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International
Institute forChildren’s
Literature,
Osaka
NO.6 Ｏｃｔｏber 2016

forThe first year at IICLO
Inside this issue:

Miyakawa Takeo, Chief Director

The first year of IICLO
1
15th International Grimm Award
to Be presented to Professor Perry
Nodelman
2
British Picture Book Author
Emily Gravett Visit to Japan
3
An Exhibition of Expo’70 and
picture books from around theworld
3
Winners of the 32nd 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
8
Publications and Websites
9
In Appreciation of Book
Donations10In

November,co-sponsored

A year has passed since I became a chief directorof IICLO on July 1, 2015, so I have experienced awhole year of the work the IICLO does.
I attended a surprisingly informal directors'
meeting, at which I was officially appointed chief
director. This impression of pleasant informality,
frankness and constructive discussion has notchanged since my appointment. The IICLO board consists of a memberof the Osaka Prefecture Board of Education, a librarian, a school master,a member of the home library association, a publisher, an author and a
researcher. Their opinions coupled with their professional backgrounds
mean that they are concerned rather with the future of children's books
than the management of one foundation, and the meeting is a greatplace to learn and exchange new information about children's books andculture. I am very happy to be a part of this company.
bythe

Nissan Motor Cooperation, which has supported thisKinranFoundation, the ceremony of the 15th International

project for a long time.

Grimm Award, was held. Professor Perry Nodelman

Our foundation keeps working hard by holding

from Canada gave a very interesting lecture called

lectures by researchers from oversea, organizing"Before and Beyond Words About Pictures: Picture

events for children and research projects, putting

Books and Picture-Book Studies, Then and Now".

more information on the internet site for children's

In March, 2016, I attended the ceremony of thebooks, publishing a bulletin and mail-magazines and32nd Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture bookregistering donated materials from publishers.

Grand

I live in Tokyo and receive emails from IICLO

Prix

at

NissanMotor

Cooperation

Headquarters. Before the ceremony, a seminar on(Osaka) office almost every day.

creative writing for the awardees was held by thepretty quickly and so I schedule a trip to Osaka injudges. It is held every year and I could see theorder to meet and discuss face to face the issues theyjudges' intention to support fresh writers. At therefer to that will coincide with some of the exciting

party after the ceremony, I felt the warmth of staff ofevents organized by IICLO.

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These pile up

Over six years have passed since the difficult

efforts to run IICLO. I would like to thank all of you

circumstances in which the re-start of IICLO took

for your warm support and ask for your continued

place. The former chief director, Miyake Okiko,assistance.

board members, and the staff are making great

15th International Brothers Grimm Award Presented toProfessor Perry Nodelman
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 15th award in 2015 was presented toProfessor Perry Nodelman at Winnipeg University inreceived

Canada and an award presentation ceremony and arecognitionasagroundbreaking work in the field of research oncommemorative lecture were held.

picture books. The Pleasures of Children's Literature

Date: November 21st, 2015is renowned as a textbook for the research ofPlace: Osaka International House Foundation

children’s literature for university students and has

Recipient: Dr. Perry Nodelman (Canada)

been translated for publication in China, Taiwan and

Lecture: Before and Beyond Words About Pictures :Korea.

Picture Books and Picture-Book Studies, Then andHe was editor of the Children's Literature

Now

Association Quarterly for five years (1983-87) andTranslator: Matsushita Hiroko, part-time lecturer in

the CCL/LCJ, the Canadian children's literature

Kansai University

journal for five years (2004-2008). He has also

Participants: 70

written many articles on children’s literature theory<Reason for the award>Dr.

international

Perry

Nodelman,andProfessor

emeritusofreviewsofresearch

books

on

children’s

literature, all of which have contributed to the

University of Winnipeg is an exemplary researcher

development of research in children’s literature.

of children’s literature and picture books fromIn Canada, Professor Nodelman taught at thearound the world.

University of Winnipeg for thirty seven years and

His main works published in book form are; Words

provided valuable support to many researchers.

About Pictures: The Narrative Art of Children's

He is also a writer of both children and young

Picture Books (1988), The Pleasures of Children's

adult’s fiction and has published twelve books.

Literature (1992), and The Hidden Adult: Defining

Among these, the four books of the Minds SeriesChildren's Literature (2008), all of which are highly

written with Carol Matas, are works of fantasy

esteemed. Words About Pictures: The Narrative Art

which encourage logical thinking and have beenof Children's Picture Books in particular has

translated into Japanese. They can be said to be the2putting into practice of his theories on children’s

The images helped the audience understand theliterature.

changes picture books have gone through, from

<Outline of the Commemorative Lecture>classics to modern, and the lecture analyzed picture

Professor Nodelman summarized his book Words

books from a number of research view points.

