Promoting and sharing a love of reading is a theme throughout this newsletter — in Italy, Iran, Argentina, Sweden — and closer to home in Canada.
We start with a real treat! A beautiful narrated photo essay by Mariella Bertelli giving tribute to those involved in the translation — and launch — of the Italian translation of Mary Beth Leatherdale’s Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees.
Next there are Q&As with IBBY Canada friends, the Edmonton Public Library and Colette Poitras, who were, and are, huge champions of the Indigenous Picture Book Collection.
The Edmonton Public Library was a real frontrunner in IBBY Canada’s #LibraryChallenge. They already had 89 of the 100 books when the challenge was launched. And Colette Poitras, Member of the Métis Nation of Alberta and Chair of the Indigenous Matters Committee, Canadian Federation of Library Associations (full bio below) has been a strong advocate for the Collection since its launch last year.
And we have profiles of IBBY Canada’s nominations for the 2020 iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award, Zohreh Ghaeni, Founder, Read with Me (Iran), and the 2020 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award, The Traveling Libraries, the “Entonces el libro” Suitcases Collective (Argentina).
The Frances E. Russell Grant was established in in 1982 “to initiate and encourage research in young people’s literature in all its forms.” Lesley Clement, the IBBY Canada Regional Councillor Ontario, has profiles of five of the recipients from the last ten years plus we have a report from last year’s recipient, Samantha Cutrara.
It is so inspiring to read the stories in this newsletter which again take IBBY Canada around the world — in friendship and with a love of reading…
Letter from the Editor
Hello,
Promoting and sharing a love of reading is a theme throughout this newsletter — in Italy, Iran, Argentina, Sweden — and closer to home in Canada.
We start with a real treat! A beautiful narrated photo essay by Mariella Bertelli giving tribute to those involved in the translation — and launch — of the Italian translation of Mary Beth Leatherdale’s Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees.
Next there are Q&As with IBBY Canada friends, the Edmonton Public Library and Colette Poitras, who were, and are, huge champions of the Indigenous Picture Book Collection.
The Edmonton Public Library was a real frontrunner in IBBY Canada’s #LibraryChallenge. They already had 89 of the 100 books when the challenge was launched. And Colette Poitras, Member of the Métis Nation of Alberta and Chair of the Indigenous Matters Committee, Canadian Federation of Library Associations (full bio below) has been a strong advocate for the Collection since its launch last year.
And we have profiles of IBBY Canada’s nominations for the 2020 iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award, Zohreh Ghaeni, Founder, Read with Me (Iran), and the 2020 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award, The Traveling Libraries, the “Entonces el libro” Suitcases Collective (Argentina).
The Frances E. Russell Grant was established in in 1982 “to initiate and encourage research in young people’s literature in all its forms.” Lesley Clement, the IBBY Canada Regional Councillor Ontario, has profiles of five of the recipients from the last ten years plus we have a report from last year’s recipient, Samantha Cutrara.
It is so inspiring to read the stories in this newsletter which again take IBBY Canada around the world — in friendship and with a love of reading…
Enjoy!
Patti McIntosh
Newsletter Editor, IBBY Canada
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