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IBBY Asian Newsletter December 2011

Content:•IBBYAustralia•IBBYCambodia•CBBY(IBBYChina)•INDBBY•INABBY(IBBYIndonesia)•IBBYIran:Children’sBookCouncilofIran•JBBY(IBBYJapan)•KBBY(KoreanBoardonBooksforYoungPeople)•IBBYPakistan,AlifLaila’sActivities•IBBY-PalestinianSection•UAEBBY

Dear IBBY colleagues around the world! ThisisthesecondMiddleEastandAsianRegionalNewsletter.Weareverygladthatthistimewehavemore

contributionsfromtheregionalnationalsectionstoreflectmorecomprehensivelytheeffortsofourIBBYcol-

leaguesinthispartoftheworld.In2012weplantopublishtwomoreissuesandsincerelyhopethatallnational

sectionsintheregionwilljoinusinthisopportunitytosharetheirnewsandachievementswiththeIBBYfamily.

WehavetothankMehrdadMohammadi,theIraniancolleague,fordoingthelayoutofthisnewsletter.

Pleasedon’thesitatetosendusyourcommentsandrequests.Wearelookingforwardtoreceivingthem.

Pleaseacceptourearlybestwishesfor2012.

Zohreh,SusannaandIndira

ZohrehGhaeni([email protected])

SusannaCoghlan([email protected])

IndiraBagchi([email protected])

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Australia

IBBY Australia

2011hasindeedprovedtobeachallengingyearforIBBYinAustralia.AmajorstepwastakenatourAGMheldonthe2ndApril,

inSydney,NSWwhenwepassedourConstitutionenablingustobecomeanincorporatedbody,anessentialstepinlegalizing

andformalizingourworkinthiscountry.Technologyhasassistedourcommunicationsoverthisvastcontinent,withemail,

threeelectronicnewslettersandthefirstteleconferenceofourcommittee,facilitatingbeingintouchwithoneanotherandbuild-

ingasenseofcommunityandcommitment.

Threefundraisersthisyearhavecontributedtothepaymentofourannuallevy,the2012HCAndersenAwardnominationfees

andpostagecosts.WearepleasedtohavenominatedwriterChristobelMattingley,AMandillustrator,BobGraham.Currently

wedonotreceiveanygovernmentsupport,sofundraisersandincreasingourmembershipbasehavebeenessentialtomeet

ourIBBYcommitments.

InternationalChildren’sBookDay(ICBD)wascelebratedinSydneywithpresentationsbyNadiaWheatleyandJeannieBaker

andhonouringDrMauriceSaxbywithLifeMembership,aDinnerinFremantle,WAwherereadersandwritersspokeabouttheir

favouritechildhoodpoem,lunchesinTasmaniainbothHobartandLaunceston,andstorytellerBettinaNisseninspiringschool

childrenataQueenslandstateschool.

Athrillforallinthechildren’sliteraturenetworkinAustraliawasShaunTanwinninganOscarfortheshortanimatedfilmThe

LostThingandalsothe2011AstridLindgrenMemorialAward.Shaun’sinternationalsuccesshasdelightedusandwelook

forwardtohiskeynoteaddressatthe2012LondonIBBYCongress.

ICBD–SydneywithJeannieBakerandNadiaWheat-

leyreceivingflowersfromstudentsatSantaMariadel

MonteSchool.

ICBD – Fremantle,WAwhere IBBYmembers spoke

abouttheirfavouritechildhoodpoemsandstories.

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Cambodia

IBBY Cambodia

CambodiawasacceptedasaNationalSectionofIBBYinAprilthisyear,followingtheExecutiveCommitteemeetingatthe

BolognaBookfair.WewouldliketothanktheECandIBBYforacceptingourapplication,LizPageforherassistanceaswe

preparedtheapplication,andtheIBBYsectionsandmembersfromaroundtheworldwhohavesentmessagesofsupport.In

particular,wewouldliketothankIBBYSwedenwhogenerouslysponsoredourmembership.

OurinstitutionalmembersarelocalpublishersandinternationalNGOsandourindividualmembersincludewriters,illustrators,

editors,lecturers,teachers,andotherprofessions.Wehaveformedacommitteeofvolunteerstoorganizeandmanagetheac-

tivitiesofIBBYCambodia.ThefirstofwhichwastonominatetitlestotheIBBYHonorList2012inthecategoriesofauthorand

illustrator.WearedelightedthatCambodianproducedandpublishedbookswillberepresentedinthisinternationalcollection.

