NO.18 October 2009
Inside this issue:

Message from the IICLO President

Message from the IICLO
President
1
Picture Books in India andJapan 2
Special Lending

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MATSUI Tadashi, IICLO President

Major Events of April 2007～
March 2008 4
The 25th Nissan Grand Prix
Lecture: Ms. Takeshita Keiko
Academic Exchange Event
Exhibitions
Lectures
The Promotion of Child
Reading Activities
The Research Fellowship
ProgramDatabase of the Contents ofChildren’s Magazines
IICLO Original Goods
The Backyard TourThe Space for Children’s
Books, “Yomonon”
Events for Children

The year of 2008 was a tempestuous period for the IICLO. Since the installationof the governor of Osaka, Mr. Hashimoto, we went through the hardships of the
proposed closure of the IICLO and the overhaul of the foundation. Despite aunanimous petition for the continued existence of the IICLO, from all parties, it
was decided by the prefectural assembly that our institute should be closed.
Although we were forced to run the institute hard, we received great sympathy
and cooperation from various fields and keenly appreciated your support.
For our institute the year of 2009 has been an even more severe period. How
can we retain our function and the expertise which we have built up over many
years along with over 700,000 materials? This is an issue considerably related to
the future of children’s culture in Japan, and thus we are ready to do our best tofind the best solution for our future through discussions with organizations
concerned with the IICLO and asking for understanding from every field. We

8Commemorative Event for
Winning the Tezuka Osamu
Cultural Prize
Open Tezuka Osamu Corner
Story Monorail
Festival with Miffy
Other Events
Publications by IICLO

10The Number of Materials

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Overseas Visitors

For the Succession of Children’s Culture

humbly ask that you continue to give us your support.

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In Appreciation of Book
Donations 11
General Information

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Picture Books in India and Japan
International Exchange Projects in 2008
Four projects on the theme “Picture Books in India” were held to facilitate interaction between India and Japan throughpicture books. They were supported by companies in Osaka.
(1) A symposium entitled “Picture Books in India and Japan” was held on March 1, 2009 at IICLO
Speakers: Indrapramit ROY, author of picture books in India
AKINO Isamu, author of picture books in Japan
Coordinator: DOI Yasuko, researcher at IICLO
The symposium “Picture Books

The 70 participants found the symposium fascinatingin India and Japan” was held at

and answered a questionnaire, indicating their feelings on

IICLO,

onthe importance of understanding the lecturers’ views of life

March 1st. We invited picture

and the present situation of Asia through their thoughts

book authors from India andon picture books, of discovering various interesting aspects

Japan. First Mr. Roy, who is oneof Asia, of finding common messages to convey through

of

from

the

contemporary

13:00-16:00

India’sfinestpicture books, even though those countries, cultures andartists,talkedways of making pictures are different, and to understandabout making his own picture books, and then Mr. Akino,each culture and thewho has stayed in India and drawn many works usingpresent

Asian materials, including those of India, talked about his

publication

own experience and works. After their lectures, Mr. Roy

pictureand Mr. Akino talked together about their impressions ofmedia.

situationofthrough

books

as

a

each others’ works and the future of picture books. Finally,
they took part in an autograph session.
＊Lecturers’ Profile
Indrapramit Roy: He was born in 1964. He teaches

Akino Isamu: He was born in Kyoto in 1935. He took apainting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University,

degree in Sculpture Department in Tokyo University of theBaroda, in western India. In 1990, he received a fellowship

Arts but left before graduating. He went to India with his

to study painting at the Royal College of Art, London, andmother, Akino Fuku, in 1962. Later he moved to Nepal andwon the Burston Award and the Fleur Caules Award forillustrated the picture book Punkhu Maincha (retold by

Excellence. He has exhibited widely in solo and group

Otsuka Yuzo, Fukuinkan Shoten, which won the Golden

shows all over India. His

Plaque Award of the second Biennale of Illustrations

works

includeVery

Bratislava).

HungryLion

andspent time in Europe

Sophocles’

Oedipustheand Mexico, and stayed

King (American Associa-

in Canada. After livingtion of Museum Design

as a fisherman in the

Section Award in 2005).

YaeyamaThen

islandshehemoved to Fukuyama. He
now lives in Akou, Hyogo.

