Press Release 10 / 2004-2006

IBBY’S VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: <br>BOOKS FOR AFRICA- BOOKS FROM AFRICA

August 2006, María Candelaria Posada

 

IBBY (International Board on Books for Young Peoples) is proud to announce the launch of the virtual exhibition Books for Africa – Books from Africa.

Books for Africa, Books from Africa showcases the production of books published in Africa by Africans for African children. The books displayed in this virtual exhibition celebrate the fact that African writers, illustrators, editors, and publishers give importance to providing quality reading material for children and promoting childhood literacy by attempting to make books available to African children in their home languages.

Eighty-four children’s books published by 43 different publishers from 15 African countries in more than 12 languages are presented in the following categories: Picture Books, Children’s Fiction, Folk Tales, Fiction for Young Adults and Others.

This exciting new virtual exhibition can be accessed by logging onto: www. ibby.org

 

Special features of the exhibition include:

• Full colour images of the book covers
• Examples of text and illustrations
• Reviews by specialists
• Publisher profiles
• Easy navigation throughout the exhibition by language, author, illustrator or genre

A team of international specialists have selected and reviewed the titles under the leadership of project editor Meena Khorana, professor of English and Adolescent Literature at Morgan State University, Baltimore (Maryland, USA) and project director María Candelaria Posada editor, translator and IBBY project leader. The project is supported by the IBBY-Yamada Fund.

Enjoy your visit to the IBBY virtual exhibition at www.ibby.org/africa/exhibition