TheselectionprocesshasalsobeenaninterestingexperimentforIBBYCambodiaasthisisthefirsttimethishasbeenunder-

takenwithchildren’sbooksinCambodia.Wearecurrentlydiscussingideasforhowtopromotetheshortlistedbookslocally,

andtousethisasanopportunitytoraiseawarenessofqualitystandardsinproducingchildren’sbooks.

IBBYCambodiaisalsopreparingforourfirstevent,aworkshoptobeheldinearly2012.Theworkshopistargetedatpeople

workinginproducingchildren’sbooks,orinvolvedinrelatedfields,andwehopewillintroduceIBBYCambodiatoawideraudi-

ence.Wealsoaimtodiscusssomeoftheissuescurrentlyaffectingpublishersandothersinvolvedwithcreatingandproducing

booksinordertogetfeedbackonareasofinterestwhichIBBYCambodiacouldtargetinfutureactivities.

IBBYCambodiaisalsolookingforwardtofutureopportunitiestocommunicateandcollaboratewithourIBBYcolleaguesinthe

regionandaroundtheworld.

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China

CBBY (IBBY China)

Shanghai Book Fair

TheShanghaiBookFairwasheld inShanghaiExhibitionCenter inAugust.Coveringanareaof22,000squaremeters, the

Shanghaibookfairfeaturedapproximately500publishersfromalloverChinapresentingover150,000titles.TheFairisagreat

festivalofbooksandprovidesafeastofreadingforbooklovers.

Aspecialhallisdedicatedtochildren’sbook,andthereisalsoaInternationalChildren’sBookCarnivalfollowedbyavarietyof

readingpromotionevents.Unusually,agreatnumberoforiginalbooksintheEnglishlanguagewereexhibitedandsold.Sir.

MoritzNeugebauerfromtheConsulateGeneralofGermanyinShanghai,executivecommitteememberofIBBYMr.Mingzhou

ZhangandchiefeditorfromPopularSciencePressMr.YanShi

wereinvitedasspecialgueststogivespeechesatthelaunch

of a German series detective book for children “Kugelblitz

Kommissar”, namely Detective Lightening Ball by Schneiner

Press,Germany.

National Children’s Book Fair (Shenyang City)

In September, the national children’s book fair was held in

Shenyang,capitalcityofLiaoningProvinceinthenortheastern

partofChina.Around15,000booksfrom33professionalchil-

dren’spublishinghouseswerepresented.Titlesincludedearly

childhoodeducation,popularscienceforteenagers,children’s

literature, cartoonandanimations, half ofwhichwere newly

publishedthisyear.PresidentofCBBYMr.HaiFeicompleted

thevarietyofbooksondisplay,andcommentedonrecentpub-

lishingtrends.

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National Children’s Book Summit & International Children’s Book Fair (Shenzhen)

SeptemberalsobroughttheNationalChildren’sBookSummitwhichwasheldinShenzhenChildren’sLibrary.Thiswaslargest

summitforthecountry’slibrarysystemandprovidesaforumtostudyhowtoservetheneedsofyoungpeoplebetter.Approxi-

mately90children’slibrariesfromaroundthecountrywererepresented.Theaudiencealsoincludedchildren’sbooksreading

promoters,children’sliteraturewritersandrepresentativesfrommorethan30publishinghouses.

Duringthesametime,InternationalChildren’sBookFairwasalsoheldintheShenzhenChildren’sLibrary.Thefairpresented

morethan500,000titlesofbooksforchildrenrangingfrom0-18yearsold.Thematerialsanddocumentswerenotonlyfrom

domesticPressbutalsofrompublishersaroundtheworld.Theaimoftheeventistointroduceexcellentinternationalchildren’s

bookstotheChinesereader.Theorganizershopethatonedaytheatmosphereandsignificanceof thefairmightequalthe

FrankfortBookFairinGermanyandtheBolognaChildren’sBookFairinItaly.

Reading Promotion Lecture-“Let the Popular Science Reading Be a Fashion” in Shenzhen

InSeptember,thechiefeditorofPopularSciencePressMr.YanShiwasinvitedtoShenzhenNanshanSchoolAffiliatedwith

ChinaNationalInstituteforEducationalResearchtogivealecturetotheir5thand6thgradestudents,titled“LetPopularSci-

enceReadingBeaFashion”.Duringthelecture,editorYanShifirstlygaveanoverviewintroductionoftheworldpopularsci-

encereadingamongchildren,thenshowedthestudentsanimationsaboutpopularscienceandreadingpromotion..Healso

gavesomerecommendationstothestudentsofoutstandingoriginallocalpublicationsandimportedfromabroad.

