International Children's Book Day
International Children's Book Day is celebrated on Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, on 2nd April. Every other year International Board on Books for Young people presents the Hans Christian Andersen Awards to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.
The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books.
The recipients are selected by a distinguished international jury of children's literature specialists.
IBBY Announces the Short List for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Awards.
The five short-listed authors in alphabetical order are:
María Teresa Andruetto (Argentina)
Paul Fleischman (USA)
Bart Moeyaert (Belgium)
Jean-Claude Mourlevat (France)
Bianca Pitzorno (Italy).
The five short-listed illustrators in alphabetical order are:
Mohammad Ali Beniasadi (Iran)
John Burningham (UK)
Roger Mello (Brazil)
Peter Sís (Czech Republic)
Javier Zabala (Spain).
Courtesy:http://www.ibby.org
In honor of ICBD, schools and public libraries organize special activities throughout the week.
What are some of your favorite books that you read, as a child? Or, for those of you who are still a child at heart, what are some of your favorite books? 
dibbutn
Mon, 2012-04-02 00:05
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I loved reading Noddy (still do) especially for the cute kutti poems in it. I also loved reading Tinkle (suppandi my favorite character and Nasruddin Hodja), Tin Tin (cute looking dog), Phantom (had a huge crush on this character
), Mythological stories. A great fan of Nancy Drew stories (author Carolyn Keene), Famous Five (author Enid Blyton), Secret Seven (Enid Blyton)), Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, and not to forget Alfred Hitchcock stories.
Lata
Mon, 2012-04-02 09:56
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You've covered just about all of my favorites, Pushpa.
I also loved reading Spiderman and Mandrake comics. I could never part with my big fat book of Sherlock stories.
dibbutn
Mon, 2012-04-02 23:51
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Great minds read alike
Yes I forgot Mandrake as well, the magician. Vikram aur Betal with the twisted questions and witty answers. I also love snow white and the seven dwarfs (SWA7D) and the sleeping beauty. Even now when I see that lovely snow white and 7 dwarfs movie I sit like a small child and watch it. I remember at my school they had this lovely book on SWA7D which had popup photos in them, I adored the lovely dazzling gowns in it. Hmm sigh!!! how sweet was childhood 
how I wish I could go back to being a child again 
lakshmiraghu
Mon, 2012-04-02 01:56
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haha my favorite books...Tin Tin ..Tinkle..chandamama ((still do) .. :bigsmile:
thanks lata...
Lata
Mon, 2012-04-02 09:50
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I miss Chandama, Champak, and Tinkle so much, Lakshmi. Tintin is our favorite too.
What are some of Pavan's favorite books?
umaraja
Mon, 2012-04-02 04:06
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i had a v.good library in my school and was more interested in fairy tales,,, i remember a board book named read it yourself which was my favrt,,, rapunzel,magic soup, elves and d shoemaker,, gingerbread man,,, etc where my favrts,,, d most funniest one i did was buying those books from d shops after reading them at skool :X :X though we have so many stores now in madurai motherland and russian book house possessed good ones those days,,,our school also held book fairs where we were allowed to buy,,,we used to run madly in d short 10min break to get our favrt ones,,,,
Lata
Mon, 2012-04-02 09:47
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Yes, Rapunzel! My favorite too.
I saw a commercial recently with a role reversal on tv ( the man was standing on the balcony of a tower with long hair and the girl was summoning him from the garden below). I'm not sure yet if that's a movie in the making. Got to ask my kids about it.
umaraja
Mon, 2012-04-02 04:34
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lata should we make a book kolam?????
Lata
Mon, 2012-04-02 09:38
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If you really want to think along those lines, you may want to think about a Rangoli drawn with characters in them. I mean characters from your favorite books, as Mrs. Jaya Mohan has done here:
http://www.ikolam.com/node/15715
Lovely Disney characters in Rangoli! Don't you think?
dibbutn
Mon, 2012-04-02 23:54
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Arre Lata dear, how I wish you had given me this idea earlier, I would have tried drawing some character
jayamohan
Tue, 2012-04-03 00:31
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Thank you Lata for remembering my cartoon rangoli! You made my day! Yet, my favorite is 'chip and dale'!
umaraja
Tue, 2012-04-03 22:17
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good idea lata,,, but i doubt whether i can bring out such images,,, anyhw let me try,,, atleast in pens or pencils,,, hope pappu will help me,,,
jaya mam,,, my son was very much attracted by ur work,, thank u :star: :star:
Suguna Murugesan
Mon, 2012-04-02 06:06
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thanks for sharing lata
lakshmiraghu
Mon, 2012-04-02 10:15
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lata pavan is big fan of books...he likes..tinkle,amar chitra katha,tin tin, champak,
harry potter,magick pot,Mythological stories,iskcon books (krishana stories). etc....Oho I forgot names also..believe it or not..we are used to travel from chennai to Bangalore only night trains..because..if we travel in day trains my expense of buying books more than my ticket cost...hehe..he is fond of books now also..hours together he sits in one place and reads continuously story books..(not his academic books)
dibbutn
Mon, 2012-04-02 23:53
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Books thane vangaran muttai neraya kolapodi illaiye, (he buys books only no, not gunny bag full of kolapodi) :bigsmile: :bigsmile: at least you can reuse the books he he
lakshmiraghu
Tue, 2012-04-03 01:43
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ade!!! push...why? you are running behind me??? |( |( :bigsmile:
ammuchandhini
Tue, 2012-04-03 18:49
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anirudh
Fri, 2012-04-06 02:11
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:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: it would be a circular training with both weightlifting and cardio
...see the peacocks & butterflies, they got soo slim and muscular after lifting those big rangolis and that too in early morning with fresh air, which gives a good start....soo Puspha...On your marks...get ready...get set...GO!!! 
:bigsmile:
dibbutn
Fri, 2012-04-06 02:22
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Haiyoo Anirudh you too |( |( ...
If I run around Laks' kolam it will not be cardio workup, it will be cardiac arrest... aiyoo I dont have that much strength pa, on top of it, climbing those mountain loads of kolapodi will make me faint :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
lakshmiraghu
Fri, 2012-04-06 03:00
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ha ha thanks sooooo much brother... :bigsmile: push..
J)
dibbutn
Tue, 2012-04-03 19:56
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I would have become so thin and trim if I was running behind you, in fact just going two rounds around your kolam itself would make me thin
... by the way you are not jerry I am not tom okay :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
Suguna Murugesan
Tue, 2012-04-03 01:17
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tinkle, tintin harrypotter, secret seven, famous five are favorites for my son n daughter. in tinkle suppandi we are all like it :bigsmile: . my childhood favorite is ambulimama in vikram betal
ammuchandhini
Tue, 2012-04-03 18:59
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I too had a wonderful library at my school...we enjoyed reading lots of story books...cindrella, snow white and seven dwarfs, tales of robin hoods, and so on..i used to borrow reader's digest and csr( competition success review) from my neighbour friend during the summer hols when i couldn't use my school library.
anirudh
Fri, 2012-04-06 01:48
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Ananth Pai's Amar Chitra Kathaa series has been our all time favorite, those comics were backup if Ajji or doDDappa was not around to tell all mythological stories. I think Uncle Pai left us in February 2011.
Chandamama used to be another, we did not bother the stories were getting repeated in different manner, but still continue to read. One of my friend is still a subscriber of Chandamama & has a room full with all old copies.
Wisdom, Reader's Digest got in when moved to highschool/college...and started to get some downloads/recommendations from Appa for reading better.