By ADJOA BURROWES
March, 2008
I remember taking my daughter and niece to Chinatown in New York one spring. We drove to New Jersey from Northern Virginia and then took a train to Chinatown. We spent hours walking city block after... [read more...]
By MOTHERREADER
February, 2008
The third graders at my daughters’ school celebrated Chinese New Year recently bringing in with style the Year of the Rat. [read more...]
By ROZ BEITLER
December, 2007
International children's literature is alive and well in the U.S. thanks to USBBY (www.usbby.org.) and, particularly, its IBBY Regional Conferences. The 7th IBBY Regional Conference was held last N [read more...]
By BETSY CHASSE
December, 2007
In 2005 I was honored to speak at the same conference as Laura Peterson, founder of Hands To Heart. I recently asked her to write about her work. Imagine a world where very child is loved and in turn [read more...]
By GREG MCCRACKEN
December, 2007
In March of last year, the Upper Elementary and Middle School students from my school traveled to the United Nations in New York City to participate in the first ever Model UN for students... [read more...]
By BETSY CHASSE
November, 2007
Any outline of intelligence is meaningless and sterile unless it deals immediately with spirit, for spirit is the central nexus of human experience. Nor can spirit be added as an afterthought... [read more...]
By ROZ BEITLER
November, 2007
Even if you're not traveling abroad, you can experience the global world of children's books. This adventure happened to me as a member of the '06 Batchelder Award Committee of the American Library A [read more...]
By ROZ BEITLER
October, 2007
Even when children’s books are your mission for traveling abroad, it can be impossible to avoid the politics of the place. This was particularly apparent to me as the American Juror for the Biennial [read more...]
By ROZ BEITLER
September, 2007
Ever since I attended my first IBBY Congress (www.ibby.org) in Japan 20 years ago, I have been going global with children’s books. This photo, with me in my native dress and two Venda women... [read more...]
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