2(2) Issue of a Collection of Essays “Picture books in India” including a Report of the symposium“Picture Books in India and Japan”
A collection of essays on the theme of “Picture books in India” with a report of thesymposium “Picture Books in India and Japan” was published in two languages, Japaneseand English. .
The aim of this publication was to both heighten the understanding of international“picture books” and to promote study in this area.
<Contents>
Symposium “Picture Books in India and Japan”
A Collection of Essays: Picture Books in India(The editor in chief: Miyake Okiko, Professor Emeritus, Baika Women’s University)＊Symposium “Picture Books in India and Japan”
Indrapramit Roy (Painter, Picture Book Illustrator)

2. The Presence of Picture Books of India in Japan

Akino Isamu (Picture Book Illustrator)

Suzuki Chitose (Representative, Japanese Association of＊Interview with Indrapramit Roy

Indian Literature for Young People）
3. Picture Books in India and Ramachandran＊A Collection of Essays: Picture Books in India

Kurokawa Taeko （ Secretary-general, International

1. Picture Books in India; Then & Now

Center for Literacy and Culture, Lecturer at Keisen

Anita Khanna（Chairperson, Center for Japanese School

University）

of Lang. Lit. & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru＊Interview with A. Ramachandran

University）(3) Exhibition of Picture Books from India “Indian Picture Books Now” on April 2 ~ 29, 2008
A Package of Picture Books from India on Loan
70 picture books in India have been chosen on six

and insects, 3. Life in India, 4. Picture books in theselected themes and prepared with comments and a list for

imaginative world, 5. Humorous picture books, 6. Numbers,

exhibition in order to show their unique charm. Theseshapes and colors

books will be lent for free to schools, public libraries andExhibition design: IICLO

volunteer organizations.

Cooperation (in alphabetical order): Kurokawa Taeko,

Themes: 1. Folktales and legends in India, 2. Animals

Miyake Okiko(4) Storytelling for Children
A storytelling event featuring stories from India was held in March 2008.

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Special Lending
A set of Asian picture books for lending
Since 2005 IICLO has made a set of picture books frombooks), Korean Picture Books Set B(103 books),

Asian countries and began to lend them to groups as a

Chinese Speaking Areas Picture Book Set (112 books),part of our international exchange project. We areThai Picture Book Set (65 books) and Indian Picture

continuing to lend selected works of the latest pictureBook Set (70 books).

books, with Japanese translation when they are available,materials for cross-cultural education in schools and forfor free.

exhibitions at libraries.

These sets are for teaching

Book sets available now: Korean Picture Book Set A (76Major Events of April 2008～March 2009
Winners of the 25th Nissan Children’s Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix
The Nissan Children’s Storybook and Picture Bookand the awards ceremony was held at Nissan

Grand Prix, sponsored by IICLO with the co-operation

Yokohama Club on March 8, 2009. The following worksof Nissan Motors, are highly evaluated as the gateway

were chosen from 2,351 volumes submitted in theto success for new authors as well as a contribution to

Storybook Category and 679 volumes submitted in thethe promotion of storybooks and picture books.

Picture Book Category. The Grand Prix works will be

The winners of the 25th Grand Prix were announced

published by BL Publishers in December, 2009.

☆In the Storybook Category☆In the Picture Book Category＊Grand Prix＊＊Grand Prix＊“Iron Giraffe across the Sea” by ASABA Miyuki,“A Typhoon Comes” by MIYAKOSHI Akiko, Tokyo

Kanagawa＊Award for Excellence＊＊Award for Excellence＊“The Serious Ghost” by KITAMURA Atsuko, Tokyo“When“Dr. Udo and a Green Caterpillar” by FUJISHIMA

Wind

Blows

on

the

Way

Back”

TAMATSUKURI Ayako, Kanagawa

Keiko, Chiba“The Greedy Crocodile” by NISHITANI Eiji, Osaka“The Purple Watermelon” by NIKOU Tomoko, Osaka“From the Window” by MIYAZAKI Akemi, Tokyo

Lecture: Enjoy Books for Children with Ms. Takeshita Keiko
4byIICLO invited Ms. Takeshita Keiko, an actress, and heldbooks,

impressinga read and talk session “Enjoy Books for Children with Ms.

everyone with her

Takeshita Keiko— a Book is a Friend for Life”. More thanvaluable

800 people applied for the event though the actual numberAllof attendees was 100 people.