About Pictures -which is pioneer work of research* On the 28th of November, a lecture called Alice

into picture books- by introducing some picture

Grows Smaller: The Nursery Alice and and Other

books as examples. Then, the new wave of picture

Shorter Versions of Carroll’s Wonderland

books such as graphic novels and the medium of(translator : Maezawa Akie) was held at Kawamura

electronic devices were discussed, -with many visual

Gakuen Woman's University sponsored by JBBY

examples- as the basis for research for a new work on

Society for Children's Literature in English andpicture books.

IICLO.

British Picture Book Author Emily Gravett’s
Visit to Japan
We invited the outstanding British picture book author Ms. Emily Gravett to give a lecture and run aworkshop for children.

Lecture: Living in Pictures
Ms. Emily Gravett who understands the picturebook format intimately andwho continues toinnovate with new ideas for picture books talked
about how she came to be a picture book author after
her peripatetic life after graduation from high school,
and the process involved in the creation of her
picture books such as Wolves and Again!.
Translator: Matsushita Hiroko, , part-time lecturer

Date: Feburary 27th, 2016

in Kansai University

Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting
Room

Participants: 82＊ Cosponsor: International Library of Children's
Literature, Osaka Prefectural Central Library＊ This project was supported by the following
companies: The Kintetsu Corporation, Suntory
Holdings Limited., Panasonic Corporation, Fujitsu
Tohoku Systems Ltd., Musashi-I-Techno Ltd.
＊Copies of the report of the lecture and workshop
are available for 1000 yen.

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Let's Make a Picture Book with Emily GravettFirst Ms. Gravett talked about making picture books, andthen participants made a picture book under the theme “If I
come across something frightening”.
Date: February 28th, 2016
Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting RoomParticipants: Primary school children 27＊Co-sponsor: International Library of Children's
Literature, Osaka Prefectural Central Library

An Exhibition of Expo '70 and Picture Books fromAround the World
Picture books from 50 of the countries of the 77

Place: Expo ’70 Pavillion, Expo Park

that participated in Expo '70 were exhibited with

Cosponsor: Kansai Environment Development

pamphlets of Expo '70. These materials are owned byCenter Incorporated Association

Osaka Prefectural Central Library International

Support: Osaka Prefectural Central Library,Institute of Children’s Literature. There were*Subsidized project of Incorporated Administrative

corners such as Children's Plays from the World andAgency Commemorative Organization for the JapanThe Country I Want to Go Message Corner.

World Exposition ’70<Events>○“Story-telling Hello From the World”
Date: July 20, 2015 Story-telling session twice
Performer: Ohanashi Poppo
Participants: 97○Picture book Making Workshop: Let’s Make Word
Play Picture book!
Date: July 24, 2015
Instructor: Doi Yasuko
Participants: 22<Exhibition>
Date: July 11 – 26, 2015

Winners of the 32nd Nissan Children’s Storybook and
Picture Book Grand Prix
contest for new authors, was held and 38 works were
The 32nd Nissan Children’s Storybook and Picture

chosen.

Book Grand Prix, a storybook and picture book4

＊There were 2,878 entries ; 2,414 volumes in the

Picture Book Category were published by BL

Storybook Category and 414 volumes in the Picture

Publishing in December, 2015.

Book Category

In the Storybook Category

Golden Medal Made with Dandelion text by☆In the Storybook Category＊Grand Prix＊

Yamamoto Aanae, illustrated by Aoi Yoshimi

Little Adventure on Sunday by Aikawa Miya

(Left).

☆In the Picture Book Category

In the Picture Book Category＊Grand Prix＊

The Other Side of the End of the World text andIn the Basement by Yokosuka Asuka

illustrated by Tanaka Yasuhiro (Right).

Award Ceremony
Date: March 13, 2016
Place: Nissan Global Main office
In cooperation with Nissan Motor Corporation＊The books by the winners of the 31st Merit Awardin the Storybook Category and Grand Prix in the.

