Interview: Sylvia Vardell on the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)

By Elisabeth Norton

Many of you might know the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) best as that organization that awards the Hans Christian Andersen Award biennially to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children’s literature. But there is so much more to the organization.

Today I’m happy to reintroduce Cynsations readers to Sylvia Vardell. We most recently featured Sylvia with her co-author Janet Wong last April with Guest Pos...