Ibby International Congress
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Thursday, 29 August 2024 – ARRIVALS and PRE-CONGRESS SESSION – CITY CENTeR
| 14.20 – 15.00 | IBBY Forum participants can register for the Congress and collect their Congress bag directly at the IBBY Forum venue | Starhotel Savoia Excelsior |
| 15.00 – 18.00 | Registration of Congress participants and collection of conference material (registration will also be possible on site at the Congress Venue before the official opening on Friday 30th) | Sala Comunale d’Arte, Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia |
| Free time for city tours | ||
| 15.00 | IBBY Forum (registration required upon invitation to the IBBY Sections) | Starhotel Savoia Excelsior |
| 18.00 – 20.00 | Welcome Cocktail (reserved to IBBY Forum participants) | Starhotel Savoia Excelsior |
| 21.30 | Concert: Tribute to Ennio Morricone Symphonic concert kindly offered by the Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia in occasion of the 39th IBBY Congress (upon reservation) |
Teatro Miela |
Friday, 30 August 2024 – GCC convention center
| 8.00 | Secretariat Opens | Foyer Ferrante |
| 8.00 – 8.45 | Registration and collection of conference material (for participants who did not register in advance at the Sala Comunale d’Arte on Thursday 29th) | Foyer Ferrante |
| Plenary Sessions with simultaneous translation Italian-English-Italian | ||
| 9.00 – 10.15 | Opening Ceremony
I Piccoli Cantori and Coro Giovanile della città di Trieste Greetings from authorities MIRARIME Poesie vista mare – Chiara Carminati and Alessandro Sanna |
Auditorium Generali |
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Spotlight on Trieste, a Frontier City Nicolò Giraldi |
Auditorium Generali |
| 10.30 – 11.10 | Keynote Speech: Literature as a Driver of Change – Michael Rosen Introduces: Sylvia Vardell |
Auditorium Generali |
| 11.10 – 11.40 | Coffee Break | Hall 28 |
| Plenary Sessions with simultaneous translation Italian-English-Italian | Auditorium Generali | |
| 11.40 – 12.00 | Lecture: The Words to Say – Roberto Piumini Introduces: Valerie Coghlan |
Auditorium Generali |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Focus on Poetry: Poetry in Children’s Literature – Giusi Quarenghi, Adolfo Córdova, introduces Sylvia Vardell | Auditorium Generali |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Round Table: Translating Poetry – Daniela Almansi, Simona Mambrini, Leah Janeczko, Ana Barič Moder and Bruno Tognolini, coord. Caterina Ramonda | Auditorium Generali |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Networking Lunch | Hall 28 |
| Plenary Sessions with simultaneous translation Italian-English-Italian | ||
| 14.30 – 15.15 | IBBY – Asahi Reading Promotion Award Award-giving ceremony in presence of Marie Aubinais (ATD Fourth World’s Libraries) Introduces: Elena Pasoli Presents: Junko Yokota |
Auditorium Generali |
| 15.15 – 16.15 | Round Table: Hearing from Young Readers on Books and Reading as a Driver of Change – coord. Simonetta Bitasi | |
| 16.15 – 16.45 | Coffee Break | Hall 28 |
| Plenary Sessions with simultaneous translation Italian-English-Italian | ||
| 16.45 – 17.25 | Keynote Speech: Disseminating Science in Children’s Books – Telmo Pievani – introduces Tina Bilban | Auditorium Generali |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award Award-giving ceremony in presence of Basarat Kazim and Irene Vasco, winners of the 2024 IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award Introduces: Elena Pasoli Presents: Junko Yokota |
Auditorium Generali |
| 19.00 | Congress Welcome Cocktail | Caffè degli Specchi, Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia |
SATURDAY, 31 AUGUST 2024 – GCC convention center
| 8.00 – 8.30 | Registration of voting delegates | Auditorium Generali |
| 8.30 – 11.30 | IBBY General Assembly | Auditorium Generali |
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| 8.30 – 9.30 | Round Table: Translating Children’s Literature – Anda Bukvić Pažin, Francesca Novajra and Julija Potrč Šavli, coord. Eva Valvo | Margherita Hack |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Universities and Research Units 1 Moderates: Marnie CampagnaroOC 001 – Let fiction be a part of every school subject! – Jenny Edvardsson – SWEDEN OC 002 – Cultivating resilience through picturebooks in the Riecken Community Libraries in Honduras – Ivette Alejandra Giron Elvir – UK OC 003 – On the wings of books with Jella Lepman after the Second World War – Cristina Gumirato – ITALY |
Ernesto Illy |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change. Diversity, sustainability, cultural diversity and social justice 1 Moderates: Dorena CaroliOC 004 – Bridges called home: radical quests for home and identity in contemporary South Asian-Canadian children’s literature – Mayurika Chakravorty – CANADA OC 005 – Portrayal of disability in Indonesian children’s literature: perspectives from elementary school students – Shoba Chugani, Ida Farida, Sintadewi Aryasatyani – INDONESIA OC 006 – Exploring truths and lies: a critical examination of cultural representations in children’s books set in Egypt – Dalia Mostafa Abdulrahman – EGYPT OC 007 – Visual representation of Arabs in Hebrew Children’s Books – Naomi De-Malach – ISRAEL |
Josef Ressel |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Schools 1 Moderates: Antonella LambertiOC 008 – Poesia als barracons: the poetic word as an incentive for learning in a high school – Josep Hernàndez Tresserras – SPAIN OC 009 – Breaking down barriers in the classroom through reading aloud. An inclusion tool against school dropout – Delia Maria D’Onofrio – ITALY OC 010 – Pictures and wordless books as inclusion tools. The peer to peer experience of young readers – Lucia Schiralli – ITALY OC 011 – Strengthening in-service teachers’ interactive book reading: behind the scenes of a hybrid professional development program – Iris Vansteelandt, Silke Vanparys, Jona Hebbrecht, Hilde Van Keer – BELGIUM |
Umberto Saba |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Frontiers: Multilingualism1 Moderates: Simona MambriniOC 012 – Empowering educators to write for children: creating multilingual reading material through Room to Read India’s Initiatives – Deepali Agarwal – INDIA OC 013 – We can write our own books: on how access to quality literature helps transform children’s beliefs about themselves as authors – Ruth J Saez Vega, Aura E. González Robles – PUERTO RICO OC 014 – Publishing indigenous voices in aotearoa picturebooks – Eboni Waitere, Nicola Daly – NEW ZELAND OC 015 – At the same page: reading together for cultural inclusion and linguistic rights – Sebastià Portell – SPAIN |
