Exhibitions

Every two years a new selection of outstanding titles (approximately 180 titles) is made by the National Sections and is first shown as an exhibition during the IBBY Congress. Subsequently the Honour List collection is shown at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Thereafter seven parallel sets of the books circulate around the world at exhibitions during conferences and book fairs.

The 2022 Honour List was shown at the IBBY Congress in Putrajaya, Malaysia from 5-8 September. MBBY also created a virtual exhibition of the Honour List books. 

The 2020 Honour List toured Russia and was shown at the IBBY Congress in Moscow in September 2021. The books of the 2020 Honour List were exhibited in Japan and were sent to Seoul where the exhibition toured in Korea and included original artwork by Suzy Lee. This exhibition then went to IBBY Malaysia. The books of the 2020 Honour List were also shown at the IBBY Regional Conference in Nashville, USA in March 2022.

The exhibition of the 2018 Honour List collection was launched in Canberra, Australia in October 2018. A collection of all the Australian Honour Books was also displayed, and an IBBY Australia Honour Books Annotated List 1962–2018 was created to accompany them. The 2018 Honour List was also exhibited in Seoul, Korea. 

The 2016  Honour List collection was exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Books Fair in March 2017 and thereafter toured in the UK. The collection was also shown at the ABRAXAS Festival in Zug, Switzerland in November 2017. JBBY hosted a travelling exhibition that toured throughout Japan during 2017 and 2018.

For more information see IBBY Honour List.

This regular selection of titles that are suitable for young people with disabilities is a collection of approximately 50 titles per selection. Each selection is first shown at the IBBY stand at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and then is available as a travelling exhibition. The HIVE Centre at the University of Worcester, UK hosts a permanent exhibition of the Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People as a special research collection.

The 2021 selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities was launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2021. After that the books were exhibited in Japan, USA and Greece.

The 2019 selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities was launched at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2019. After that the books were exhibited in Italy, France, Japan, Frankfurt Book Fair, USA, Shanghai Book Fair, Ukraine and Korea. 

The 2017 selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities was first shown during the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2017. The books were subsequently shown in Italy, Japan, UK, USA, China, Ireland, Slovakia and at the IBBY Congress in Athens, Greece.

The 2015 Selection was first shown during the Bologna Book Fair in 2015 and then in Italy, Japan, Ukraine, UK and USA as well as at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the IBBY Congress in Auckland, New Zealand.

For more information see Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities.

In response to the waves of immigrants landing on the island of Lampedusa, IBBY Italy created a collection of silent books (wordless picture books) that could be understood and enjoyed by children regardless of language. These books were collected from IBBY National Sections, initially, over one hundred books from over twenty countries in 2013 and then smaller collections in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021.

The 2021 Silent Books selection (76 books) was introduced during the virtual 2021 Bologna Children's Book Fair and after touring Italy was shown at the IBBY Congress in Putrajaya and will then be exhibited in Korea.

The 2019 Silent Books  selection (67 books) was shown at the 2019 Bologna Children's Book Fair. Thus far, the selection has been shown in Korea, New Zealand and Australia.

The 2017 Silent Books selection (79 books) was displayed in Bologna and other venues in Italy and will be exhibited at the IBBY Congress in Athens and then in UAE, Serbia, USA, Switzerland and UK/Scotland.

The 2015 Silent Books selection (51 books) has been exhibited in various venues in Italy, New Zealand (at the IBBY Congress 2016), UAE, Finland and Ukraine.

The 2013 Silent Books selectioncomprised 110 books and was exhibited in various venues in Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland and various venues in the UK and Italy.

For more information see Silent Books.