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Silent Books: Sharing Wordless Picture Books across Cultures and Languages
December 11, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In recognition of Human Rights Day, please join us for a virtual talk by Deborah Soria (Silent Books Project Director, Biblioteca IBBY lampedusa) on “Silent Books: Sharing Wordless Picture Books across Cultures and Languages” on Monday, December 11, 2023 at 11 a.m.In response to the waves of refugees from Africa and the Middle East arriving to the Italian island, Lampedusa, the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), launched the project “Silent Books, from the world to Lampedusa and back” in 2012. The project involved creating the first library on Lampedusa to be used by local and immigrant children and annual Silent Book lists and exhibits that travel the globe.
Please register here: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErfuutqTkjH9BY0t7Hh6MUvRN1WZloUcgd
Sponsored by the International Children’s and Young Adult Literature Collection, UWM Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with support from the Center for International Education and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
(The talk will be recorded and posted at https://uwm.edu/libraries/icyal/.)
