THE Zosimaia Public Central Historical Library of Ioanninaon the occasion of World Children’s Book Dayplanned a big celebration for the birthday of the great Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.
With various actions, he conveyed the message of this year’s International Children’s Book Day “Cross the seas on the wings of imagination!”.
The National Department of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) of Japan is responsible for this year’s materials for this year’s World Children’s Book Day celebration, choosing the message and designing the poster for the sections of IBBY around the world. The poster with the message was printed in Greek by Pataki Publications.
THE “Library of Knowledge and Emotions” of the Zosima Public Central Historical Library of Ioannina created this year’s message with sound, image and sign language, turning the information into an audio-visual stimulus. It is available to the public on the Living Library’s YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/URvrmEwMqGs)
To celebrate this year’s World Children’s Book Day, the educational activities and events department of the Living Library designed an educational program based on the message of the Japan section and the book “The gardener of fairy tales” by Claudio Gobbetti, illustrated by Diyana Nikolova of the editions Giapiris – Pyramid.
Accompanied by the children, we heard and saw this year’s message, talked about sign language and discussed the reading of books by all people. We read the book ‘The Gardener of Fairy Tales’ and talked about the stories, how they are born, how they are planted and where they take us. On the occasion of the pictures in the book, we met the typewriter, planted stories, collected leaves, bound books and let them travel. Some reached the Living Library. We played a game of hidden treasure, where we hid various items in places in the library. The children gathered the evidence, with the help of a map, and made oral stories that were told.
On the occasion of the origami figures of the fairy tale and Japan, the children created their own origami books, which they illustrated and hung on the Zosimaia tree. They made origami animals to take with them and make their own stories.
We thank the schools: 1The Experimental Primary School of Ioannina, 2The Experimental Primary School of Ioannina and Kindergarten “The Fairy Tale of the Butterfly”, which came to our site and we implemented the actions as well as the 8The Kindergarten of Ioannina and the 2The Amarousi Attica Kindergarten for the online implementation of the program to celebrate World Children’s Book Day 2024.
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