Italo Svevo |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Young Readers 1 Moderate: Young Readers representatives and Simonetta BitasiOC 017 – Participation as key to sparking young people’s interested in books – Martin Gries – GERMANY OC 018 – Our Little Library – the project for promotion of reading among school children – Alenka Urh – SLOVENIA OC 019 – Young Readers in the intergenerational reading project – Tilka Jamnik – SLOVENIA OC 020 – Creative reading: artistic and intermedial strategies for a deeper comprehension – Mariona Masgrau-Juanola, Karo Kunde, Christian Arenas-Delgado, Ivet Farrés-Cullell – SPAIN |
Young Readers |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Poster Session: Frontiers and bridges between languages, cultures and countries 1 | Hall 28 |
| PP 001- When fear knocks on the door: the use of picture book on social-emotional learning in primary school. The case studies between China and Italy – Download the poster here. Pei An – ITALY |
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| PP 002 – Exploring the world of children’s literature: a focus on storytelling studio in a multilingual context – Download the poster here. Eda Birsa, Renata Padovan, Barbara Baloh – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 003 – Mamma Lingua. Storie per tutti, nessuno escluso – Download the poster here. Agnese Cargini, Francesca Cadeddu, Giovanna Malgaroli, Filomena Tancredi – ITALY |
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| PP 004 – You belong here: connecting people through nature and illustration – Download the poster here. Nátali de Mello – UK |
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| PP 005 – Inside the books. Wordless picture books and tactile books to overcome boundaries in women’s prison in Rome – Download the poster here. Giulia Franchi, Elena Zizioli, Michela Tonelli, Sara Bruccoleri – ITALY |
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| PP 006 – Re-thinking practice about the teaching of YA literature: using exploratory practice to craft and re-craft narrative in English L2 instruction – Download the poster here. Stefania Gargioni – IRELAND |
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| PP 007 – Unlocking early child education with mamak (mothers as main assessors of kids) – Download the poster here. Parastoo Ghalamchi – UK |
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| PP 008 – The multilingual Edu Space Children’s Literature Lab at the free University of Bozen – Download the poster here. Jeanette Hoffmann, Elisabeth von Leon – ITALY |
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| PP 009 – Brown girl explores the 5 themes of geography – Download the poster here. Michele Jeanmarie – USA |
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| PP 010 – Glagolitsa independent literary award – Download the poster here. Irina Khusnutdinova – RUSSIA |
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| PP 011 – Bilingual and multilingual books widen the world Anže Miš – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 012 – Introducing cultural elements of two top Iranian children’s and young adult writers to the global community Mahdi Mohammadi, Mohadeseh Bigdeli – IRAN |
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| PP 013 – Journey to the East – Download the poster here. Liudmila Naumenko – RUSSIA |
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| PP 014 – Translating Balam and Lluvia’s house: a new approach to understanding how children’s books cross borders – Download the poster here. Emma Page – UK |
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| PP 015 – Boundary-setting of words and transformation of semantic structures in the translation of Marissa Meyer’s works into Persian – Download the poster here Sareh Arzpeima, Ramineh Rezazadeh – CANADA |
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| Parallel Sessions | ||
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Round Table: Reading education and public policy: between good practices and new challenges – Gianluca Parisi – Cepell, Elena Mengotti – Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Maurizio De Blasio – Trieste Municipality – coord. Flavia Cristiano | Margherita Hack |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change for inclusion 1 Moderates: Monica MartinelliOC 022 – Tactile illustrated books: diversity as a resource for everybody through inspiring educational devices and practices – Roberta Bridda, Giuliana Riunno – SPAIN OC 023 – From academia to practice: the development of a literacy adventure centre for children in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – Marcela Mangarelli – MEXICO OC 024 – Picturebooks to include the excluded: a reading mediatione experience in a “Sala de Lectura” in Mexico – Evelyn Arizpe, Brenda Denisse Rentería Cervantes – UK OC 025 – Reaching the sky without limits – Aksinja Kermauner, Janja Plazar – SLOVENIA |
Ernesto Illy |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change. Diversity, sustainability, cultural diversity and social justice 2 Moderates: Dorena CaroliOC 027 – The Cross-border generation and transmutation of witches’ images in children’s literature – Yisha Wang – CHINA OC 028 – Rooting for Elle: relatability and recognition in fantasies of social change – Susanne Reichl – AUSTRIA OC 029 – The right to remain silent: wordless picturebooks as drivers of social and linguistic change in a hyperdiverse ECEC – Anita Berge – NORWAY |
Josef Ressel |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Oral Session: Audience Development Strategies (political, economic, social) 1 Moderates: Antonella LambertiOC 030 – Image reading for inclusion and social cohesion: a case study of Bibliomochilas in Yauyos, Peru – Diana Cruz – UK OC 031 – Cradle of letters – Project BBB* El Carmel – Iris González – SPAIN OC 032 – 30th Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) – Zuzana Miklánková – SLOVAKIA OC 033 – AGRO LIBRARY: Cultivating a Literary Landscape for CHILDREN Minds – Yavuzdemir – TURKEY OC 034 – Shared Reading as key activity to promote parental responsiveness: the case of the Villaggio per Crescere project – Anduena Alushaj, Giorgio Tamburlini – ITALY |
