the world through picture booksExpanded nd Librarians’ favourite 2 edition books from their country 500 books in 37 languages Edited by Annie Everall OBE and Viviana Quiñones the worldthrough picture books Librarians’ favourite books from their country Expanded 2nd edition Edited by Annie Everall OBE and Viviana Quiñones A programme of Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults, IFLA – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions – in collaboration with IFLA Section Literacy and Reading and IBBY – International Board on Books for Young People. Programme co-ordination: Annie Everall, in collaboration with Viviana Quiñones About the editors Annie Everall is a Director of ‘Authors Aloud UK’ and a children’s books, libraries and reading consultant. During her career she has developed and managed a range of award winning innovative library services and reading initiatives in the UK including the Derbyshire Big Book Bash for Children in Care, Derbyshire Book Pushers programme of teenage reading advocates, the Birmingham Centre for the Child, The Young Readers UK children’s literature festival and the Stories from the Web online reader development initiative. She is a children’s book reviewer, serves on the CILIP School Libraries Group committee and the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science editorial board. She has been Chair of the CILIP Youth Libraries Group and the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards. She has been the UK representative on the Libraries for Children and Young Adults section committee of IFLA and is currently Chair of the Literacy & Reading Section. In 2001 she was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) for services to children’s books and libraries. Viviana Quiñones, from Argentina and France, has worked since 1985 at the French National Centre for Children’s Literature – formerly known as La Joie par les livres – which became part of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in 2008. At its International Department, she has cooperated with African librarians and publishers since 1987. She has developed the collection of African books for young people and promoted them through exhibitions. She was a founder of the journal for children’s librarians Takam Tikou in 1989 and has been its editor and contributor since then. She has managed an African network for children’s reading and taught many training sessions in different countries. She edited the best-selling handbook Faire vivre une bibliothèque jeunesse : Guide de l’animateur (2005) and has published numerous articles and papers. She is a standing committee member of IFLA section Libraries for Children and Young Adults since 2007; she initiated its Sister Library programme in 2009 and is currently Chair of the section. http://www.ifla.org/en/node/6718 Illustrations by David Pintor, www.davidpintor.com Design by Ursula Held, [email protected] The World through Picture Books / Edited by Annie Everall and Viviana Quiñones The Hague, IFLA Headquarters, 2015 – 218 p. 30 cm. (IFLA Professional Reports: 136) ISSN 0168-1931 Annie Everall and Viviana Quiñones, 2015. This work (except book covers and other images) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (Unported) license. To view a copy of this license, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ the throughworld picture books Contents 5 Foreword 76 Hungary 80 India 7 The World through 83 Italy Picture Books 89 Ivory Coast 7 Aims of the Programme 93 Japan 7 Criteria for Book Selection 97 Korea (Republic of) 7 Information required for each title 101 Lebanon 8 Country Participation 104 Madagascar 8 Information on the Selections 108 Mali 8 Book Exhibitions 111 Martinique (France) 8 Presentations at IFLA Conferences 114 Mauritius 8 Impact of the Programme 117 Netherlands 9 Ideas for using The World through 120 New Zealand Picture Books 123 Nigeria 11 Book Purchase 126 Norway 11 What next? 130 Philippines 133 Poland 139 Qatar 13 Algeria 143 Quebec (Canada) 16 Argentina 147 Reunion Island (France) 20 Australia 153 Romania 24 Benin 157 Russian Federation 28 Brazil 161 Senegal 33 Cameroon 164 Serbia 36 Colombia 167 Singapore 39 Croatia 170 Slovenia 44 Denmark 181 South Africa 48 Estonia 184 Spain 52 Finland 189 Sweden 55 France 192 Switzerland 58 Germany 198 Togo 61 Greenland 202 Turkey 64 Guadeloupe (France) 208 United Arab Emirates 68 Guyane (France) 212 United Kingdom 72 Haiti 216 USA the throughworld picture books Foreword By Viviana Quiñones We are very happy to publish the second edition of The World through Picture Books, enriched Chair, IFLA Section Libraries with sixteen new annotated lists. This new edition proves even more the very enthusiastic, for Children and Young Adults skilled participation of librarians and the great success of this international programme. [email protected] The programme deals with something we children’s librarians must never lose sight of, even if we are so busy with new technologies, budget