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International
Institute forChildren’s
Literature,
Osaka

NO.4 Ｏｃｔｏber 2014

for

The turning point arrived in the fourth year
Miyake Okiko, Chief Director

Inside this issue:
The turning point arrived in the
fourth year
1
14th International Grimm Award
to Be presented to Professor
Kimberley Reynolds
2
British Picture Book Author
Lauren Child’s Visit to Japan
3
An Exhibition of ScientificWonder in Children's Books
4
Winners of the 30th NissanChildren's Storybook and
Picture Book Grand Prix
4
KITAMURA TAKEKO FUND
Memorial Projects
5
Website: Picture Book Making
Workshops for Kids
5
Lectures and Activities for
Reading Promotion
6
Events for Children
6
Activities for Reading
Promotion
8
Mail Magazine
8
Research Projects
9
Publications and Websites
9
In Appreciation of Book
Donations10

Our foundation in 2013 is in its fourth year after
the restart and we changed our Japanese name to“IppanZaidanJidoubungaku
generalHoujinShinkou

incorporated

Osaka

Zaidan”

foundation,

Kokusai(meaning

theinternationalchildren’s literature promotion foundation andmade a fresh start. The English name is the same,
International Institute of Children’s Literature,
Osaka.). We greatly changed the organization and the staff composition
along with the new articles of association based on the new system of anonprofit foundation, and we placed our institution on a firm legal basis.
Furthermore, the three-year transition period to “Osaka Prefectural
Central Library, Center for International Children’s Literature” expired,
and the new relationship began. It was decided that the employment of
the special researchers would be extended up to a maximum of three
years and the project in which the foundation would accept donatedmaterials for the Center for International Children’s

coincidence,

Literature would be carried out from the next year.

achievements.“Doki-doki ehon-zukuri for kids” (aWe took the first steps toward future collaborations.

Picture book making workshops for kids) is an online

Among our projects, The International Brothers

project of teaching materials for making picture

Grimm Award is in its 14th year, and The Nissan

books, funded by “Kodomo-Ume-Kikin”. It makes theChildren’s Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix

best use of our 10 years of experience of inviting

has a remarkable 30th anniversary. We especially

picture book authors to hold lectures and workshops.

express our thanks to the people involved with their

For Kodomo-no-hon 100-mon 100-tou (Children’s

longevity.

Books 100 Questions and Answers) published to

It is remarkable that the deficit is only about

but

the

collected

resultsofourcommemorate the new start for the foundation, is

3,700,000 yen in the settlement of accounts. It is stillbased on the questions received byin the red and the improvement is mainly due toservice written by those who worked in the former

temporary factors, however, these factors were not a

institute of children’s literature.

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our referenceIn the conference I attended the other day, “theWe would like to improve our expertise andamendment of school library law” was a topic anddevelop a wide range of projects by taking a hardsome were anxious about the expertise of “school

look at the future with many people who arelibrarians”. Expertise is also an important issue forinterested in children’s books

our foundation.
.

14th International Brothers Grimm Award to Be
Presented to Professor Kimberley Reynolds
The International Brothers Grimm Award ispresented

bytheInternational

InstituteforChildren’s Literature, Osaka and the Kinran-kai
Foundation and Osaka Prefectural Otemae SeniorHigh School Alumni Kinran-kai every other year to
an individual who has contributed significantly tothe international progress of the research ofchildren’s literature.
The 14th award in 2013 was presented to Professor
Kimberley Reynolds at Newcastle University in
Britain and an award presentation ceremony and aof the National Centre for Research in Children’scommemorative lecture were held.

Literature at the University of Roehampton, which

Date: October 27th, 2013

contributed to the vitality of the research ofPlace: Osaka International House Foundation

children’s literature in the U.K., to the education andRecipient: Dr. Kimberley Reynolds (U. K. )support of many overseas students and researchers,

Lecture: The Untold History of British Children's

and to the creation of a network of researchers of

Literature 1910-1949; Politics, Arts and Social

children’s literature. The National Centre also

Experiments

helped IBBY UK to rejoin IBBY. In addition, Dr.

Translator: Matsushita Hiroko, part-time lecturer

Reynolds was a president of the Internationalin Kansai University

Research Society for Children’s Literature from 2003

Participants: 113

to 2007 and contributed the development of the<Reason for the award>

society.