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India

IND BBY / Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children (AWIC)

AWICisorganizingtheInternationalConferenceonBookTherapy,tobeheldfromFebruary9to112012inNewDelhi,India.

Thisconferenceisapioneeringefforttopresentadifferentdimensiontoreading,usingbooksasameanstohealchildrenaf-

fectedbytraumainitsvariousforms.

TheConferencehasbeendesignedinresponsetoworldwideconcernovertheimpactofviolenceandpsycho-socialtraumas

onthegrowthofchildren.Participantswilldeliberateuponthetherapeuticaspectofliteratureandtheimpactofchildren’sbooks

onthevictimsofnaturalcatastrophesandman-madedisasters.BookTherapyisconsideredtohavepotentialforfar-reaching

impactsuponthementalhealthandall-roundpersonalitydevelopmentofchildren.

BookTherapyalsocultivatesreadinginterests,instillspositivevaluesandbuildsahopeforfuture.

TheVarioussessionsandthemesoftheConferencewillinclude:

• Writingthatheals

• Readingtoheal

• Activitiestohealthroughbooksinschools,librarieshospitalsandcommunity

• MitigationtechniquesinDisasterManagement

Sofar,20fromdifferentcountriesareconfirmed.TherewillbethreeexhibitionsconnectedwiththethemeoftheConference-

onefromHiroshimamuseum,oneofbooksforchildrenwithspecialneeds,andathirdexhibitionofpicturebooks.Therewillalso

beaninteractivesessionforchildrenbyarenownedillustratorunderthethemeof‘ArtforHealing’.

Workshops on Book therapy

TwoworkshopsonbooktherapyhavealreadybeenconductedwiththeobjectivesofcreatingawarenessaboutBook-Therapy,

itsapplicationandbenefits,andprovidingtraininganddemonstrationintheuseofBook-Therapy.Participantswereteachers,

educationists,psychiatristlibrariansandNGOs.

Boththeworkshopswerewellappreciatedbytheparticipants.Intheendsomeofthesituationsweredramatizedbythemem-

bers.

Inaugural sessionofWorkshopon

BookTherapy

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Workshop on story writing

AWIChasalsofacilitatedaworkshoponstorywritingforyoungchildren.Storiescreatedwereillustratedbytheparticipants

themselveswhoproduced20handmadebooksreadyforpublishing.

AWIC Library project

AWIChassetupabout150librariesintheremoteareasofthecountry.Inappreciation,RajaRamMohunRoyLibraryFounda-

tion,undertheMinistryofCultureIndia,providedagrantwhichhasbeenusedtoestablishandequipfivemorelibrariesinareas

wheretherearenolibraries.

OklhaCenter

OklhaCenter

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Indonesia

INABBY (IBBY Indonesia)

Thisyear,IBBYIndonesiaorganizedmanyactivitiestopromotereadingandqualitypicturebooksinIndonesia,includingfour

importanteventswewouldparticularlyliketonote.InFebruarywevisitedagaintheearthquakeandtsunamiaffectedareasin

PariamanandMentawaiIslandsinWestSumatraProvince.IncooperationandsupportedbyIBBY,wedonatedmorethan200

booksfor14schoolsinMentawaiIslandsandstorytellingdevicesfor21earlychildhoodeducationcentres.Eachcentrealso

received31books.Thisprogramisacontinuationofourpreviousvisit.

INABBYhasalsofocusedattentiononchildrenwithspecialneeds.IncooperationandsupportedbyDutchIBBYwedonated

storytellingdevices,suchaswallhanging—fingerandhandpuppets—toasmallschoolinJimbaranarea,Bali.Theschoolpro-

videseducationforhyperactiveandautisticchildren,andchildrenwithconcentrationandhearingproblems,from3upto13

yearsold.TheylookedhappyandenthusiastictobeinvolvedinstorytellingactivitiesgivenbyINABBYvolunteers.

INIBBYhasalsoprioritizedtrainingsandworkshopsforyoungillustratorsandstudentsofschoolsofdesign,communication,

andvisualartsinproducingqualitypicturebooks.OnMay23rd-24th,weorganizedatwodayseminarandworkshopentitled

“GoInternationalthroughPictureBooks”.Theaimoftheworkshopwastoequipwriters,illustrators,editors,andalsopublishers

withabroaderviewaboutinternationalpicturebooksandhowtoproducegoodqualitypicturebooks.PatsyAldana,previous

IBBYPresident,wasthemainguestspeaker.OtherprominentspeakerswereDr.MurtiBunanta,andthreeseniorillustrators:

Suyadi,HardiyonoandIsnaeniM.H.Morethan110participantsattendedtheevent.

