International Youth Literature Collection

Since the autumn of 1967, every odd year in Bratislava, the BIB,  a world-famous international juried exhibition of originals of illustrations made for children's and juvenile books has been held.

View a retrospective of the BIB from 1967-2009 here. 

Nami Concours aims to encourage artists’ creativity and contribute to the advancement of the quality of picture book illustrations. It is organized every 2 years by Nami Island, the official sponsor of IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Awards.

This video showcases the winners of the 2013 NiiC winners. 

Check out this amazing playlist of youtube video tours of past exhibitions. 

The Nami Island International Children's Book Festival is a biannual event that aims to encourage artists' creativity and contribute to the advancement of the quality in picture book illustrations. Highlights of the 2019 Festival are here. 

IBBY provides collections of books, usually with an annotated catalogue, as travelling exhibitions. Exhibitions currently available are the IBBY Honour Books, Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities and Silent Books.