Ms. Sarah Baker opened up by acknowledging the global kidlit/SCBWI group. She was thrilled when USBBY reached out about their list. OIB highlights outstanding kid lit books from the last year. Six SCBWI members are on the list(some in attendance today). Here to present the list are Wendy Stephens and Junko Sakoi.
Wendy started by expressing excitement at the opportunity for face-to-face contact. She’s the immediate past president of USBBY and she’s very happy to be here today.
She started with a history about Bella Lepton. Lepton left Germany during WWII for her safety. She returned after the war with the focus on rebuilding Germany. She wanted to help by building up future generations to avoid similar conflict. She thought this would be through sharing children’s literature. She established libraries and worked with international authors and illustrators to found boards.
Wendy shared the mission of iBbY and also some of the international projects.
She recommended the website, as it contains not only the notable international books from 2026, but also a backlog of winners from the past 20 years.
More information about USBBY can be found here:
Wendy then gave the floor to Junko Sakoi to announce the winners.
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