Umberto Saba |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Oral Session: Frontiers: Multilingualism 2 Moderates: Simona MambriniOC 035 – Picturebooks at the frontiers: interdisciplinary views on making culturally, linguistically diverse texts equitably accessible worldwide – Karen A. Bentall, Giovanna C. Lucci, Alisha Niehaus Berger – USA OC 036 – Crossing linguistic divides through dual language picturebooks – Siwan Rosser – UK OC 037 – How to read or not read in Slovene in bilingual area- Tatjana Vučajnk – AUSTRIA |
Italo Svevo |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Oral Session: Young Readers 2 Moderate Young Readers representatives and Simonetta BitasiOC 021 – Reading action of Libraries of Barcelona – César Moreno, Mercè Muñoz Creus – SPAIN OC 039 – Child juries in literary prizes – Macarena García-González, Marta Roig, Ignacia Saona – UK OC 040 – “Reading with Mr Book mouse” – Building book bridges between early educational centers and families- Katerina Dermata – GREECE OC 041 – Empowering Junior Reading Ambassadors to spread the love of reading – Stacy Gan – SINGAPORE |
Young Readers |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Poster Session: Good books as drivers of change 1 | Hall 28 |
| PP 016 – Harnessing the power of visual and textual storytelling in representative picture books from Egypt – Download the poster here. Nagla alHadidy – EGYPT |
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| PP 017 – Children say, “We’re friends, despite our differences!” – Download the poster here. An Miran – KOREA |
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| PP 018 – Formal criteria in the re-edition, a tribute to timelessness Amparo Jesús Arias Villalobos, Luz Yennifer Reyes Quintero – CHILE |
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| PP 019 – Nowtopian: living in a dystopic world (with the power to change it). Now – Download the poster here. Luigi Ballerini – ITALY |
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| PP 020 – The educational potential of crossmedia book for building social and emotional skills – Download the poster here. Alessandro Barca, Mariella Tripaldi – ITALY |
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| PP 021 – Reading. Doing. Spreading: (school) Zine, the school journal as an inclusive distance-learning experience – Download the poster here. Laura Bonora – ITALY |
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| PP 022 – Cycladic and Cyprus figurines travel through perspectives and stories – Download the poster here. Angela Chalkiopoulou – CYPRUS |
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| PP 023 – Nonlinear interactive picturebook: using multimodal interactive as storytelling elements to support children’s emotional literacy – Download the poster here. Huiling Chen – UK |
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| PP 024 – Classical fairytales illustrated through works of art from a contemporary perspective – Download the poster here. Rosalía Clemente – SPAIN |
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| PP 025 – Reinventing mythology with an inclusive interpretation: the sagas of Rick Riordan – Download the poster here. Domenico Francesco Antonio Elia – ITALY |
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| PP 026 – Arribabajo children’s books collection: a starting point to create new stories – Download the poster here. Marcela Escovar – COLOMBIA |
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| PP 027 – Short poetic texts to reflect and think about today and tomorrow. As an Example: texts by the Austrian author Heinz Janisch – Download the poster here. Sabine Fuchs – AUSTRIA |
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| PP 028 – Multi-genre, optimization and conciseness as ways to transfer knowledge – Download the poster here. Mikhail Kunitski – BELARUS |
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| PP 029 – Let’s read and respond to books by Padma Venkatraman Padma Venkatraman, Isaac Willis Larison – USA |
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| PP 030 – A Personal Revolution – Download the poster here. Geum-Yi Lee – KOREA |
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| PP 031 – Nurturing literacy through silent books: a multicultural approach in early education – Download the poster here. Mija Umer, Barbara Baloh – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 032 – Building a common horizon of meaning through reading groups – Download the poster here. Paola Cortiana, Loredana Perego – ITALY |
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| Parallel Sessions | ||
| 10.30 – 11.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change for inclusion 2 Moderates: Monica MartinelliOC 042 – Quality books reading for underprivileged children in China – Yan SHI – CHINA OC 043 – Inhabit the threshold: Inclusive Perspectives in Children’s Literature – Maria Filomia – ITALY OC 044 – Boys don’t cry: an exploration of boys representation in African children’s books – Catherine Uwimana – RWANDA OC 045 – The role and impact of racially inclusive picturebook mediators in a UK city – Amy Byrne – UK |
Ernesto Illy |
| 10.30 – 11.30 | Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change. Diversity, sustainability, cultural diversity and social justice 3 Moderates: Simona MambriniOC 046 – Local novels, untold stories: Young Adult literature in Argentina, an analysis of Zona Libre collection – Cecilia Lopez – ARGENTINA OC 048 – Depictions of cultural diversity in museum-themed picture books – Kalliopi Nafsika Kardoulia – GREECE OC 049 – Who is (seen as) diverse? Reading racial representations from within Europe – Katja Zakrajšek – SLOVENIA |
Margherita Hack |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Workshop: Creating a community of dialogue among adolescents about legality: moving from the BILL Library of Legality – Paola Cortiana (registration needed – fill the form at this link) | Josef Ressel |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Oral Session: Audience Development Strategies (political, economic, social) 2 Reading since the beginning. Supporting parents and caregivers in the Early Years of their Childrens’ life, through the combined efforts of professionals and volunteers. Moderates: Giorgio TamburliniRepresentative from The Human Safety Net: Emma Ursich, Executive Director at The Human Safety Net together with Camille De Montigny, Annamaria Cosatti, Rafael Ramesa Representative from 1001Mots (France): Camille de Montigny, Sponsorship Manager at 1001mots |
Umberto Saba |
