International Symposium BIB 2023

The strong trend of globalisation, the blurring of national specificities — gets also strongly reflected in contemporary picture books for children and the youth. Therefore, a particularly important issue these days is how readers of picture books can understand, decipher the themes, images and messages in illustrations of fairy-tales, myths, legends and stories so deeply rooted in the cultural history of individual nations. The theme of the BIB 2023 symposium explored one of the current phenomena of this biennial event in Slovakia’s capital. It literally provoked very interesting and stimulating reflections and discussions by and through renowned experts from 15 countries from all over the globe.