Dr. Kimberley Reynolds, Professor of School of

Dr. Reynolds moved to Newcastle University in

English Literature, Language and Linguistics,

2004 and continued to educate and support students

Newcastle University is an exemplary researcher

and researchers. She is involved in the activities ofof children’s literature and culture. Her area ofSeven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s

research is very broad, including the history ofBooks and has given speeches all over the world, inchildren’s literature, girls’ novels, the concept ofplaces suchchildhood, the history of publishing to name but a

Belgium, Sweden India and Japan.

few, and the fruitful results are published in many

<Outline of the Commemorative Lecture>books (both authored books and edited books).

as Argentina, Canada, Australia,

Although it has been said that the period fromIn 1990 she founded and became the first director

1910 to 1949 was an unfruitful period in the history2

of British children’s literature, this is something of a

However, they are not discussed now because ofmyth, and in fact avant-garde or experimental works

the involvement of left-wing activists in theseand encyclopedias and children’s books, the influence

publications, therefore, in this lecture Dr. Reynoldsof which have carried on to the present day weretook up these specific works and filled in the “blanks

published.

in the history of British children’s literature.

British Picture Book Author Lauren Child’s
Visit to Japan
We invited the outstanding British picture book author Ms. Lauren Child and she gave a lecture and conducteda workshop for children.

Lecture: My Worries Are Infinite

are available for 1000 yen.

Ms. Lauren Child who finely designs pictures andtexts and opens up a new picture book style talked

Let's Make a Picture Book with Lauren

about her path to becoming a picture book authorChildand using pictures described the process of making

First Ms Child talked about making picture books,

works like “Claris Bean” and “Charlie and Laura”

and then participants expressed the theme “If I go toseries.

the world of fairy tale” with collage technique.

Date: March 15th, 2014
Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting
Room
Translator: Tada Masami, associate professor inMimasaka University
Participants: 95＊Support: Osaka Prefectural Central Library,
Osaka Prefecture
Kodomo-Bunko

Date: March 16th, 2014

Renrakukai

Place: Shizen-Kansatsu-Gakushu-Kan, Expo Park

＊This project was

Translator: Tada Masami, associate professor insupported by theMimasaka University

following companies:

Participants: Primary school children 37, adult 38

The Kintetsu

Host: IICLO

Corporation, Suntory

Support: Osaka Prefectural Central Library, Osaka

Holdings Limited.,

Prefecture Kodomo-Bunko Renrakukai

Panasonic Corporation,＊Subsidized project of Incorporated Administrative

Fujitsu Tohoku Systems Ltd., Musashi-I-Techno Ltd.

Agency Commemorative Organization for the＊Copies of the report of the lecture and workshop

Japan World Exposition ’70

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An Exhibition of Scientific Wonder in Children’s Books
From the materials owned by Osaka Prefectural

Participants: 42

Central Library Center for International Children’s○Summer Vacation Science Workshop: Let’s shoot a

Literature, children’s books and magazines on thedart with a blowgun!

theme of “Science” from the Meiji period were

Date: July 28, 2013exhibited and related events were held.

Performer: Watanabe Keiji (Kasetsu-jikken<Exhibition>

Jugyou Kenkyu-kai)

Date: July 20 – August 4, 2013

Participants: 38○Let’s make SPACE Tanka

Place: Expo ’70 Pavillion, Expo Park
Support: Osaka Prefectural Central Library, Kansai

Date: August 3, 2013

Environment Development Center Incorporated

Performer: Takada Honoka (Lecturer of Culture

Association

Club)*Subsidized project of Incorporated Administrative

Participants: 8

Agency Commemorative Organization for the Japan
World Exposition ’70<Events>○Story-telling session; Scientific Wonder
Date: July 20, 2013, 3 times
Performer: Ohanashi Poppo

Winners of the 30th Nissan Children’s Storybook and
Picture Book Grand Prix
Kiichan by NAGAYAMA Tadashi

The 30th Nissan Children’s Storybook and PictureAward Ceremony

Book Grand Prix, a storybook and picture book

Date: March 9, 2014

contest for new authors, was held and 38 works were

Place: Nissan Global Main officechosen.

