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In 1945 Jella Lepman, a Jewish journalist and author who had fled her native Germany, returned to help rebuild the country. Four years later she founded the International Youth Library in Munich as part of her effort to open the minds of young people everywhere by sharing the children’s books of the world. Today, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the library, we are gathered to celebrate and continue her legacy. In these tense and divided times where nations clash, countries are splitting into hostile factions, and populist leaders seek to stoke xenophobia, her example is an antidote we all need. We come together to share some exciting ways librarians can bring international youth literature into their collections – and to be inspired by the dual Newbery-medalist Katherine Paterson, who is the author of the forthcoming middle grade biography, Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams (Handprint/Chronicle, 2025).
The presentation includes Kathy Short who is a Regents professor in the College of Education at the University of Arizona, where she is Director of Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures (wowlit.org). Marc Aronson (Rutgers University), Annette Goldsmith (Kent State), and David Jacobson (independent scholar researching an adult biography of Lepman) will present the ALA Carnegie-Whitney Grant-funded website “Building a Global Youth Literature Collection 101” that will allow any youth services librarian to find, explore, and share selected translated books from other countries (globalyouthlit.org). We hope to provide both concrete resources for librarians and, through Katherine, the living, inspiring, legacy of Jella Lepman.
ALA/ALSC Co-Sponsored Session
with the 2024 Outstanding International Books Announcement Friday, January 19, 2023 at 8:00 pm Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor |
Aa conversation with author Michelle Kadarusman and Susannah Richards. Columbus Sunday, November 19 at 9:00 a.m. EST in C-160 A/B GCCC. Michelle Kadarusman's acclaimed novel, Music for Tigers (2020, Pajama Press) is just one title recognized on USBBY's Outstanding International Books (OIB) list. Hear from Michelle about writing across borders, and learn more about USBBY's resources for teaching and learning as well as its work in promoting international literature for American readers. |
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The 2022 co-sponsored ALA/USBBY program will be held at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference on Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Washington D.C., from 1-2 pm. The program is titled “Celebrate Indigenous Storytelling: Books from across the Northern Border” and will be held in the Washington Convention Center, Room 149A-B. Save the program now in the online Conference Scheduler!
Join the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) as we celebrate indigenous storytelling! Hear from Inuit author Monica Ittusardjuat, Louise Flaherty, and Neil Christopher, as well as the co-founding authors of Inhabit Media, an Inuit-owned, independent Canadian publishing company. |