| 10.30 – 11.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Schools 2 Moderate: Young Readers representatives and Simonetta BitasiOC 050 – What does a literary critic do in kindergarten? – Gaja Kos – SLOVENIA OC 051 – Exploring to communicate: Creation of a tactile book – Francesca De Amicis – ITALY OC 052 – Library and school service, a city commitment to promote reading in educational centers – Dolors Madeo – SPAIN OC 053 – Storytelling Studio: children telling stories – Špela Frlic – SLOVENIA OC 054 – Narratives of lived experience: books in Irish classrooms – Becky Long – IRELAND |
Italo Svevo |
| 10.30 – 11.30 | Workshop: Reading Silence Aloud: stand up session for reading Silent books together – by the IBBY Library in Lampedusa | Young Readers |
| 10.30 – 11.30 | Poster Session: Audience development + Young readers | Hall 28 |
| PP 033 Street poetry – Literary interventions in public spaces inspire beyond boundaries of social group – Download the poster here. Martin Gries – GERMANY |
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| PP 034 The experience of Nati per Leggere in Italy: addressing a multisectoral and multiprofessional audience – Download the poster here Valeria Balbinot, Alessandra Sila, Giorgio Tamburlini, Viviana Urban – ITALY |
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| PP 035 As minhas primeiras páginas (my first pages) – Download the poster here. Maria Silva, Patrícia Pedras, João Correia – PORTUGAL |
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| PP 036 The image of the pioneers of the children’s reading revolution in the messages of World Children’s Book Day Mahdi Mohammadi, Mohadeseh Bigdeli – IRAN |
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| PP 037 A scientometric analysis about how google scholar drives research on children’s literature Mahdi Mohammadi, Rahele Karimian, Hadiseh Heidari – IRAN |
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| PP 038 Reading with working and street children – Download the poster here. Zahra Sayyadi, Pouria Golbabaie – IRAN |
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| PP 039 Culture road festivals bring children, books and cities together Merve Yavuzdemir – TURKEY |
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| PP 040 An innovative and expanding reading programme in primary education – Download the poster here. Demetra Charalambous – CYPRUS |
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| PP 041 What if they don’t get access to a good range of books? Findings from a UK study into young people’s perspectives on diversity and reading – Download the poster here. Beth Kemp – UK |
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| PP 042 The imaginative and experiential world of the young reader is an infinite universe of stories, or how young readers actively think about and shape the world they live in – Download the poster here. Samanta Kobal – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 043 Familiarizing children with canonical literature: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri for kids Martina Mattei – USA |
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| PP 044 Contemporary reading attitudes, preferences and habits of 11/12 year-old children in Greece Vassiliki Nika – GREECE |
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| PP 045 How to encourage small children to read in foreign languages: a project “Reading on pillows” – Download the poster here. Maria Ponomarenko – RUSSIA |
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| PP 046 “We are stories”: exploring young children’s affective responses to reading culturally sustaining picturebooks – Download the poster here. Kelly Wissman – USA |
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| PP 047 An investigation of the book named Paul Street Boys in the compliance with the basis of children’s and youth literature Sabanur Yılmaz – TURKEY |
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| Plenary Session with simultaneous translation Italian-English-Italian | ||
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Round Table On Reading Promotion – IBBY-Asahi and IBBY-iRead Award Winners in conversation: Marie Aubinais, Basarat Kazim, Irene Vasco Introduce the Award Winners: Elena Pasoli and Luis Zendrera Moderates: Junko Yokota |
Auditorium Generali |
| 13.00 – 14.30 | Networking Lunch | Hall 28 |
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| 14.30 – 15.30 | Round Table: Diversity and Inclusion in Children’s Books and YA Novels: Gender is not a taboo – Rosie Haine, Sara Saorin and Laura Scarmoncin, coord. Monica Martinelli | Auditorium Generali |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Round Table: Reading as a right – Leonardo Acone, Cécile Boulaire and Stefania Carioli, coord. Marnie Campagnaro | Margherita Hack |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Universities and Research Units 2 Moderates Junko YokotaOC 055 – “The place of children’s literature”: a liminal space between participatory research and good books – Gabriele Brancaleoni – ITALY OC 056 – Crossing borders: transformative approaches to community-based literacy – Kathy G. Short, Desirée W. Cueto, Randolph Cueto – USA OC 057 – When literature talks about itself. Metafictional aspects in children’s literature – Noemi Fiorito – ITALY OC 058 – Wordless Picturebooks in Multilingual Contexts – The Empirical Reception Study IMAGO in South Tyrolian Schools – Jeanette Hoffmann, Giulia Mirandola – ITALY |
Ernesto Illy |
| 14.15 – 15.30 | Oral Session: Audience Development: Public Engagement 1 Moderates: Ingrid KällströmOC 059 – 33 Years of experience with university students from the perspective of promoting the SDGs – Sachie Asaka – JAPAN OC 060 – Sorrows of Korean overseas adopters appeared in youth books – They Return – Jeongjin Lim – KOREA OC 061 – Summer reading and creativity program of the National Library of Greece: challenges and opportunities – Vassiliki Nika – GREECE OC 062 – The Mobile Library Service in Ghana as an innovative approach to reaching marginalized children – Hayford Siaw – GHANA OC 038 – A book for you – 10.000 welcoming books for refugee children Marloes Robijn – NETHERLANDS |
