VOL. 48, NO. 3 JULY 2010 The evolution of children´s and young adults´ literature in Spain • The construction of identity in picture books in Spanish • Panorama of a new century; Children´s literature in Catalan • The trajectory of Basque literature for children and young people • The lineage of the blue hen; Galician literature for children in the turn of the century • “In The Lost Child (El Niño Perdido) I have tried to speak of the war, avoiding the rhetoric of violence;” An interview with Josep Antoni Tàssies • Children´s literature and reading in Spain: A snapshot • Twenty years of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award • Poem in 5 languages The Journal of IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People Copyright © 2010 by Bookbird, Inc. Reproduction of articles in Bookbird requires permission in writing from the editor. Editors: Catherine Kurkjian and Sylvia Vardell Address for submissions and other editorial correspondence:
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