AstorytellingStorytellingdevicegiven toasmallschoolinBali.

Patsy was surrounded by young illustrators forcomments.

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Toimprovetheyoungillustrators’skillswealsosentMariaChristaniaandPanduSotyaKusumatotakepartinaoneweek

workshoporganizedbyBibiana(Slovakia)aspartofBIB23rdinternationalcompetition.Foroneweektheyweretrainedby

PeterUchnar,aprominentSlovakillustrator.INABBYisalsoproudtomentionthatMurtiBunantaofINBBYwasappointedas

thePresidentoftheJurorsBIB23rd.ThesessionoftheInternationalJurywasheldAugust29-Sept1,2011.

MurtiBunanta,PresidentoftheJurors,BIB23rdhandedovertheGrandPrixAward,September2nd,2011.

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Iran

IBBY Iran: Children’s Book Council of Iran

Friend from Abroad

PatsyAldana,formerPresidentofIBBYandcurrentPresidentofIBBYFoundationvisitedIranfor7daysinSeptember,aspartof

herjourneytotheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica.Itwasherfirstvisittoourcounty.Whilepreparingherprogramweremembered

thevisitbyDr.PeterandAntoniaSchneck,duringhisIBBYPresident.DuringMsAldana’svisit,weaimedtoacquaintherwith

thewidespreadaspectsofIBBYinIranthroughmeetingswithTheChildren’sBookCouncil/CBCwhichactsasIran’sNational

SectionandotherorganizationsaffiliatedwithCBC, includingTheResearch InstituteontheHistoryofChildren’sLiterature

whereshemetZohrehGhaeni,formerHCAJuryPresident,DonyaChildren’sResearchInstitute,MAMModernAttitudeMothers,

HouseofLibrariansandthePromotionofReading,andtheHosseiniyehErshadPublicLibrary.AtthePromotionofReadingMs

Aldanaalsometgroupsinvolvedinthe“ReadwithMe”ProjectforworkingchildrenandTheCentrefortheCulturalDevelop-

mentofChildren.

Alunch,heldinhonorofMsAldana’svisit,washostedbyTouranMirhadi,CBCFounder(1962)andChiefEditorofTheEn-

cyclopediaforYoungPeopleandattendedbymorethanthirtycolleagues.AnumberoflivelyquestionswereraisedandMs

AldanawasinvitedtodoTVandpressinterviews.ColleagueswithdifferentliteraryandartisticinterestsaccompaniedPatsy

onvariousoutingsduringhervisit.OnashorttriptoIsfahanshemetwiththeFoundersofTheDigarInstitute,whichisworking

forthepreservationofculturalheritageamongyoungpeople,andhadaglimpseofthishistoriccity.LastbutnotleastwereMs

Aldana’sthreeveryinspiringandinformativetalkson“ReadingPromotion,InternationalExperiences”,“SelectionCriteria,asa

Publisher”and“PublishingChildren’sLiterature,anInternationalOverview”,wellattendedandindifferentlocationsonSept.3,

4,and7respectively.HavingMsAldanahasbeenaprivilegeandawonderfulexperience.Thenextstageofhertripwaswith

NoushinAnsari(IranianNSSecretaryGeneral)toKabul,Afghanistan.

Historical Exhibition on Iranian Childhood Culture

Ahistoricalexhibitionon theChildhoodCultureandEducationof IranianChildrenwaspresentedat theHosseiniehErshad

PublicLibraryfromOct.9to17.OrganizedTheInstituteforResearchontheHistoryofChildren’sLiteratureinIran(IRHCLI),the

exhibitiondisplayedhistoricaldocumentsandobjectsrelatingtochildrenandchildhoodfrom1904to1970gatheredbythethe

IRHCLIduringitsresearch.Launched15yearsagotoconductfundamentalstudiesonthelife,culture,andliteratureofIranian

children,theIRHCLIhaspublisheda10-volumereferencebookonthehistoryofchildren’sliteratureinIran.Theexhibitionin-

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cludedphotos,books,toys,costumesandeducationalmediumandtools.

Morethan2,000schoolchildren,rangingfrompreschoolerstohighschoolers,visitedtheexhibitioninadditiontohundreds

ofadults.Theworksondisplaywereenthusiastically receivedbychildren,giving themopportunity to reflectofdifferences

betweenthegenerationsandthedefinitionofhistory.Visitorswereabletoexplorethelifestyles,educationsystems,andpas-

timesofpreviouserasthroughtheexhibition.