Josef Ressel |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Meeting: Mamma Lingua: International exchange and perspectives – Doris Breitmoser, Hasmig Chahinian, Giovanna Malgaroli, Enrica Menarbin and Gabriele Mercadante | Umberto Saba |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Organisations and Institutions Moderates Sunjidmaa Jamba OC 063 – From a concept to reality: a project started in Covid pandemic era and continues – Virginia Phiri – ZIMBABWE OC 064 – Approaching challenging topics through literature in Cyprus public primary schools – Charalambos Demetriou – CYPRUS OC 065 – Literacy as a catalyst for change: the collaborative efforts of the Book Industry Association of Jamaica and the GrassROOTS Community Foundation – Latoya West-Blackwood, Janice Johnson Dias – JAMAICA OC 066 – The album book: symbolic gear of text and image for the elaboration. An approach will be outlined to the possibilities that children’s and youth literature offers for personal and social development derived from the experience that, in projects to pro – María Beatriz Medina Simancas – VENEZUELA |
Italo Svevo |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Young Readers Workshop: Promoting Reading Awareness Through Literary Translation – Stella Sacchini and Eva Valvo | Young Readers |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Poster Session: The actors of change 1 | Hall 28 |
| PP 048 Book community for library reading mediators as a revolutionary practice for offering children good books – Download poster here. Mariana Abreu-Loureiro – PORTUGAL |
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| PP 049 Assessing the impact of literary awards for young adult literature on translated works and the integration of books into library collections Sabina Fras Popović, Barbara Baloh – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 050 Exploring literary texts: balancing pedagogy and aesthetic appreciation in early reading development – Download poster here. Barbara Baloh – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 051 Examples of good practice: improving reading motivation and comprehension in 2nd grade pupils – Download poster here. Nika Bedek – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 052 A worldwide approach to sustainable, scalable, and locally adaptable children’s libraries and teacher education about children’s literature Karen A. Bentall – USA |
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| PP 053 This is Barcelona in Miroslav Šašek style. A project connecting libraries, universities and primary schools – Download poster here. Emma Bosch, Rosalía Clemente – SPAIN |
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| PP 054 The yellow armchair. A family book club – Download poster here. Stella Camacho Belis – SPAIN |
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| PP 055 ¡ÂLBUM!, picture books publishers association from Spain – Download poster here. José Díaz – SPAIN |
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| PP 056 From volunteers’ activity to public service: Biblio-Os’, the library at Policlinico Sant’Orsola Hospital in Bologna – Download poster here. Ilaria Gandolfi, Ilaria Bortolotti – ITALY |
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| PP 057 Supporting family literacy learning website for parents and professionals – Alenka Strukelj, Barbara Hanuš – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 058 The transformation brought by artificial intelligence (AI) to children’s literature – Download poster here. Min Jiang – CHINA |
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| PP 059 Reading children’s picture books to assist psychological, social needs of children with cancer in palliative care ages 5-8 years old – Download poster here. Maria Elizabeth Kagaoan – PHILIPPINES |
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| PP 060 Which non-fiction books do children need in the era of the global internet? How different topics work across cultures and countries. Knowledge is not boring and can reveal itself in many formats including interactive books, comics, and fiction – Download poster here. Ekaterina Kashirskaya – RUSSIA |
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| PP 061 Reading wonders: shaping young minds in the digital world – Download poster here. Alenka Kepic Mohar – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 062 Author-NPO collaboration: joining forces to increase awareness on the importance of early literacy – Download poster here. Didem Nazli Karabatur, Tulin Kozikoglu – TURKEY |
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| Parallel Sessions | ||
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Round Table: Diversity and Inclusion in Children’s Books and YA Novels: Difference Is Not a Subtraction – Enrico Angelo Emili, Gusti and Leigh Turina, coord. Marcella Terrusi | Auditorium Generali |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Round Table: Disseminating Science – Nicola Davies, Peter Lorenzo Castelletto, Dario Gasparo and Sara Segantin, coord. Elisabetta Lippolis | Margherita Hack |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Meeting of Bookbird Correspondents | Ernesto Illy |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Libraries Moderates: Ingrid KällströmOC 067 – New words for the wild – a journey through literature and poetry where the literature nature takes center stage. Through fiction and the logbook “Søvand og mosehuller”, gives children new words for the wild – Dorte Rugtved, Helle Laursen – DENMARK OC 068 – IFLA’s Libraries for Children and Young Adults: Connecting, influencing, impacting, and changing the field – Marianne Martens, Sarah Evans, Annie Everall, Antonella Lamberti, Tone Larssen Rogne, Linn T. Sunne – USA OC 069 – Making up stories: a childhood that grasps written word – Minerva Mora, Irina Burgos – PERU OC 070 – Children’s Readers’ Advisory – because every child deserves to enjoy reading – Linn T. Sunne – NORWAY |
Josef Ressel |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Oral Session: Audience Development: Public Engagement 2 Moderates Luis Zendrera OC 071 – Back to own writing: empowering future educators’ attitudes towards creative writing in primary and secondary education – Tereza Parizkova – CZECH REPUBLIC OC 072 – Australia Reads: building a reading nation – Anna Burkey, Patrizia Di Biase-Dyson – AUSTRALIA OC 073 – Curated children’s books exhibitions for audience development – Murti Bunanta, Emilia Nazir, Maria Christania Winardi, Amanda Ariawan, WedhaStratesti and Bobby Fernandes – INDONESIA OC 074 – Challenging and expanding the boundaries of children’s literature: The Museum of Children’s Books – Marta Niewieczerzał, Anna Mik – POLAND |
