A children’s storytelling and colouring session held during the National Conference on Children’s Book Illustration at Pustaka Raja Tun Uda in Shah Alam. — Courtesy of Unisel Library
MALAYSIA is one of only seven countries globally to permanently house a collection of internationally acclaimed children’s books from the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List.
The most recent list, announced last year includes Nusantara: A Sea of Tales by Heidi Shamsuddin (Malaysia), Misteri Mamoli Kuno by Agnes Bemoe (Indonesia) and Birdie und ich (Birdie and Me by JMM Nuanez) translated into German by Birgitt Kollmann.