TheInstitutelooksforwardtothedaywhenanationalmuseumreflectingthelivesofIranianchildrenthroughouthistorywillbe

launched.

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Japan

JBBY (IBBY Japan)

Lecture by Shaun Tan: Toward the New World in The Arrival

JBBYheldalecturefeaturingAustralianartistShaunTanatTokyo’sTsudaHallonOctober22,2011.WinneroftheAstridLind-

grenMemorialAward2011,Tan’sTheArrivalwasalsochosenfortheIBBYHonourList2012.His1999work,Memorial(text

byGaryCrew)isincludedinthePictureBooksforPeaceandTolerancecollectioncreatedbytheMunichInternationalYouth

Library.Tan’sshortfilm,The Lost Thing,basedonhisbookofthesametitle,wontheBestAnimatedShortawardintheFebruary

2011AcademyAwards(U.S.).ItwasTan’sfirstvisittoJapan,and350fansofallagespackedthehalltoviewtheprize-winning

filmandhearhistalk.

“Books for Tomorrow“ Project for Children

Launchedincollaborationwiththreeotherorganizations,the“BooksforTomorrow”projectsupportsthechildrenoftheTohoku

regionaffectedbytheMarch11earthquakeandtsunamidisasterthroughthemediumofbooks.Activitieshaveincludedreno-

vatinganoldbookmobile,which,stockedwithabout2,000booksforchildren,hasmadetheroundsofthedisaster-struckarea.

TheProjectalsosupportsthebuildingofalibraryforchildrentoopeninthecityofRikuzenTakada,Iwateprefecture.

LecturewithShaunTanatTsudaHall,Tokyo,October22,2011

ParticipantsintheYamagataReadingWorkshop,October10,2011

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Reading Workshop for Children with Overseas Roots

ThisprojectwasdesignedforchildrenrecentlyarrivedinJapanfromothercountries,studyingJapanese,orwithnon-Japanese

languageandculturalheritages.Byhavingthechildrenreadaloudpoemsandshortstoriesinsmallgroups,JBBYmembersand

universitystudentvolunteerssoughttointroducethechildrentothepleasuresofworkingtogetherandcommunicatingwithoth-

ers.OnOctober10,about20childrenofFukushimaprefecturefromChina,Thailand,Afghanistan,theUnitedStates,andother

countries,whohavebeenunabletoplayoutdoorsbecauseofhighlevelsofradiationintheair,wentbybuswiththeirparents

toneighboringYamagataprefecture.Theyparticipatedinpracticesessionsandthenpresentedtheirreadingsastheirparents

watched.The“BooksforTomorrow”bookmobiletooktimeoutfromitstouroftheTohokudisaster-affectedregiontobringthe

childrengiftbookstocommemoratetheevent.

DaycarecenterchildrenvisittheTohokubenefit“BooksforTomorrow”bookmobile.

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South Korea

KBBY (Korean Board on Books for Young People)

One Grand Prix and One Golden Apple for BIB 2011

Ofthe14picturebookssubmittedbyKBBYtotheBiennialofIllustrationBratislava(BIB)2011,tworeceivedawards.Eun-Young

ChoreceivedagrandprixforRun, ToTo!andJoo-YunYooreceivedagoldenappleforA Day.KBBYandBorimPublishing

Co.celebratedbyinvitingtheawardwinnersandothergueststoalunchintheirhonor.ChristinaHyeon-KyeongKim(KBBY

Secretary-General)participatedinBIB2011asaInternationalCommitteeMemberandYoun-DuckKwon(ChairofKBBY-BIB

ExecutiveCommittee)presentedherresearchattheBIBSymposium2011.MsKwonandMsKimdeliveredthecertificatesand

trophiestothewinnersfromBratislava.

Korean Nominees for Hans Christian Andersen Award 2012

KBBYisproudtonominateSun-MiHwangasawriterandSeong-ChanHongasanillustrator,bothrepresentingSouthKorea,

fortheHCA2012.MrHong’sillustrations,publishedinelementaryschooltextbooksformanyyears,aregreatlyenjoyedbychil-

drenandfondlyrememberedbyadults.MsHwang,abelovedwriterforchildrenandyoungpeopleinKorea,HerbookLeafie, a

Hen into the Wildwasrecentlymadeintoaverysuccessfulanimatedfilm.