Umberto Saba |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change. The picture-book Moderates Tina BilbanOC 075 – Representations of actions of change in Portuguese picturebooks – Inês Costa – PORTUGAL OC 077 – Good men in good picture books. Challenging male stereotypes of the social construction of gender – Rubén Cristóbal-Hornillos, José Antonio Escrig-Aparicio – SPAIN OC 078 – Respecting children’s names and cultural roots: a critical content analysis of multicultural naming picturebooks – Sally Brown, Yang Wang – USA OC – 026 Stories in the Middle East: emblems of hope Nadia Elkholy – EGYPT |
Italo Svevo |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Young Readers Workshop: Poetry Speaks Many Languages – Chiara Basile, Adolfo Córdova and Caterina Ramonda | Young Readers |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Poster Session: Good books as drivers of change 2 | Hall 28 |
| PP 063 “Behind the Curtain”: common traits and interpretative categories in picture books studies – Download poster here. Alberto Lenares – ITALY |
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| PP 064 Black and white illustrations in children’s literature: from Gustave Doré to Lorenzo Mattotti – Download poster here. Alberto Lenares – ITALY |
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| PP 065 Shaping hearts and minds: unveiling emotional and empathetic roles in children’s poetry picturebooks – Download poster here. Na Li – UK |
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| PP 066 The library of the wind – La biblioteca del vento – Download poster here. Prospero (Rino) Lombardi, Duna Viezzoli – ITALY |
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| PP 067 Picture books as gateways: unveiling the landscape of statistical literacy in early childhood education – Download poster here. Lara Lusa – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 068 Children’s literature and meaningful experiences: a reflection from adulthood – Download poster here. Ana Maria Martinez Cifuentes – COLOMBIA |
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| PP 069 Thematic session: good books as drivers of change topic: the silent voice: communicating to children through picture books. The NCWIA Project 2023/24 Eva Wamala Dorcus Mutongole – UGANDA |
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| PP 070 “Author, scissors, paper”. Collage art in picture books – Download poster here. Liudmila Naumenko – RUSSIA |
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| PP 071 “Stories matter initiative, 2020”: Disney & Pixar diversifying children’s films via the stories of migration – Download poster here. Wafa Pathan – NORWAY |
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| PP 072 Books and children can change the world: Greek-Cypriot children’s literature as an agent of change Elena Perikleous, Despina Eracleous – CYPRUS |
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| PP 073 Analysis of the types of ethical relationships between the elderly and children in Chinese children’s literature – Download poster here. Yifan Qing – CHINA |
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| PP 074 3 Brazilian picturebooks as drivers of change Fernanda Melo – BRASIL |
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| PP 075 How good books in children’s literature can lead to lasting world peace – Download poster here. Marta Myriam Ruggieri – ITALY |
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| PP 076 A study of family narratives in children’s literature on major Chinese children’s book lists – Download poster here. Shi Yun Sheng – CHINA |
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| PP 077 Efficacy of elaborate visual narratives for children – Download poster here. Shruti Soharia – INDIA |
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| 16.30 – 18.30 | Free Time | |
| Plenary Session with simultaneous translation Italian-English-Italian | ||
| 18.30 – 19.00 | Welcome Drinks | |
| 19.00 – 20.30 | Presentation of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards in presence of Heinz Janisch, 2024 Author Award winner, and Sydney Smith, 2024 Illustrator Award winner Introduces: Elena Pasoli Presents: Liz Page |
Auditorium Generali |
| 20.30 | Hans Christian Andersen Award Dinner | Hall 27 |
sunday, 1 September – GCC convention center
| Parallel Sessions | ||
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Publishers Moderates: Luis Zendrera OC 079 – #ioleggoperché, the AIE reading promotion campaign. A new way based on co-design for the creation and strengthening of school libraries – Renata Gorgani – ITALY OC 080 – A young publishing industry: agents mediating between creativity and market – Alba Sandron – ITALY OC 081 – When international aid fails: how publishers can help improve books for the world’s most underserved children – Alisha Niehaus Berger – SWITZERLAND |
Margherita Hack |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change. The written word, specific language and expressive style Moderates: Tina BilbanOC 082 – Musiké: music and poetry for a better life – Mónica Munizaga, Marian Lutzky – CHILE OC 083 – Achieving self-creation: the role and value of the written word in David Almond’s Oeuvre – Elena Guerzoni – ITALY OC 084 – The child reader and contemporary indian children’s reading in arundhati venkatesh’s bookasura – Anagha Gopal – INDIA OC 085 – Dimensions of quality in digital books and literature for children – Aline Frederico, Giselly Lima de Moraes – BRASIL OC 086 – Playing cards: forgotten format of a book? – Niklas Bengtsson – FINLAND |
Ernesto Illy |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Frontiers: Networks Moderates: Sunjidmaa JambaOC 087 – Museums as actors of change in promoting good books – Matilde Teggi – ITALY OC 088 – Librarians in synergy to cross the disease: strategies to support relationships between children and adults – Chiara Cipolat Mis, Viviana Urban, Ivana Truccolo, Nancy Michilin – ITALY OC 089 – Parents book-reading to preterm born infants in the NICU: an Italian experience – Chiara Peila, Patrizia Strola, Norma Perotto, Elisabetta Lippolis, Valeria Balbinot – ITALY OC 090 – Healing power of lıterature: encouraging teenager boys of Juvenile Detention Center to reading and writing – Tulin Kozikoglu, Nihal Unver – TURKEY |
Josef Ressel |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change for Inclusion 3 Moderates: Denis BeznosovOC 091 – Reading Projects for Children with Disabilities. How It Works in Russian Libraries – Anastasia Moiseyeva – RUSSIA OC 092 – Let your voice be a book: book recording project for visually impaired children in Turkey – Tulin Kozikoglu, Sezin Mavioglu, Itir Mukadder Kozikoglu, Kaan Yucel – TURKEY OC 093 – The riches of tactile illustrated books for all children – Célia Maçon, Sophie Blain – FRANCE |
