, Thailand
Exhibit of Sally Rippin’s Illustrations for Peeking Ducks~ ongoing until Apr 11, Melbourne, Australia
Heart and Soul: Art from Coretta Scott King Award Books, 2006–2009~ ongoing until Apr 18, Chicago, IL, USA
New York Public Library Exhibit: 2010 Caldecott Winner Jerry Pinkney’s African-American Journey to Freedom~ ongoing until Apr 18, New York City, NY, USA
Once Upon a Time . . . Children’s Book Illustrators, Then and Now~ ongoing until May 27, Oakland, CA, USA
International Children’s Book Day~ Apr 2
SCBWI Presents Details, Details: The Snap, Crackle, and Pop of Good Writing with author Jane Kurtz~ Apr 2, Tokyo, Japan
SCBWI Presents Bologna and Beyond~ Apr 3, The Hague, Netherlands
43rd Annual Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival~ Apr 7 – 9, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
The Foundation for Children’s Literature Presents What’s New in Children’s Books~ Apr 8, Boston, MA, USA
26th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth~ Apr 8 – 9, Kent, OH, USA
Salisbury University’s Children’s and Young Adult Literature Festival: Read Green~ Apr 8 – 12, Salisbury, MD, USA
Border Book Festival~ Apr 8 – 11, Mesilla, NM, USA
Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books~ Apr 8 – Aug 1, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Green Earth Book Award Presentation Ceremony~ Apr 9, McLean, VA, USA
Cambridge WordFest~ Apr 9 – 11, Cambridge, United Kingdom
The Federation of Children’s Book Groups 2010 Conference~ Apr 9 – 11, Berkshire, United Kingdom
SCBWI Presents Children’s Books and our Phil-Hispanic Heritage~ Apr 10, Philippines
National Library Week: Communities Thrive @ Your Library~ Apr 11 – 17, USA
BC Book Prizes On Tour~ Apr 11 – 23, Province of British Columbia, Canada
Young Poets Week~ Apr 12 – 16, Canada
Chicago Latino Book & Family Festival~ Apr 17 – 18, Cicero, IL, USA
London Book Fair~ Apr 19 – 21, London, United Kingdom
MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Conference~ Apr 21 – 23, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival and Children’s Festival: Reading the World~ Apr 21 – 25, Montreal, QC, Canada
41st Annual Saskatchewan Reading Council Convention: Guiding the Way with Literacy~ Apr 22 – 24, Regina, SA, Canada
Marba International Children’s Literature Festival~ Apr 22 – 25, Valleta, Malta
Camara Chilena del Libro Book Fair~ Apr 22 – 30, Santiago, Chile
Buenos Aires Book Fair~ Apr 22 – May 10, Buenos Aires, Argentina
World Book and Copyright Day~ Apr 23
Connecting Cultures & Celebrating Cuentos: National Latino Children’s Literature Conference~ Apr 23 – 24, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Building Cultural Bridges: Integrating Languages, Linguistics, Literature and Translation into Education~ Apr 23 – 24, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Spring Festival of Children’s Literature~ Apr 23 – 24, Frostburg, MD, USA
Goolwa Poetry Festival~ Apr 23 – 26, Goolwa, Australia
La Fiera del Bambino / Children’s Book Fair~ Apr 24 – 25, Naples, Italy
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books~ Apr 24 – 25, Los Angeles, CA, USA
International Reading Association’s Annual Convention: Reading in Many Languages~ Apr 25 – 28, Chicago, IL, USA
One Hen: From Children’s Book To Educator Movement For Social Change~ Apr 26, Chicago, IL, USA
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature~ Apr 26 – May 7, New York, NY, USA
Ezra Jack Keats Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature Ceremony~ Apr 28, New York, NY, USA
Awâsis 2010 Aboriginal Education Conference~ Apr 28 – 30, Saskatoon, SA, Canada
El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros~ Apr 30, USA