combinationoflovelytheMs. Takeshita read “The Nighthawk Star” and “Gauche

insights.

enjoyed

music

the

the Cellist” accompanied by the string quartet Century

world of Miyazawa

Orchestra Osaka. In the latter half she talked about what

Kenjistarted her reading, her thoughts on reading, her own

Takeshita’s talk.

and

Ms.

childhood and raising her own children and children’s

Academic Exchange Event with Konkuk University in Seoul
Research Institute of Folktales and Translation in

Japan”. After which we had a general symposium with

Konkuk University offered to hold an academic exchange

Korean researchers. We decided to go into partnershipwith the IICLO and we organized an internationalwith the Research Institute of Folktales and Translation in

research conference entitled “The World of Miyazawa

KonkukKenji’s Folktales; perspectives from Japan and Korea” onexchange. We greatly appreciated Konkuk University andJune 14, 2008 to promote Japanese children’s literaturetheand international exchange. From the IICLO Mukougawa

concerned with

Mikio, IICLO director, and two other staff attended. After

the

Prof.

giving us thisMukougawa

gave

the

commemorative

lectureUniversity

in

order

to

continueacademic

peopleevent“Japanese Children’s Literature and Miyazawa Kenji”, Mr.

valuableEndo Jun, a chief researcher, gave the presentation

opportunity.

for“Miyazawa Kenji’s Place in the History of JapaneseChildren’s Literature”, Ms. Suzuki Honami, a researcher,presented “Picture Books of Kenji Folktales published in

Exhibitions at IICLO
We had a small exhibition from our IICLO collections:

Doshisha University, IICLO research fellow in 2007.

1. “Thai Picture Books Now：Picture books from Thai”(April 1-29, 2008)
2. “Muraoka Hanako and Anne of Green Gables” (May
2-July 29, 2008)
3. “Tezuka Osamu and the History of Manga for YoungChildren”（Aug. 1-Oct. 30, 2008）
Exhibition design: Takeuchi Osamu, professor of“Tezuka Osamu and the History of Manga for YoungChildren”

5Ensemble Accord on Jan. 18, 2009.
4. “From Osaka! Children’s Culture No.2 : The World of

5. “Nissan Award Winners: Children’s Storybook and

Folktales and Nursery Rhymes Children Enjoyed”

Picture Book Grand Prix” (March 7-30, 2009)(Nov. 1, 2007-March. 6, 2009) Cooperation: Kato
Osamu,

associate

professor

of

Tokyo

Seitoku

A package of books for exhibition based on our previous

University, IICLO research fellow in 2008. Gallery

exhibitions has been available for special lending

Talk

by

Kato

purposes as material for exhibition in public libraries. We

Osamu on Nov. 15.

now have materials available for “The World of Peter

Mini Concert ofPan”, “A Dog of Flanders—the figures of Nello andNursery Rhymes

Patrasche” and “Traditional Nursery Rhymes Born in

by Female Chorus

Britain—Mother Goose”.

Lectures at IICLO
Nissan Motors and IICLO Hall. Date: July 16, Aug. 2.

1. “Introduction and Commentary — Children’s Books

Hosted by the IICLO and Nissan Motors.

Published in 2007”
Lecturers: NISHIMURA Hisao, Research Society for

5. “The Birth and Growth of Kitaro Story—From the World

Science Reading Materials, Osaka, member and IICLO
staff.

of Folktale, Picture Story Show and Manga” Lecturer:

Date: April 27-29 at IICLO Lecture Hall.

KAN Jun, associate professor of Josai International

Participants: 305

University. Cohosted by Kansai Regular Meeting of
2. Children’s Literature Lecture “Small Picture Books Now

Japan Society for Children’s Literature. Date: Sep. 6.

and Then—Free Gift Picture Books of Grico and Chap

Participants: 26

Books in UK” Lecturer: MIYAKE Okiko, Professor
Emeritus, Baika Women’s University.

6. Lecture “The Way to Make Picture Books as Explained

Symposium “The Outlook for the future of the

by a Picture Book Editor Part 2 Until One PictureInternational Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka”

Book was Made” (Kodomo Yume Fund Project)

Hosted by the Support Group of the International

Lecturer: KIIRE Kyoko, editor of Shogakukan. Date Nov.

Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka, Co-hosted by

29. Participants: 41

the IICLO. Date: June 8. Participants: 95

7. Reading and Discussion session “Enjoy Books forChildren with Ms. Takeshita Keiko—a Book is a Friend

3. Storytelling Volunteers Skill Building Lecture “ Reading
Picture Books with Children” 5 times. Lecturer: IICLO

for Life” Appearance: TAKESHITA Keiko, actress.

staff. Date: June 10 – Nov. 11. Participants: 29

Music: Century Orchestra Osaka. Co-hosted by the
Support Group of the International Institute for

4. Commemorative Seminar of the 25th Nissan Children’sChildren’s Literature, Osaka. Date: Jan. 31, 2009.

Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix “Production

Participants: 96

Open Seminar” Lecturer: MATSUOKA Kyoko, President
8. International Symposium “Picture Books in India andof Tokyo Children’s Library and a judge of Grand Prix,

Japan” See p. 1-2.

AMAN Kimiko, Children’s Book author and a judge ofGrand Prix, and others. Held at the Head Office of6

The Activity of Liaison Council of Promotion for Child
Reading Activity in Osaka Prefecture
The Liaison Council for the Promotion of Child Reading

4. The Model Project in Toyono town “Babies andActivities in Osaka Prefecture (office: IICLO) ran the

Infants and Picture Books: lecture ‘Raising Children

following projects supported by the Ministry of Education,

Slowly’” At Toyono-cho Library. Date: Jan. 22, Feb. 12,

Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

2009.

1. Report: The Child Reading Activities in Osaka, 2008

5. Lecture “Story and Picture Books for Junior High(March, 2009)

School Students” At Osaka Municipal Library, IICLO.

2. Issue of the information leaflet “How parent and child

Date: Jan. 7 and 8.

can enjoy their first picture book together” (March,

6. Author Visit 1. Lecturer: TANAKA Kiyo. At IICLO.

2009)

Date: Feb. 11, 2009.

3. Lecture “Writing Books for Teenagers” Lecturer:

7. Author Visit 2. Lecturer: HANAGATA Mitsuru. At

HANAGATA Mitsuru, author. Date: Feb. 26, 2009.

Minoo City Daiichi Junior High School, Minoo City

Meeting regarding the report on Child Reading

Daini Junior High School. Date: Feb. 12 and 13, 2009.

Activities in 2009 at Hotel Awina Osaka.

The Research Fellowship Program
The Research Fellowship Program which was started tobulletin. In 2008, we invited the following researchers.

form new networks with researchers outside the institute
・KATO Osamu, associate professor, Tokyo Seitoku

and to have them make use of the reference materials of
the IICLO, has invited researchers with impressive

University
Theme: The Study of the Concept and the Activity of Jido

records of achievement as research fellows since 2005. This

Bunka (Children’s Culture) in the Birth Period.

program promotes and supports researchers and requires
them to show the results of their research by organizing

Showing the Results: Exhibition with the gallery talk andexhibitions, giving lectures and contributing papers to ourcontribution of a thesis to the IICLO Journal.

Database of the Contents of Children’s Magazines in the Meiji and Taisho Periods
The IICLO conducts this joint project with researchers

Scientific Research thus allowing it to put the contents offrom outside the institute to study valuable children’s

Syonen Sekai, Syojo Sekai and Younen Sekai into themagazines from the Meiji and Taisho periods which are indatabase, which was then opened on the IICLO material

its possession and to make a database from this content. In

search system.

2008 the project was subsidized by the Grant-in-Aid for

IICLO Original Goods
The IICLO made its own badges and magnets with thewas newly drawn by Mr.

message “Let’s Go to the IICLO!” for promotional purposes.

HARA Yutaka.

The authors related to our institute cooperated to make

These

are

sold

eithereight kinds of patterns. The design of “Kaiketsu Zorori”

individually (from the toy(Incredible Zorori), which is highly popular with children,

vending machine inside the7

IICLO, at 100 yen each) or as a set of 5. The set is also soldthe IICLO supporters. It can be found in the neighboringon the IICLO web page.

institutes and stations and also appears on the IICLO web“The Way to the IICLO Map” was also nicely designed by

page.