In cooperated with Nissan Motor Corporation＊There were 2,802 entries ; 2,321 volumes in the＊The books by the winners of the 29th Merit Award

Storybook Category and 481 volumes in the Picturein the Storybook Category and in the Picture Book

Book Category

Category were published by BL Publishing in☆In the Storybook Category

December, 2013.

＊Grand Prix＊

In the Storybook Category

Frog and a Crown by NAKAJIMA Yuuki

Apple Pie from Irregular Apples. text by ASAI

☆In the Picture Book Category

Yuko, illustrated by ABE Mareko (Left).

＊Grand Prix＊

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In the Picture Book Category

Yumichan is a Restless Sleeper. text andillustrated by MIYAZAKI Akemi (Right).
.

KITAMURA TAKEKO FUND Memorial Projects
Due to Kitamura Takeko’s love of children’s literature, she made large donations to help us run theFoundation. We published IICLO BULLETIN as memorial projects.
IICLO Bulletin No.27
IICLO advertised for articles on children’s literature for IICLO Bulletin No.27 and one article is accepted.
<Contents>[Research Notes][Lecture]

The Letters from MATSUMI Sukeo to NANBUIWAYA Sazanami: His Personality and Märchen

Shinichi; The birth of a storyteller by ASAOKA
Yasuou.

[Symposium]

NANBU Shinichi and Morinaga ＆ Co. Ltd; The

The Present Situation of IWAYA Sazanami: The

confectionery company’s strategy of using children’s

possibilities of study of children's literature after 80

culture in the early Showa period by SAKAI Masayo.

years of IWAYA Sazanmi's death. by KIM Sungyeon,

Hakubunkan Publishing through Letters of the

NAKAGAWA Reiko, KATSUO Kinya, FUJIMOTO

NANBU

Hakubunkan

Yoshinori, and IWAYA Kunio.

TAKAHASHI[Lecture for the International Grimm Award]

Collection;

Writtenby

Publishing employees. by DOI Yasuko.
Kamishibai

Oninotsurihashi

byGozan; Focusing on the relation between Kamishibai

The Untold History of British Children's Literatureand the paper puppet theater play Nitten-san,1910-1949: Politics, arts and social experiments byGatten-san. by TAKAHASHI Yoko.

Kimberly Reynolds.
Translated from the English original version by
MATSUSHITA Hiroko.

Website: Picture Book Making Workshops for Kids
The website, Making Picture Book Workshops for

introduction to making a picture book workshops by

Kids was set up in 2014. Children can make picture

7 picture book authors from Japan and overseas ;books looking on the webpage. It is divided into 4

and shows some children’s works.

sections: “What is a picture book?”, “Making picture

On every page, the characters from picture books

books”, “Learning from professionals”, and “Ourby Sasaki Maki, guide us pleasantly.

works”. Each shows the characteristics in a picture

A child alone, or in a group, or a teacher as abook; the way to make 6 kinds of picture books; anreference can use it.

5Planning: IICLO, System development: JusticePlanning*Kodomo-Yume Fund ProjectLectures and Activities for Reading Promotion
1. Dispatch IICLO Staff for Lectures

board of education and Hito to Hon wo Tsumugu

IICLO dispatched our staff to give 45 lectures toKai)librarians, school librarians, teachers, volunteers(3) Serving as a judge for the “The composition offor children’s book activities, parents and people

experiences that expand the Kokoro-no-wa

who are interested in children’s books, giving“circleadvice on book selection and reading promotion,

prefecture welfare department)

running a course on conveying the pleasure ofofaheart”

2013

contest(Osaka(4) Serving as a judge for the 32nd competition forbooks and participating in reading clubs etc.

poems and book reports connected with humanrights.

(Organized

by

Osaka

prefecture,

2. Judging and committee member duties

Education Council of Osaka prefecture, and(1) Being a judge for the 9th Osaka Children’s

Committee for Human rights in Osaka)

Book Band contest (Organized by Osaka reading(5) Being a member of JBBY Award Selection

promotion committee and Asahi Newspaper)

Committee.

