Languages in Europe
Children reading in a multilingual environment
The IBBY European Regional Conference 2019 was held on 4 April 2019 at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
The programme of the conference can be downloaded here.
IBBY Sweden presented a poster during the conference on "The Official Minority Languages of Sweden".
Welcome – Elena Pasoli, Exhibition Manager, Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Roberto Piumini's speech in Italian - in English
IBBY President’s speech of welcome – Mingzhou Zhang, IBBY President
From Bi/multilingualism to Bi/multiliteracy: why should children read books in different languages – Dr Christine Hélot, University of Strasbourg, France
Brilliant brains: neuroscience evidence for holistic understandings of reading development in multilingual settings – Professor Carole Bloch, PRAESA, South Africa
Universal alphabet project (in English and French)– Marion Bataille, author and illustrator, France
Experiences
- Basque Children's Literature: difficulties and formulas to develop children’s literature in minority languages – Amaia Hennebutte, Galtzagorri Association, Spain
- Mamma Lingua (Mother Tongue). Books to Read in One's Own Language – Giovanna Malgaroli, Nati per Leggere (Born to Read), Italy
- 'Discovery bags’ of children's books in foreign languages – Myriam Jeanne and Aïcha Marok, Public library of Châlons-en-Champagne, France
Languages and Storytelling – Leila Garsi, Enrica Menarbin, Antonella Saracino, Biblioteca Salaborsa Ragazzi, Italy
Publishing, distributing,…
- The Kalimat Foundation for Children’s Empowerment – Amna Al Mazmi, Kalimat Foundation, United Arab Emirates
- Mantralingua, international publisher of multilingual books – Mishti Chatterji, UK
- Kommt ein Boot - Comes a boat - 1 lyric, 11 pictures, and 22 languages – Sabine Fuchs, University College of Teacher Education in Graz/Styria, Austria
- Reading Promotion in Latvia as an Integration Project for National Minority Schools and Latvian Diaspora Centres – Silvija Tretjakova, Latvia National Library
Resources
- Examples of European resources – Eva Devos, IBBY Belgium, Flemish branch
- Rhymes everywhere – multilingual access to a rich cultural heritage – Barbara Jakob, Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media SIKJM
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The Anthology of the Contemporary Children’s Literature of the Peoples of Russia – Denis Beznosov, publisher
Discussion groups and informal reports
Ways forward – Hasmig Chahinian, IBBY France and Pam Dix, IBBY UK.