Int'l children's book fair to be held in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The 2019 China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair (CCBF) will kick off on Nov. 15 and is expected to attract 40,000 visitors, according to the organizers.

The three-day event, which will take place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, will cover an extended display area of 25,000 square meters and exhibit more than 60,000 of the latest titles.

The Chinese version of "Zgubiona Dusza" (The Lost Soul), the only picture book of Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, will make its debut at the fair.

This year's CCBF will bring together more than 400 domestic and overseas exhibitors. The fair was launched in 2013.