restrictions, everyday work…: read children’s books and choose the best ones for our readers. And what does “best” mean? One thing it surely means is very good books from the readers’ own country and from as many other countries as possible… This is why, inspired by Kazuko Yoda’s request to our Committee for advice on the” top ten” picture books in Committee members’ countries, we launched “The World through Picture Books” programme in 2011. Librarians from fifty-two countries (or parts of countries) have made their choices which we publish here, with book presentations in the thirty-seven languages of publication, together with the English translation. Papers on picture books in several countries were presented at IFLA conferences in Helsinki, Singapore and Lyon and are on-line. Thanks to publishers’ generosity, two sets of touring book exhibitions were made, that have been shown in Finland, Japan, Korea, Italy, France, Reunion Island and Serbia. These collections are based in the National Libraries of France and Japan and are available to be booked by any country wishing to exhibit them. We wish to warmly thank all country co-ordinators and all children’s librarians in all the countries that have worked for this programme: it is their participation that makes it valuable. We also wish to thank Annie Everall for the hard co-ordination work she has done and finally, our thanks to all publishers, who made the exhibitions possible. The programme has allowed for librarians in each country to work together, to reflect on their own book creation and to share it with the world and on the other hand, to discover other cultures through the infinite richness of picture book publishing.The World through Picture Books celebrates bibliodiversity and language diversity. Children’s literature is a treasure for young and not so young people. Some countries’ best books are very well known, but those from most countries are not… We hope these lists of favourites from all continents will allow for many happy new readings all over the world. the world through picture books • foreword • 5 the throughworld The World picture through books Picture Books By Annie Everall OBE Children’s Librarians all over the world understand how important picture books in both [email protected] traditional and digital formats are for children: for their development, their cultural identity, with Viviana Quiñones as a springboard into learning to read for themselves; for their visual skills, and because of the [email protected] closeness of sharing them with an adult. It is then very important to promote picture books and to ensure access to them. The idea behind the World Through Picture Books is to create a selection of picture books from around the world that have been recommended by librarians, The programme is led by IFLA Children’s and Young Adults section with support from partners IFLA Literacy and Reading section and IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People). All Information on the programme can be found on www.ifla.org/node/6718, as well as the poster and this catalogue that can be downloaded without charge. Aims of the Programme To create selections of picture books from around the world that have been recommended by librarians and which can then be used: – As a way of celebrating and promoting the languages, cultures and quality of children’s publishing around the world – By countries wishing to purchase books from other countries and looking for ‘favourite’ titles – By Sister Libraries as a way of exploring the children’s literature of their ‘Sister Library’ country (for IFLA Sister Library Programme, see www.ifla.org/libraries-for-children-and-ya/projects) Criteria for Book Selection Each country is asked to submit ten picture book titles: – Suitable for children aged between 0-11 – Books that are ‘favourites’, that have lasted or will last the test of time, and are seen as classics, representing the best in picture books from that country – Must have been published by the country submitting them – Are available in the original language – Are of a good quality and a high standard of publishing – Have text and illustrations that work very well together – Reflect a positive message – Are excellent for reading aloud and sharing with children – Are in print and therefore still available for purchase Information required for each title Each country is asked to provide the following information for each of the titles included in their list: – Name of the author – Name of the illustrator – Title of the book in the original language and its meaning in English – Date of publication – ISBN – A colour image of the front cover – A brief review of the book (in English and in the original language of the book) the world through picture books • introduction • 7 Country Participation Fifty-two selections have been received, from countries or from parts of countries which have asked for a separate selection, due to their specific cultural identity and publishing context.