*Photo:(Fromleft,)Sang-HyunChoun(KBBYVice-President),ChristinaHyeon-KyeongKim(KBBYSecretary-Gen-

eral),Sook-HeeChoi(MemberofKBBY-BIBExecutiveCommittee),Youn-DuckKwon(ChairofKBBY-BIBExecutive

Committee),Eun-YoungCho(WinnerofGrandPrix),Joo-YunYoo(WinnerofGoldenApple),Sae-HeeKim(KBBY

President),Jeong-SunChoi(MemberofKBBY-BIBJury),Sung-OkHan(Ex-ChairofKBBY-BIBExecutiveCommit-

tee),Yong-GiJeong(MemberofKBBY-BIBJury)

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2011 KBBY Poster for Reading Promotion

KBBYcreatesaKBBYPosterforReadingPromotioneveryyear.AmemberofKBBYvolunteerstoorganizetheproduction.

Thisyear,MsSook-HeeChoitookonthisroleandmadeabeatifulimageforthe2011KBBYPosterforReadingPromotion.Ms

Su-JungKimcontributedtheslogan,WeareFlowers,FloweringfromBook.Finally,MrSang-HyunChoundesignedtheimage

intoaposter.

KBBYhopesmanypeopleandorganizationsuseandenjoythispostertopromotereading.Asapartofthereadingpromotion

movement,KBBYsupportedtheIBBYsectionofPakistanbysendingfivecopiesofthispostertotheChildren’sLiteratureFes-

tival.Also,anyonecandownloadthisposterontheKBBYwebsiteatnocharge(http://www.kbby.org).

Registration as a Non-Profit Organization

KBBYhasregisteredasaNon-ProfitOrganizationundertheMinistryofCulture,SportsandTourism.AsaregisteredNon-Profit

Organization,KBBYwillbeeligibleforfundingfromthegovernmentwiththesubmissionofabusinessplan.

Additional KBBY Vice-President

MsSu-JungKimwasappointedasVice-PresidentofKBBY.A famousauthorandtranslatorofchildren’sbooksaswellas

researcherandlecturer inSouthKorea,KBBYappreciatesheracceptanceandlooksforwardtoheractivities insupportof

children’sbook.

KBBY Seminar and BIB 2011 Report

KBBYwillholdtheKBBYSeminarandBIBReporton2ndNovattheNationalLibraryforChildren&YoungAdults.Thetheme

ofthisseminaris“TranslatingandSellingCopyrightofKoreanChildren’sBooks.”Threepresenters-Yeon-JooOh(Memberof

KBBY,ProfessorofDaelimCollege),Sae-HeeKim(PresidentofKBBY)andChan-KiMin(MemberofKBBY,EditorofBorim

PublishingCo.)willpresenttheirresearchonthistheme.Also,Youn-DuckKwon(ChairofKBBY-BIBExecutiveCommittee)and

ChristinaHyeon-KyeongKim(KBBYSecretary-General)willreportontheirvisittoBIB2011.

*Photo:2011KBBYPosterforReadingPromotion

bySook-HeeChoi

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Pakistan

IBBY Pakistan, Alif Laila’s Activities

Living Libraries

Thecorepurposeofthisprojectistoestablishasustainableandeffectivemodellibraryset-upallowingschool-goingandout

ofschoolchildrenaccesstoawidevarietyofbooksaswellascreatinganenablingenvironmentforinculcatingreadinghabits

amongchildren.Weexpectinteresteddonorsandsponsorswillbeencouragedtosetupanetworkofsimilarlibrariesacross

thecountry.Thisgoalwillbeattainedthroughthefollowingobjectives:

1. Establishmentofapermanentlibraryinaschoolinacentrallylocatedsemi-ruralareaofDistrictSheikhupuracatering

toaclusterofschools(atleastfour).

2. Settingupamobilelibrarytoprovideservicestochildreninschoolsandcommunitiesfurtheraway,visitingtwoschools

daily20-25daysamonth,total40-45schoolspermonth.

3. Ayearlongrobustcampaignforchangingbehaviorofchildrenandcommunitiestowardsreading,booksandlibraries

throughpromotionalactivities.

4. Atleast25meetingswithstateandnon-statestakeholdersforcreatingasupportiveenvironmenttoareadingculture.

5. Trainingofatleast30teachersincluding8to10teachersofthoseschoolswheregovernmenthasprovidedlibrariesbut

librarianshavenotbeentrainedtoinculcatereadingskills.

6. Planninganddevelopingaspecialtrainingcourseandlibrarymanualthatiseasytoaccessandcontainslotsofideas

onbookrelatedactivities.

The Story Teller Bus

AlifLailaBookBusSocietyistaking‘Dastaangou’,theStory

Tellerbustohospitalstospreadthejoyofreadingtochildren

confinedtothehospitalbed.AtShaukatKhanumMemorial

TrustHospitalLahore,astorytellingsession/puppetshow

wasarrangedforchildren,followedbyanartactivityadmin-

isteredundercarefulsupervisionofplaytherapists.Thechil-

drenwereeager to takepart in theactivityandthoroughly

enjoyedthemselves.