KITAMURA TAKEKO FUND Memorial Projects
Because of Kitamura Takeko’s love of children’s literature, she made large donations to help us run theFoundation. We published an IICLO BULLETIN as a memorial project.
IICLO Bulletin No.29
IICLO advertised for articles on children’s literature for IICLO Bulletin No.29 and one article is accepted.
<Contents>“Boken-Shosetsu” (Adventure Stories) promoted

periodor proscribed in the Meiji Era: mainly by

Hakubunkan Publishing’ for children in theexamining Educational Journals by Meguro

Meiji Period, by Asaoka Kunio

Tsuyoshi

A Comparison of Images of Boyhood Presented

Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf viewed as a “Soviet

in Shonen Sekai (Boys’ World) with Kokugo

fairy tale” by Kikuma Shiori

Tokuhon (Japanese Reader), by Iwata

An Outline of Shonen Shojo Tankai (Stories for

Kazumasa

Boys and Girls): in comparison with otherin Chief of Shonen Sekai (Boys’ World);

magazines for children, by Doi Yasuko

Focusing on his editorship, by Endo Jun

Iwaya Sazanami as an Editor【Roundtable】【Lecture for the International Grimm Award】

Hakubunkan’s Goals in its Publications for

Before and Beyond Words About Pictures: PictureChildren: From the viewpoints of the worlds ofBooks and Picture-Book Studies, Then and Now,

publishing, education and magazines in the Meiji

by Perry Nodelman5Lectures and Activities for Reading Promotion
1. Dispatch IICLO Staff for Lectures

poems and book reports connected with human

IICLO dispatched our staff to give 34 lectures torights.

(Organized

by

Osaka

prefecture,librarians, school librarians, teachers, volunteers for

Education Council of Osaka prefecture, andchildren’s book activities, parents and people who

Committee for Human rights in Osaka)

are interested in children’s books, giving advice on(5) Serving on the book selecting committee ofbook selection and reading promotion, running a

Smile With Picture books Project by the Osaka

course on conveying the pleasure of books andIzumi Co-operative Society

participating in reading clubs etc.
3. A lecture on and Performance of Old Kamishibai
2. Judging and committee member duties

We co-sponsored a lecture called "Sakai Shichima,(1) Serving as a judge for the 11th Osaka Children’s

the legend of Kansai Manga World" and performance

Book Band contest (Organized by Osaka readingof Gaito Kamishibai in the 1950s.

promotion committee and Asahi Newspaper)

Date: December 12th, 2015(2) Serving as a judge for the 25th Mino hand-madePlace: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting

Kamishibai contest (Organized by Mino city

Roomboard of education and Hito to Hon wo Tsumugu

Lecturer: Nakano Haruyuki (visiting professor ofKai)

Kyoto Seika University)(3) Serving as a judge for the “The composition of

Performer: Shiozaki Otogi Kamishibai Museum

experiences that expand the Kokoro-no-wa “circle

staffof the heart” (Kokoro-no-wa) 2015 contest (Osaka

Sponsor: Osaka Prefectural Central Libraryprefecture welfare department)

Supporter: Shiozaki Otogi Kamishibai Museum(4) Serving as a judge for the 34th competition for

Events for Children
Story Monorail
A unique event “Story Monorail” was held in which

Support: Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd., Commemorative

participants enjoyed stories in a reserved monorail

Organization for the Japan World Exposition ’70,

carriage and watched a puppet play in Saito. . The

Hankyu Realty Co., Ltd., Benesse Corporation

2015 “Story Monorail” was the ninth event in this＊Subsidized

series.

project of Kodomo

Date: September 13, 2015

Yume Fund

Participants: 240
Performers: IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo, Puppet
Play Circle Palette

6Storytelling sessions and workshops(3) Story-telling session and workshop in a primary
1) Cooperation with Osaka Prefectural Central

school and a library

Library

・Story-telling session at Suita City Yamada-ekimaeSix story-telling sessions, one puppet show and

Library (twice): Performer, Ohanashi Poppo

one workshop for children were run at the Children’s・Conducting three stories workshops for primary

reading room in Osaka Prefectural Central Libraryschool pupils at Toyonaka City Higashioka Primary

by IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo, Puppet Play Circle

School etc.

Palette.
(4) Story-telling session in a children’s home・Two story-telling sessions at two children’s homes:
Performer, Ohanashi Poppo(5) Children’s story exchanges between China, Korea,
and Japan were held in Aichi and Tokyo and IICLO
staff devised a workshop for making picture books
together (August 16th to 23rd in 2015).
(2) Making a Picture Book about Forests

Participants: 100

We enjoyed a “forest” themed story-telling session,

Place: Nigata and Tokyo

explored a forest where we collected many things,

Host: The Executive Committee of Children’s story

and both children and adults made a “Forest Picture

exchanges between China, Korea, and Japan

Book”.
“Let’s Be a Friend to the Forest: Making Forest(6) Participation in planning of foundation projects

Picture Book”

by Ohanashi Poppo and Puppet Play Circle PaletteDate: October 24th and 25th, 2015

Volunteer groups belonging to IICLO participatedPlace: Osaka Prefectural Syonen Shizen-no-Ie

in the planning of various projects to connect
children with books.