Umberto Saba |
| 8.30 – 10.00 | Oral Session: Frontiers: Translation 1 Moderates: Doris BreitmoserOC 094 – Hans Christian Andersen’s Valdemar Daae. A target text-oriented study of three iconic Italian translations – Claudia Alborghetti – ITALY OC 095 – Lost in translation? How to accurately translate children’s narratives using a cultural & considerate lens (an English-to-Spanish translation case study) – Jacquelyn Garcia – USA OC 096 – “Like carrying water in a strainer”: on how to play games with translation – Tal Goldfajn – USA OC 097 – What’s in a title? Maria Elena Walsh’s novel Dailan Kifki and the translation of children’s literature titles – Mariela Romero – ARGENTINA OC 098 – Trimming of the treetops: translating the Treehouse series – Veronika Rot Gabrovec – SLOVENIA OC 016 – The recent status of multiligualism and translation in Europe: what about books for children? – Renate Punka – LATVIA |
Italo Svevo |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Workshop: IBBY camps. Practical tips and tricks to organize an IBBY camp in your country – Deborah Soria (registration needed – fill the form at this link) | Young Readers |
| 8.30 – 10.00 | Poster Session: The actors of change 2 | Hall 28 |
| PP 078 LESEFRØ: a well-established scheme designed to help kindergarteners to read more with children – Download poster here. Siri Larsen – NORWAY |
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| PP 079 MCE and democracy as an educational project – Download poster here. Lidia Liboria Pantaleo, Marta Marchi – ITALY |
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| PP 080 Professional development courses for educators: An Invisible force for reading promotion – Download poster here. Amrita Patwardhan – INDIA |
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| PP 081 Words can develop the reading and change the world – Download poster here. Simona Carola Perego – ITALY |
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| PP 082 An invitation to the exciting world of reading – Download poster here. Petra Potočnik – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 083 Bibbotó children librarians working in network: how to share and create projects to become an actors of change – Download poster here. Imma Pujol Farrés, Natividad Calvo Buil – SPAIN |
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| PP 084 Reprint campaign: what libraries can do to keep good books in the hands of children for a long time – Download poster here. Tomoko Sasaoka – JAPAN |
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| PP 085 Publication is only the beginning: literary festival as a means to broaden access to excellent books – Download poster here. Nika Susman – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 086 Children’s literature in university courses on Japanese culture – Download poster here. Maria Elena Tisi – ITALY |
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| PP 087 NpL Programme as an engine of change for Italian public libraries and reading literacy – Download poster here. Viviana Urban, Fabio Bazzoli, Romina Franchin, Milena Tancredi, Agnese Cargini, Giovanna Malgaroli – ITALY |
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| PP 088 Strengthening in-service teachers’ interactive book reading: impact of professionalization on competencies – Download poster here. Silke Vanparys, Jona Hebbrecht, Iris Vansteelandt – BELGIUM |
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| PP 089 Children’s publishers in Italy between the sixties and the seventies: the translation of Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien – Download poster here. Lucia Vigutto – ITALY |
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| PP 090 Children’s literature course: establishing an interactive relationship with early childhood education – Download poster here. Wei Zheng – CHINA |
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| PP 091 Villa, mouse and tea – a visit to Slovene writers’ villa – Download poster here. Majda Koren – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 092 Literature in the classroom, 25 years bringing authors to schools – Download poster here. Izaskun Arretxe, Noemí Martínez – SPAIN |
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| Plenary Sessions with simultaneous translation Italian – English – Italian | ||
| 10.10 – 10.40 | Keynote Speech: Reading in the Brain – Stanislas Dehaene, introduces Davide Crepaldi | Auditorium Generali |
| 10.40 – 12.00 | Keynote Speech: Reading for the Brain – Kate Nation and Lynne Murray, coord. Davide Crepaldi | Auditorium Generali |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Presentation of the 2024 IBBY Honour List | Auditorium Generali |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Networking Lunch | Hall 28 |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Round Table: Picturing Picture Books: a conversation about history, critic, curatorship and poetic perspectives on the topic – Leonard Marcus, Silvana Sola and Paola Vassalli, coord. Marcella Terrusi | Auditorium Generali |
| Parallel Sessions | ||
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Round Table: The International Horizons of Academic Children’s Literature Research Published in Scientific Journals – Macarena García-González, Xavier Minguez, Smiljana Narancic Kovac and Ilaria Tagliaferri, coord. Marnie Campagnaro | Auditorium Generali |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Lecture: Once Upon a border. Stories to imagine a world without frontiers – Mohamed Ba and Deborah Soria | Margherita Hack |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Associations and Volunteers Moderates: Denis Beznosov OC 099 – Reading with newcomer children: an IBBY Canada “Reading Club” for immigrant and refugee children ages 5–12 – Patti McIntosh – CANADA OC 100 – Developing read-aloud practices: when community education promotes reading – Vanessa Niri – ITALY OC 101 – Children’s reading promotion projects in Russia. How RBBY works with literature and illustration – Angela Lebedeva – RUSSIA OC 102 – “I read to other people” – 1.000 read-aloud volunteers for a democratic narrative community – Martina Evangelista, Federico Batini – ITALY |
