An Arabic auther tells stories in mother tongue to 40 children in the school-library

This is a feature from the local news before the International Children’s Book Week. During the week, authors from a number of countries will visit the schools of Västerås and meet children with a mother tongue other than Swedish. More than 40 children met in the gym hall of Trollbacksskolan yesterday to listen to stories in Arabic.

http://www.tv4.se/nyheterna/lokala-nyheter/sagor-på-arabiska-2485240

Christmas visit in Spain

Yesterday the STP Consulting has visited a mucipality library in Huesca. They have found a lot of interesting activities that it takes place there...like a game with schools to find information with a Passport you travel through books. And a nice Christmas tree with books, movies and music.

Nature helps to increase the love of reading as the Nature School Asköviken opens an exhibition library

Students from all schools of the city visit the Nature School for outdoor lessons. In connection with their lessons they get the opportunity to select books for their school library. The objectives are to make a contribution towards filling the school libraries with a range of books about animals and nature, promoting the desire for reading and at the same time improve the results for students in natural science topics.

http://www.framsidan.net/2013/09/naturen-okar-laskunnigheten/

http://www.tv4.se/nyheterna/klipp/naturen-ska-%C3%B6ka-l%C3%A4skunnigheten-2369290

 

Homemless people in the libraries

In Hungary more and more libraries are writing new rules, which makes them able to exclude homeless people from the building. Instead of letting them in, these institutes are sending books to the shelters so they can avoid conflicts.

Read more in Hungarian: http://nol.hu/lap/kult/20131216-szabalyok_ittas_olvasoknak

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