(2) Serving as a judge for the 23rd Mino hand-madeKamishibai contest (Organized by Mino city

Events for Children
Story Monorail
watched a puppet play in Saito was held. This is the
7th in 2013.
Date: November 2, 2013
Participants: 240
Performers: IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo, Puppet
Play Circle PaletteSupport: Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd., Commemorative
Organization for the Japan World Exposition ’70,

A unique event “Story Monorail” where participants

Hankyu Realty Co., Ltd., Benesse Corporation

enjoyed stories in a reserved monorail carriage and＊Subsidized project of Kodomo Yume Fund

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Storytelling sessions and workshops(1) Event for looking at old picture books andKamishibai(4) Story-telling session and workshop in a“Let’s Experience the Old Kamishibai andprimary school and a libraryChildren’s Books!”・Story-telling session at Suita City Yamada-ekimae

We held an event for looking at picture books of the

Library (twice): Performer, Ohanashi Poppo

Taisho Period and Gaito-Kamishibai enjoyed in the・Conducting two stories workshops for primary

1950s, which included reading picture books andschool pupils at Toyonaka City Higashioka Primaryperforming Kamishibai.

SchoolDate: August 11, 2013
Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library(5) Story-telling session in a children’s home

Meeting Room・Two story-telling sessions at two children’s homes:

Performers: Sanyukai and IICLO staff

Performer, Ohanashi Poppo

Supporters: Osaka Prefectural Central Library
and Sanyukai(6) Children’s story exchanges between China,*Kodomo-Yume Fund Project

Korea, and Japan were held in Aichi and Tokyo and
IICLO staff devised a workshop for making picture
books together (August 17 to 23 in 2013).
Participants: 100
Place: Aichi and Tokyo
Host: The Executive Committee of Children’s story
exchanges between China, Korea, and Japan(7) Participation in planning of foundation projects
by Ohanashi Poppo and Puppet Play Circle Palette(2) Cooperation with Osaka Prefectural Central

Volunteer

Librarygroupsbelonging

to

IICLO

participated in the planning of various projects to

Six story-telling sessions, one puppet show andconnect children with books.

one workshop for children were run at theChildren’s reading room in Osaka Prefectural(8) Making a Picture Book Workshop with primaryCentral Library by IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo,

school pupils “Let’s make various picture books!”

Puppet Play Circle Palette.

We held six series workshops for primary school
pupils.

(3) Making a Picture Book about Forests

Date: July to November, 2013 (6 times)

We enjoyed a “forest” themed story-telling

Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting

session, explored a forest and collected many

Roomthings, and both children and adults made aParticipants: 18 children“Forest Picture Book”.

*Kodomo-Yume Fund Project“Let’s Be a Friend to the Forest: Making Forest
Picture Book”
Date: October 5 and 6, 2013
Place: Osaka Prefectural Syonen Shizen-no-Ie

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By Puppet Play Circle Palette

Making a Picture Book Workshop

Activities for Reading Promotion
Participation in the drawing up of the council for

IICLO participated in the planning of the council

the promotion’s plan of children’s reading activities

for the promotion plan of children’s reading activity

in Osaka prefecture

in Osaka prefecture and attended two

Based on “The promotion plan of children’s

meetings

with other groups and organizations concerned

reading activities” that Osaka prefecture promotes,

with children’s reading activities.

Mail Magazine
IICLO issues a mail magazine around the 20th of each month. Subscription is free, and we are looking
forward to your registration. At the end of June 2014, there were 1464 subscribers. The contents are as follows.
<Contents>
1. Information from IICLO(3) Web sites for children’s literature research:

2. Column

introducing various web sites for researching(1) Yasuko & Okiko’s Talk on a recently

children’s books

published children’s book: IICLO Chief(4) Places to go!: Reports on exhibitions, films

Director and professional staff choose one

and lectures related to children’s literaturebook and talk, giving you new perspectives onand culturethat book.

3. Information about events on children’s literature(2) Introduction for volunteers who read picture

and culture in Japan: introducing events bybooks to children: A series of lectures forother groups

volunteers who do reading activities, which

4. Present: presenting a book discussed in Yasuko

explain basic points, such as how to choose& Okiko’s Talk by lottery

and read picture books to children.

