Trees are so much a part of our daily lives, whether we take them for granted or find ourselves fighting for their survival: so it is perhaps unsurprising that there are many stories from all over the world that feature trees, woods or forests as a central theme or ‘character’… … Continue reading ...
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By: Aline Pereira,
on 12/1/2010
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2011 PBBY-Salanga Prize Winner Announced~ Philippines
Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art Exhibits~ Riddells Creek, Australia
Making Books Sing Presents a One-Woman Play Based on The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos by Lucía Gonzalez~ New York, NY, USA
Doha International Children’s Book Festival~ ongoing until Dec 2, Doha, Qatar
2010 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition~ ongoing until Dec 5, Nanao, Japan
Off the Page: Original Illustrations from NZ Picture Books~ ongoing until Dec 5, Ashburton, New Zealand
Guadalajara Book Fair~ ongoing until Dec 5, Guadalajara, Mexico
2011 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards~ submissions accepted until Dec 17, Canada
Scholastic Asian Book Award~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, Singapore
Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2011~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, Singapore
An Exquisite Vision: The Art of Lisbeth Zwerger~ ongoing until Jan 9, Hannover, Germany
Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books~ ongoing until Jan 23, Amherst, MA, USA
Drawn in Brooklyn Exhibit of Original Picture Book Art by Brooklyn Illustrators~ ongoing until Jan 23, Brooklyn, NY, USA
National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Presents From Houdini to Hugo: The Art of Brian Selznick~ ongoing until Jan 29, Abilene, TX, USA
Fins and Feathers: Original Children’s Book Illustrations from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ ongoing until Jan 30, Raleigh, NC, USA
Summer Reading Club: Scare Up a Good Story~ ongoing until Jan 31, Australia
2011 Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award
By: Aline Pereira,
on 11/1/2010
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American Indian Heritage Month~ USA
November Events for Kids at Dar el Shorouk Stores~ Cairo, Egypt
Govenor General’s Literary Award Winners Announced~ Montreal, QC, Canada
SCBWI Write-ins to Celebrate National Novel Writing Month~ France
Sharjah International Book Fair and Announcement of the Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature Winner~ ongoing until Nov 6, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
30th Santiago International Book Fair~ ongoing until Nov 14, Santiago, Chile
Nambook-010: The 5th Nami Island International Children’s Book Festival~ ongoing until Nov 14, Nami, Korea
Entries Accepted for the 2011 PBBY-Salanga Prize~ ongoing until Nov 15, Philippines
The Children’s Bookshow: Stories From Around The World~ ongoing until Nov 17, United Kingdom
2010 Original Art: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration~ ongoing until Nov 24, New York, NY, USA
Scholastic Asian Book Award~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, Singapore
Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2011~ entries accepted until Dec 31, Singapore
An Exquisite Vision: The Art of Lisbeth Zwerger~ ongoing until Jan 9, Hannover, Germany
Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books~ ongoing until Jan 23, Amherst, MA, USA
Drawn in Brooklyn Exhibit of Original Picture Book Art by Brooklyn Illustrators~ ongoing until Jan 23, Brooklyn, NY, USA
National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Presents From Houdini to Hugo: The Art of Brian Selznick~ ongoing until Jan 29, Abilene, TX, USA
International Youth Library Exhibit: The World in Miniature. The Family in Historic Picture Books and Children’s Literature~ ongoing until Aug 31, Munich, Germany
EXEtreme Imagination: A Festival of Literature for Children and Young People~ Nov 1 – 7, Devon and Exeter, United Kingdom
Exclusive Screening: Library of the Early Mind~ Nov 2, New York, NY, USA
By: Aline Pereira,
on 4/14/2010
After a busy day of presentations on Day 2, Day 3 of the Bologna Book Fair was spent meeting people and absorbing the different books on offer.
First up was a lovely chat with poet Jorge Luján, whom we’d caught up with on the Tuesday evening… He shared his brand new book with us and I will share some photos with you when I work out how to get them off the camera (as opposed to a storage disc)… but in the meantime, enjoy this gorgeous poster for the exhibition of Isol’s illustrations from his recently published Pantuflas de perrito which is on-going until 25th April, if you happen to be in Bologna…
Other highlights included:
The presentation of the International Youth Library’s newly announced 2010 White Ravens Catalogue:
I had a great discussion with Janet Evans from Liverpool Hope University, UK, who is currently spending some time with the Library in Munich
while…
next door at the IBBY stand, Corinne and Aline had a good chat with Sylvia Vardell, editor of IBBY magazine Bookbird and host of the wonderful Poetry for Children blog (Don’t miss out on her current game of Poetry Tag for National Poetry Month in the US).
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Meeting Danilla Marii, an Australian writer based in Rome, who had come to the Fair to seek out a publisher for her beautiful and vibrant book The Rainbow Tree – it was a real privilege to be able to see the original draft that includes some intricate collage work. We lo