Libraries for Madrassas

Thisproject introducesa readingprogram infive targetedmadarisaimedatdevelopinga largerunderstandingofdifferent

culturesandpeopleanddemonstratingthejoythatreadingcanbringinordertodeveloplifelongreadersandlearners.Library

materialsarebeingprovidedinfiveselectedmadaris.Alibraryschedulewillbefollowedallowingchildrenofallclassessome

regulartimeforreadingaswellasborrowingbooks.

Abaselinesurveyinthetargetmadaris,ongoingmonitoringoflibraries,andsupporttoteachersandstudentswillensurethe

smoothrunningoftheprogram.Evaluationover12monthswillmonitorchildren’sprogress.Changesintheperceptionsofchil-

drenattheendoftheprogramwillbemeasuredusingdatacollectedfromthetargetedmadaris.

FundsforthisprojecthavebeenmadeavailablebytheYamadaFund.

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Books Build Bridges

AlifLailaisworkingtobringbacksmilestothose

childrenwhohavelosttheirhomesandschools

duringthefloodsof2010.VolunteersvisitedMu-

zaffargarhinPunjabprovincewhereoutof2183

schools, 1175 are rendered unsafe, 785 were

beingusedas reliefcampsand100,000school

dropouts are feared.Our volunteers distributed

food, clothes, books, and reading promotion

hatswhichwereagreatsuccess,eventheolder

womenwanted them.Alif Laila’s book,Kahani

Aik Jungle Ki“AJungleTellsitsTale”,onself-re-

lianceand taking-action-for-change, fascinated

children.

Weusedbibliotherapyafterthe2005EarthquakeinPakistanandaredoingsoagainhere.Weaimtoprovideour‘BooksBuild

Bridges’librariestoasmanyreliefcampsandschoolsasfundsallow.Thelibrarykitsweredevelopedontheconceptofbiblio-

therapyandplaytherapyforchildren.AgenerousdonationfromLahoreGrammarSchool55MainenabledAlifLailatosetup

15“BooksBuildBridges”librariesforchildrenaffectedbythefloods.BooksBuildBridgeslibrariessupportedbyfriendsfrom

IBBYalsowentto85schoolsalloverPakistan.TheIndusResourceCentre,SindhandSalikDevelopmentFoundation,Khyber

Pakhtunkhwaarealsofacilitatingprovisionoflibrarykitsto20schoolseach.Another25kitsarealsounderwaythroughdona-

tionssentinbyfriendsfromIBBY.

Reading Promotion Campaign (FOSI):

AlifLailaBookBusSocietyheldIndependenceDayCelebrationson14thAugustattheGovernmentGirlsElementarySchool

Ranikeminara.ChildrenfromtheschoolandcommunityjoinedtheAlifLailateamtocelebratethespecialdayturningtheevent

intoamajorsuccess.

InadditiontootheractivitiestheAlifLailateamranacampaignwithchildrenandteachersoftheschool,wherechildrenformally

pledgedto‘ReadtoSucceed’.Theparticipantswrotecommentsonpiecesofcloththatwerelatermadeintoaquilt.

NationalAssemblyMember,Mr.IrfanDogarattendedtheevent,announcedconstructionofmuchneededclassroomsforthe

elementaryschool,andpublicallythankedtheAlifLailateamfortheirefforts.

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Palestine

IBBY- Palestinian SectionThehighlightofthelastfewmonthscamewiththefacilitationofaworkshoptitled:”EncouragingtheCultureofReadingamong

PalestinianChildreninRefugeeCampsinLebanon”

ThiswasourfirstactivityfocusingonPalestinianrefugeesinLebanon.Manychildreninthesecommunitiesareonlysemi-

literateandschoollibrariesarescarce.Drop-outratesfromschoolsarehighasmanychildrenarerequiredtohelpsupporttheir

families.

Theworkshopfocusedonhowtopromotereadingforpleasure inchildren’s librariesTheparticipantswereempoweredwith

techniquesofpromotingreadingamongchildrenandyouth.Whiletheworkshopacknowledgedthatbuildingareadingculture

isanon-goingprocessthatneedstimetobefullydeveloped,thefacilitatorsalsoemphasisedthatanysimpleactivityorproj-

ectcanhelpinpromotingreading.Workshopparticipantsrequestedfurthertrainingandassistanceinenrichingtheirlibraries

withqualitybooks.TheworkshopwasimplementedundertheIBBYYamadaProgrambyPBBYincooperationwithTheArab

ResourceCentreforPopularArt).

