Dr. Catherine Kurkjian

Appointed Co-Editor of Bookbird

Dr. Kurkjian is co-editor of Bookbird along with Sylvia Vardel from the School of Library and Informational Studies at Texas Women's University.

Bookbird is an international journal of the International Bureau of Books for Youth (IBBY), an organization whose mission is to promote peace through children's literature. IBBY sponsors the Hans Christian Andersen Award and also conducts reading initiatives around the world. The Journal comes out four times a year and although written in English encourages manuscripts from around the world and will translate articles written in other languages.

IBBY has over 70 national sections including USBBY. Bookbird is posted on the IBBY website at: <http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=276&L=0.html>