Let’s Meet Good Old Books! : Backyard TourThe backyard tour started in June. Our staff guides

Since it started, more than 1000 people have joined thevisitors around the IICLO including the library, while

tour and said that they really enjoyed coming acrossexplaining about the books it contains. It has two kinds

some of the now valuable good old books, magazines andof programs; for adults (over the age of junior high school

picture-story shows which they had read in theirstudents) and for primary school children and is held atchildhood.

3 p.m. on every Saturday, Sunday and national holiday.

“Yomonon” Opend in the Monorail Station
The

space

for

and children can read freely sitting on sofas andchildren’sbooks,

cushions. In the opening ceremony in which 155 people“Yomonon”,

openedparticipated the stationmaster and children broke a

at

the

Osaka

decorative ball and the Puppet Theater “La Clarte” gave

MonorailKouen

a performance. The space is also used for public

Higashiguchi station

relations, with an IICLO map and leaflets for events.

on December 25, 2008. There are 316 children’s books
including picture books selected by IICLO staff. Parents

Events for Children
Commemorative Event for Winning the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize“The Day Full of Green, Story and the Smiles of Children”
On July 13, 2008. Puppet show, picture-story show inin Takatsuki, Hirakata and Osaka City, Chikyu-

the street, handicraft, animation, African drum display

Ohanashimura, Puppet Show Group Kero-chan, etc.

and folktales. Participants: 1947.
Organizer: The Support Group for IICLO
Cohost:IICLO,

Zenkoku-Jido-Seisyonen-Engeki-

Kyougikai, Commemorative Organization for the Japan
World Exposition ’70
Support: Osaka Prefectural Board of Education
Cooperation: Tezuka Productions, Osaka Prefecture
Kodomo-bunko

Renrakukai,

Shizen-Kansatsu-

Gakushukan Leader Group, Puppet Show Renrakukai

8Open Tezuka Osamu Corner
In celebration of the winning of the 12th Tezuka

and reference books. The

Osamu Cultural Prize, the institute prepared about 550

testimonial and an Atombooks for loan at children’s reading room, themed “Enjoy

Statue are exhibited, too.

Tezuka Osamu with parents and children”, including
representative

works

by

TezukaOsamu,‘manga’translated into English, German, French and Korean

Story Monorail© Tezuka Production

A unique event where participants enjoyed picture

station, the participants then watched the puppet playbooks and stories while riding in reserved monorail cars

“Nara Nashi-tori” presented by Palette, an IICLO

was held on November 22, 2008. 202 people, parents andvolunteer puppet play group, at Saito Info Museum. Afterchildren, separated into two groups and rode four cars of

the play, the participants were given a lunch box, a tote

the monorail from Banpaku-Koen station. They enjoyedbag and a ticket to Banpaku-Koen by the co-sponsoring

the folktales and picture books of vehicles presented bycompanies.

IICLO staff and volunteers. After it arrived at Saito-Nishi

Festival “Play with Miffy”
On November 8th, 2008, “Osaka ‘Kokoro no Saisei

participants also enjoyed the(Regenerate Minds) Festival, Play with Miffy” was held.

Bruna story telling and quiz

The rabbit character, Miffy, known from the picture books

rally.

by Dick Bruna came to the IICLO and posed forphotographs, shook hands and danced with children. The© Mercis bv

Other Events
Let’s Make Animation! （lecturer: Kotani Kazushi)

We held 59 events for children in which 4,107
participants took part.
Storytelling 30 times [themes: Thai, Food, Wind, Horror
and so on, with volunteers.] For volunteers, we had five“brush-up” lectures and advance training sessions.
Workshop for Story Experiences / Story Experience Club
8 times.

Word Play Workshop
Kamishibai (Picture-story show) on the Street performedby Sanyukai

Photo: The
workshop of

Tezuka Osamu Manga Quiz

The Very
HungryCaterpillar.

Fun Party
Karuta Party9

Large-Scale Video Show

March 21 “Let’s Make a Picture Book with Kato Mafumi“Theatre of the Yume no Ike”

san” Making a picture book featuring a stationary hero.

May 3 “Under the Baobab Tree—Tales from West Africa”(Kodomo Yume Fund)

Presented by Eguchi Kazuhisa (Professor Emeritus of
the Museum of Ethnology) and others.
May 4 “International Animation”
May 5 “The World of ‘Datte Datte no Obaasan’”Part I: Workshop, Part II: Play on stage presented by thetheatrical company Urinko (Kodomo Yume Fund)

Workshops by Picture Book Author
February 11 “Let’s Make a Picture Book with Tanaka Kiyosan” Making a mini picture book featuring a vegetable
hero with a needle pen and glossy paper.