8Research Projects
Research Project on the History of Children’s Book Publishing in the Meiji, Taisho and
Early Showa Periods: from the letter research of an ex-editor of Hakubunkan Pubulishing
Bulletin No. 27

The IICLO is conducting a joint project withresearchers from outside the institute to study these・Research members: ASAOKA Yasuou, lecturer ofletters by NANBU Shinichi, a former Hakubunkan

Japan Juvenile Education College, ITO Motoo,

Publishing editor, focusing on the letters of IWAYA

representative of Book Globe, SAKAI Masayo,

Sazanami.

professor of Aichi Shukutoku University, MIYAKE

Research meetings: 6

Okiko, IICLO chief director, ENDO Jun, IICLO

・Lecture and symposium: The Present Situation of

professional researcher/associate professor of Kacho

IWAYA Sazanami: The possibilities of study ofCollege, KOMATSU Satoko, IICLO professionalchildren's

researcher, DOI Yasuko, IICLO chief professional

literature

80

years

after

IWAYA

Sazanmi's death. at the 52nd Conference of Japan

researcher

Society for Children’s Literature in Hiroshima
University of Economics, November 10, 2013

＊ The project applied for the Grants-in-Aid for・A report of a lecture and symposium, three research

Scientific Research and selected for funding innotes and a research report were inserted in IICLO

2011-13

Publications and Websites
Children’s Books 100 Questions andAnswers: The Commemorative publication of

Hon Navi Kids, Book Research System

the new foundation launched in August, 2013

system where children play on the internet, choosing

Edited by IICLO,

words and feelings to find the books they like.

“Hon Navi Kids (Book Navigation for Kids)” is a

published in Sogensha,

IICLO independently drew up the keywords andA5size, 224 pages, 1800

the outlines of stories. In 2013 we added 932 titles.

yen (net)

This project is being conducted in collaboration

It is edited as an easy

with the Fujitsu Systems Applications & Support

and convenient tool for

Limited.

those who want children
Bunko and organizations

Shinken Seminor’s 1000 Recommended
Children’s Books

concerned with reading

IILCO was asked to select recommended books

to read books, libraries,

promotion.

and to write introduction for children from 1st gradein primary school to 3rd grade in junior high school by
Benesse Corporation.

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Contracted cooperative work for planningby publishers

2011: The Fascination of Australian Picture Books:

・Editorial supervision of a calendar “Fairy Tale:

Shaun Tan talks about His Work, Let’s Make aWorld Masterpiece Travel”

Picture Book with Australian Picture Book Author

・Cooperation on “Milan Manga Festival in 2013”

Shaun Tan 1000 yen

Reports on an International Exchange Project inReports on an International Exchange Project inMaterials issued by IICLO

2010: Symposium Picture Books in Asia “Picture

Reports on an International Exchange Project inBooks Cross Borders—Picture Books in Chinese

2013: “Picture Book Author Lauren Child Talked

Speaking Countries Now” 500 yen

about her Works—My worries are infinite” / Let’s

IICLO Bulletin No. 1-27 1000 yen – 1900 yen

Make a Picture Book with British Picture Book

A Collection of Essays, Reports on symposium

Author Lauren Child!

Picture Books in Taiwan 1900 yen

1000 yen

Reports on the forum “Keep Exploring Children’s

Reports on symposium the Present of World

Literature and Culture—Looking back on the works

Picture Books, A Collection of Essays, Picture Booksof Nakagawa Masafumi, scholar of children’sin Thai 1900 yen

literature” 1400 yen

A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in India

Reports on an International Exchange Project in

1400 yen

2012: The World of David Wiesner, Picture Book

A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in China

Author—Pictures Talk, Making a Picture Book with
Picture Book Author David Wiesner!

1900 yenetc.

(pretax price)1000 yen

In Appreciation of Book Donations
We have received many donations of Children’s books and materials about them from publishers, authors,
researchers and small magazine circles. These materials were taken over by Osaka Prefectural Central
Library Center for International Children’s Literature for preservation in perpetuity and are open to the
public.
The number of donations of this year
Books
3,503
Magazines
3,692
Others871
Total
8,066 items
Centro Internacional del Libro Infantil y Juvenil(Spain)Schweizerisches
Institut
fürKinder-undJugendmedien (Switzerland)
高 明美 (Taiwan)
鄭 明進 (Taiwan)
Kimberley Reynolds (UK)
Seven Stories (UK)

Helen Kilpatrick（Australia）
蒋 風 (China)
朱 自强 (China)
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (Germany)
Societats-Verlag (Germany)
Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International
Understanding (Korea)
Kestutis Urba (Lituania)
Toin Duijx (Netherlands)

The International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka, 2014
All Japanese names in the News appear in the traditional order, surname followed by given name.

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