Ernesto Illy |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Oral Session: Audience Development: Media (Social Media; Press, radio, television; language sensitivity) Moderates: Elena PasoliOC 103 – Bringing the school library closer to students through Instagram – a good practice presentation – Lea Koler – SLOVENIA OC 104 – Booksellers as cultural mediators of the 19th century: German children’s books for the Croatian audience – Sanja Ivanovic Grguric, Tihomir Engler – CROATIA OC 105 – Accessible books for Young Readers Project – Laura Brady, Trish Osuch – CANADA OC 106 – Not If but when: leveraging youth literature to normalize conversations with young people about death and loss – Thom Barthelmess – USA |
Josef Ressel |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Oral Session: Frontiers: Travelling Libraries Projects Moderates: Ingrid KällströmOC 107 – Over, across, through: linguistic and literary borders in the Basque Country – Garazi Arrula Ruiz – SPAIN OC 108 – The anger representation in picture books: a bridge between East and West for social change – Rosa Tiziana Bruno – SPAIN OC 109 – Cross-cultural Chinese imagination and aesthetic expression of Chinese-foreign cooperative picture books – Liang Yuan – CHINA |
Umberto Saba |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Universities and Research Units 3 Moderates: Junko YokotaOC 110 – Crossing borders, crossing cultures in biographical book series for young readers. Shaping a transnational imaginary? – Chiara Malpezzi – ITALY OC 111 – Collaborative and creative spaces when children and three educators engage with Migrants, a wordless picturebook – Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang, Robert Walldén – SWEDEN OC 112 – Revolutionizing children’s imagery in Russian and Ukrainian illustrated books (1920s-1930s) – Dorena Caroli – ITALY |
Italo Svevo |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Oral Session: Young Readers 3 Moderates: Doris BreitmoserOC 113 – IBBY Pakistan: bringing books to marginalized Young Readers isolated by deserts and floodwaters – Tehmina Khan, Basarat Kazim, Amna Kazmi, Tasneem Zehra Hussain – PAKISTAN OC 114 – Uprisen – encouraging young people to read – Troels Posselt – NORWAY OC 115 – The Island of Good Stories: Presenting a workshop series that empowers young readers/writers to map and harness the powers of engaging storytelling – Petros Panaou, Theodora Katsifi – CYPRUS & GREECE OC 116 – Furry Book Club: workshops of empowerment with a book, a book creator, and a dog – Elena Perikleous, Despina Eracleous – CYPRUS |
Young Readers |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Poster Session: Frontiers and bridges between languages, cultures and countries 2 + Good books as drivers of change 3 | Hall 28 |
| PP 093 KBBY’s Collaborations with Other National Sections Hyangboon Shim, Sungyup Lee – KOREA |
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| PP 094 Italian traveling children’s library project with narrating suitcases: my experience between Italy and U.S. borders during and after Covid travel ban – Download poster here. Valentina Rizzi – ITALY |
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| PP 095 Teachers and children exploring language through dual language picturebooks: a professional cross-cultural learning opportunity – Download poster here. Kathy G. Short, Dorea Kleker, Nicola Daly – New Zealand and USA |
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| PP 096 Literary magazines specialized in books for children and young people: bookbird and other publications – Download poster here. Nora Lia Sormani – ARGENTINA |
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| PP 097 Building books and publishing bridges. What stories parallell texts can tell and how – Download poster here. Arina Stoenescu – SWEDEN |
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| PP 098 1001 languages: creating gateways to reading in every child’s language – Download poster here. Christina Sturm – GERMANY |
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| PP 099 Reading original english novels promote young readers’ view of the world – Download poster here. Xiaoying Xu – CHINA |
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| PP 100 Die Friedensbrücke, the Peace Bridge. War & Peace in historical memory narrated through children’s literature Maria Teresa Trisciuzzi – ITALY |
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| PP 101 Shared reading in childhood: analysis of contemporary Brazilian illustrated books Cássia V. Bittens – BRASIL |
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| PP 102 A critical video game literacy for the EFL classroom Georg Wendt – AUSTRIA |
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| PP 103 Empowering picture book engagement: unleashing the potential of the reading builds empathy tool – Download poster here. Valerie Williams-Sanchez – USA |
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| PP 104 Searching for window and mirror in illustrations of picture storybooks – Download poster here. Duygu Yalman Polatlar, Elif Löklü – TURKEY |
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| PP 105 Is Ömer Seyfettin a children’s literature author? Sabanur Yılmaz – TURKEY |
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| PP 106 The silent book contest and the universal language silent books – Download poster here. Francesco Zamboni – ITALY |
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| PP 107 The mysterious beauty of picture books decoding of science – Download poster here. Luis Zendrera, Gonzalo Oyarzún – SPAIN |
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| PP 108 Writing a book, reading a book, changing the world – Download the poster here. Tina Bilban – SLOVENIA |
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| PP 109 Lletres compartides, a shared literary space between the various Catalan-speaking regions – Download poster here. Izaskun Arretxe, Míriam Romeu – SPAIN |
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| PP 110 A picture book to find out what kind of Monster you like! Daniela Carucci e Giulia Pastorino – ITALY |
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| 16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee Break | Hall 28 |
| Plenary Sessions with simultaneous translation Italian – English – Italian | ||
| 16.30 – 16.40 | Presentation of 40th IBBY International Congress, Ottawa Communications |
Auditorium Generali |
| 16.40 – 17.20 | Hearing from Young People | Auditorium Generali |
| 17.20 – 18.30 | Closing Ceremony | Auditorium Generali |
| Farewell Party | Generali Convention Center |
