The International Book Giving Day team is delighted to announce that Marianne Dubuc is the illustrator behind 2017’s official poster. Libraries, schools, and bookshops are encouraged to download, print, and display Dubuc’s poster to celebrate the love of reading and encourage others to give books to children on International Book Giving Day, February 14. Now in its 5th year, International Book Giving Day continues to grow from strength to strength, reaching places such as Nepal, India, Canada, South Africa, UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Nigeria, Fiji, Czech Republic, USA, Cambodia, Hungary, Philippines, and Romania. On February 14, #bookgivingday, participants are encouraged to give books to children. This can takes many forms, the only limit is the imagination. Books have been sent to child refugees in Calais, France; a new library was created in Cape Town, South Africa; in Uganda the Mpambara-Cox Foundation gifted books to children, for many it wa...
I think I may have read Yeh-Shen at one point, or at least a version of it. The tale is one that I am glad to have remembered...
ReplyDelete...I think I will reread it.
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Heading over to Color Online!
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! I so love Ed Young's Art! That alone would make me buy the book! :D
ReplyDeleteAsakuun, I'm glad to hear that Yeh-Shen sticks with readers! :)
ReplyDeleteNathalie, I knowww... How do I love thee, Ed Young? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height your watercolors, oil pastels, and colored pencils can reach.