"Each year the Bologna Book Fair, the leading international showcase for children’s book publishing, honours a different “guest country” and its illustrators through special exhibits and events. At the 1999 Fair it was the turn of Africa, and this coincided with a competition and exhibition of
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the work of African illustrators. To mark the occasion, the French book promotion organization that co-ordinated the event, Les Amis de la Joie par les Livres – now La Joie par les Livres. Centre National du Livre pour Enfants – published a most attractive exhibition catalogue entitled Amabhuku (which means “books” in Zulu). The handsomely produced catalogue, in addition to containing full colour illustrations of the work of 34 African book illustrators, also includes a useful directory of 176 African illustrators with their full names and contact addresses, together with a directory of African publishers producing children’s books, arranged by country. In an introductory section (with text in French and English), three prominent African authors – Francis Bebey, Charles Mungoshi, and Véronique Tadjo – reflect on their experience of, and what it means to them, writing for children, and the six members of the jury also provide their own perspective on the topic of writing and illustrating for children." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1543)
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"An interesting collection of essays that provide a great deal of insight into the depth, complexity, richness and diversity of African children’s books. The contributors examine the major issues relating to African children’s literature from several directions and from a variety of angles. The
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essays take either a postcolonial or revisionist approach to the study of colonial children’s literature, or examine the books published since independence in various African countries, and covering North, East, West and Southern Africa. Additionally, three of the essays focus on books written by Western authors for Western readers, and which analyze colonial bias, stereotyping, or blatant racism in some of these books, although one of the articles, by Jean Perrot, is in fact a spirited rebuttal in defence of Jean de Brunhoff’s much-maligned Babar books. There are a total of twelve essays in this collection, by both contributors from North America and from Africa, the latter including Osayimwense Osa, Mbara Ngom, and Kenyan author and publisher Asenath Bole Odaga." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1605)
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"The theme of the 1998 Zimbabwe International Book Fair was ‘Books and Children’, and children were the main focus in all the deliberations, from policy debates to storytelling. This is a collection of 56 papers, report-backs and discussions that were presented at the Indaba. The papers are grou
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ped in five parts; those from the plenary sessions; Policy; Children’s Literature; Scholarship and Research; and Access and Technology." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1705)
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"This yearbook compiles information on research findings on children and youth and media violence, as seen from the perspective of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of the yearbook is on the influence of children's exposure to media violence. Section 1
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of the yearbook, "Children and Media on the UN and UNESCO Agendas," includes articles on the significance of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Section 2, "Children and Violence on the Screen: Research Articles," includes articles on U.S. television violence and children, the nature and context of violence on American television, and media violence in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Europe, and Argentina. Section 3, "Children's Media Situation: Research Articles," contains articles describing children's media access and use in various parts of the world, including Asia, China, Australia, South Africa, and Belgium. Section 4, "Media in the World," provides statistics on children and the media worldwide. Section 5, "Children in the World," details demographic indicators for children worldwide. Section 6, "Children's Participation in the Media: Some Examples," describes examples of positive child participation in the media production process. Section 7 contains international declarations and resolutions regarding children and the media. Section 8 discusses regulations and measures as a basis for building television policy. A bibliography containing approximately 300 references on children and media violence published after 1970 completes the yearbook." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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"A special issue of Matatu on the writing and publishing for children in Africa today. Contains 14 articles on the topic, and one on Caribbean children’s literature, by contributors from Africa and from Europe, and some of which – i.e. those dealing with publishing aspects in whole or in part
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are individually listed and abstracted in this volume." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1583)
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"Kinder und Actionserien stehen im Vordergrund dieses Buches. Am Beispiel der Fernsehserie "Power Rangers" werden Aspekte der Gewaltdarstellung durch Medien diskutiert. Dabei läßt der Band Qualitätskriterien im Kinderprogramm aufstellen. Dieser Untersuchung liegen psychologische Gutachten zugrund
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e, die im Auftrag von RTL und der Niedersächsischen Landesmedienanstalt (NLM) erstellt wurden." (Medien praktisch, Nr. 1/98)
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