Monthly Meetings• PBBYconvenedameetingwiththewriterSafaAmeertodiscusshertwonewbooksComePlaywithMeandOmar&

Haha,theformerofwhichwontheprizeofthePalestinianMinistryofCultureforchildren.

• WehostedaninterestingmeetingthewriterMajdiShomaliwholedadiscussiononplotinchildrenstories

• PBBYalsohostedwriter/publisherMohammadBadarneh,directorofFriendsofArabChildrenSociety,establishedin

1986inHaifaBadarneh,whospokeaboutthemissionoftheSocietyitspublicationsofmagazines,stories,thePalestin-

ianPopularHeritageEncyclopedia.

• PBBYarrangedameetingwithNabeelaEspanioliDirectorofAl-TufulaCentreinNazarethwhospokeaboutthefounda-

tionofthecentre,themissionandthepublicationsanditsroleinpromotingPalestiniannationalidentity,emphasising

theneedprovidesuitableresources,libraries,andsupportsystemstothePalestiniansocietieslivingthere.

Aninterestingdiscussionfollowed,andallattendantsemphasizedtheimportanceofsuchmeetingsandinteractionbetween

Palestinianseverywhere:theOccupiedTerritory,inexileandinsidetheGreenLine.

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IBBY Palestine on Facebook

InMayPBBYdecidedtocreateaFacebookprofile.Theinitiative,surprisingly,wasverysuccessfulandhasreceivedawarm

response.OfcoursewestillhavetolearnalotabouthowtouseandpromoteFacebookeffectively.WenowhaveanIBBYPage

forourofficialpostingandIBBYWallfortheFriend’sposting.

Already,wehaveatleast141Friendsfromaroundtheworld,evenfromplaceswherethereisnoIBBYnationalsectionsuchas

Jordan,Morocco,Qatar,SaudiArabiaandotherplaces.

PleasevisitusonFacebooktokeepuptodatewithPBBYandoursupporters

http://www.facebook.com/pages/IBBY-Pal/201745309860731

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UAE

UAEBBYMsPatsyAldanavisitedUAEBBYinearlyinSeptember.HESheikhaBodourBintSultanAlQasimi,PresidentoftheUAEBBY

welcomedtheCanadianPublisherandformerPresidentoftheInternationalBoardonBooksforYoungPeople(IBBY).Duringher

five-daystay,MsAldanavisitedanumberofpublishing-relatedconcerns.InadditiontoaspecialmeetingwithSheikhaBodour,

shealsoheldameetingwiththeJuryfortheUAEBBY-organisedEtisalatAwardforArabicChildren’sLiterature,andwiththe

CultureDepartment’sAhmedAlAmri,DirectoroftheSharjahInternationalBookFair.

UAEBBYorganizedaninteractivereadingsessionoftheaward-winningbook‘AlNoqtaAlSawda’(TheBlackDot),attheAus-

tralianVictoriaInternationalSchool.Thebook,whichwonthesecondeditionoftheEtisalatPrizeforArabicChildren’sLiterature

in2010,wasreadbyitsauthorandillustrator,WalidTahir.Thereadingsessioncoincidedwiththeclosingdateforentryintothis

year’seditionoftheEtisalatAwardforArabicChildren’sLiterature,aheadoftheannouncementofthewinningbookandauthor

attheSharjahBookFairinNovember.

In the last week of September, the UAEBBY announced their ‘Long List’

ofbooksthathavebeennominatedforthe2011EtisalatAwardforArabic

Children’sLiterature.Judgesselected the top10booksamong thebooks

enteredinthecompetition.Thejudgingpanelincludesfivemembers(apub-

lisher,anauthor,anillustrator,acriticandaninternationalexpert)fromthe

ArabWorldandEurope.Thewinningbookwillbeannouncedon16Novem-

ber,onthesidelinesoftheopeningceremonyoftheSharjahInternational

BookFair.

The UAE’s National Section, called UAEBBY [UAE Board on Books for

YoungPeople]whichwas launched on 1 January 2010, has representa-

tivesfromeachofthesevenemiratestoensurecountry-widecoordination

ofactivitiestopromotereading.TheBoardiskeentohostlocal,Araband

foreignwritersandillustratorswiththeaimofenhancingtheculturalmove-

mentamongtheyoungergenerationwhiledevelopingtheirreadinghabits

throughinteractionwithliteraryfiguresfromallovertheworld.

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