Publications by IICLO
Symposium “Picture Books in India and Japan” / A Collection of Essays: Picture Books in India(The editor in chief: Miyake Okiko, Professor Emeritus, Baika Women’s University). See p.2.

The Number of Materials☆The increase in the number of references (2007.4-☆Reference materials in our possession (as of 2008.3):

2008.3): 17,688

705,409 items

Books: 10,202

Books: 328,500

Japanese books: 9,737 / Foreign books: 465

Japanese books: 295,225 / Foreign books: 33,275

Magazines: 6,455

Magazines: 251,083

Japanese magazines: 6,241 / Foreign magazines: 214

Japanese magazines: 236,288

Others: 1,031

Foreign magazines: 14,795
Others: 125,826☆The number of donations and purchases

The number of removals due to damage of references(2006.4-2007.3)

materials for Loan and the use of duplicates: 9,334

The number of donations: 10,511
Books: 4,770

10/ Magazines: 4,759 / Others: 982

The number of purchases: 7,177
Books: 5,432/ Magazines: 1,696 / Others: 49

Overseas Visitors
June 5, 2008 Soon-Young Ha, Weon-Bok Choi, Bo-Hyun Song, The National Library for Children & Young Adults, Korea.
July 1, 2008 宋永淑, Korea.
March 27, 2009 Qu Yanhong, Zhu Lian, Zhang Xiaoming, Huang Tianzhu, Chen Xinxin, Liu Kaigui, Xiong Jianrui, Wang
Qian, Dalian Children’s Library, China.

In Appreciation of Book Donations
From April 2007 to March 2008 we received donations from many people and organizations. We would like to express ourheartfelt thanks and also to request your continuing support.
International Research Society for Children’s Literature

黄惠淳（Korea）(Australia)

曺銀淑（Korea）

John Stephens (Australia)

宋永淑（Korea）

Leon Grek (Canada)

嚴惠淑（Korea）

Christopher (Kit) Kelen (China)

Kestutis Urba（Lituanina）

周曉波 (China)

Karin Beate Vold (Norway)

上海虹文庫 (China)

Rolf Romoren (Norway)

蒋風 (China)

Monica Dominguez Perez (Spain)

Riitta Kuivasmaki (Finland)

Svenska Barnboksinstitutet（Sweden）

Suomen Nuorisokirjallisuuden Instituutti (Finland)

Nadia Ghidoli（Switzerland）

Denise Escarpit (France)

Schweizerisches Institut Fur Kinder-Und Jugendmedien

Catherine Renaud (France)（Switzerland）

Societats Verlag（Germany）

幸佳慧 (Taiwan)

Phil Bernhard Lauer（Germany）

厳淑女 (Taiwan)

Rolf Hofmann & Martina Grober (Germany）

中國海峡両岸児童文学研究会／（The Society of Children’s

Ulrich Erckenbrecht (Germany）

Literature）(Taiwan)Internationale Jugendbibliothek (Germany）

University Leiden（The Netherlands）

IBBY (India)

Ohar Emileya (Ukraine)

Alvanov Zpalanzani (Indonesia)

Elizabeth Hammill (United Kingdom)

Mary A Shine Thompson (Ireland)Children’s Literature Association (United States ofDonghun Shin（Korea）

America)

金容蘭 (Kim Yong Ran)（Korea）
Neutinamu Children’s

University of Minnesota (United States of America)

Library（Korea）

Junko Yokota (United States of America)

李在徹 (Ri Jae-Cheol) (Korea)

Nhien Do An Nguyen (Viet Nam)

Suh Hyesook（Korea）

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General Information*Institute Hours: 9:30am-5:00pm*Closed: Wednesdays, End of month, the New Year Holiday Season (Dec.28th-Jan.4th)[IICLO is also closed for a few weeks in February each year for the airing of books and general inventory]

Editor: 土居安子（DOI Yasuko）福本由紀子（FUKUMOTO Yukiko）
Director: 向川幹雄 (MUKOGAWA Mikio)
The International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka 2008
All Japanese names in the News appear in the traditional order, surname followed by given name.

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