Activities for Reading Promotion
Participation in the drawing up of the council forthepromotion’s

plan

for

children’s

the council for the promotion plan for children’s

readingreading activities in Osaka prefecture and attended

activities in Osaka prefecturetwoBased on “The promotion plan of children’s
reading

activities”

thatpromotedbymeetings

with

other

groupsandorganizations concerned with children’s reading

Osaka

activities.

prefecture, IICLO participated in the planning of7

Mail Magazine
IICLO issues a mail magazine around the 20th of each month. Subscription is free, and we hope you willsubscribe. As of July 20th 2016, there were 2019 subscribers. The contents are as follows.
<Contents>
1. Information from IICLO

activities, which explain the basic points, such as

2. Column

how to choose and read picture books to children.

(1) Talk on a recently published children’s book:(4) Places to go! :IICLO professional staff talk about a new book

Reports on exhibitions, films and lectures relatedwith specialists in children's literature.

to children’s literature and culture 3. Information(2) Essays on children's literature:

about events on children’s literature and culture

The chief director and the IICLO professional

in Japan: introducing events by other groups

staff write an essay on children's literature such

3. Information about events on children’s literature

as MIYAZAWA Kenji's works

and culture in Japan: introducing events by other(3) Introduction for volunteers who read picturegroupsbooks to children:

4. Present: presenting a book in Talk by lottery

A series of lectures for volunteers who do reading

Research Projects
Research Project on the History of Hakubunkan Publishing in the Meiji Period
The IICLO is conducting a joint project withprofessor of Aichi Shukutoku University, Endo Jun,researchers from outside the institute to study

IICLO special researcher/ associate professor of

Hakubunkan publishing.

Kacho College, Komatsu Satoko, IICLO special

・Research meetings: 4

researcher, Doi Yasuko, IICLO senior researcher

・Roundtable: Hakubunkan’s Goals in its＊ The project applied for the Grants-in-Aid for

Publications for Children: From the viewpoints of

Scientific Research and was selected for funding

the worlds of publishing, education and magazines

through 2014-18

in the Meiji period at the 54th Conference of Japan
Society for Children’s Literature at Osaka Kyouiku
University, November 8th, 2015
・A thesis and a research note were inserted in IICLO

Bulletin No. 29
・ Research members: Asaoka Yasuou, lecturer ofJapan Juvenile Education College, Sakai Masayo,

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Publications and Websites
Hon Navi Kids, Book Research System

・Reports on the forum “Keep Asking What Children’s

Literature ; Looking back on the works of“Hon Navi Kids (Book Navigation for Kids)” is a

Professor Torigoe ” 1000 yen

system where children play on the internet, choosing

・Reports on an International Exchange Project inwords and feelings to find the books they like.
IICLO independently drew up the keywords and2013: “Picture Book Author Lauren Child Talked

the outlines of stories. In 2015 we added 1005 titles.

about her Works—My worries are infinite” / Let’s
Make a Picture Book with British Picture Book

This project is being conducted in collaboration

Author Lauren Child!

with Fujitsu Systems Applications & Support

1000 yen・Reports on the forum “Keep Explrng Children’s

Limited.

Literature and Culture—Looking back on the

Picture Book Making Workshops for Kids

works of Nakagawa Masafumi, scholar of

IICLO opened a web site called Picture Book

children’s literature” 1400 yen

Making Workshops for Kids in 2013. We devised

・Reports on an International Exchange Project inworkshops according to the site and added some

2012: The World of David Wiesner, Picture Book

contents.

Author—Pictures Talk, Making a Picture Book

Shinken Seminar’s Manabi Librarywith Picture Book Author David Wiesner!

IILCO was given this collection in trust by

1000

yen
・Reports on an International Exchange Project inBenesse Corporation and selected recommended
books.

2011: The Fascination of Australian Picture

Contracted cooperative work for planningby publishers

Books: Shaun Tan talks about His Work, Let’s

・Editorial supervision for a pamphlet called

Book Author Shaun Tan 1000 yen

Make a Picture Book with Australian Picture
・Reports on an International Exchange Project inSmile With Picture Books by the Osaka Izumi

2010: Symposium Picture Books in Asia “Picture

Co-operative Society.

BS Asahi
Program

15th

Anniversary

SpecialBooks Cross Borders—Picture Books in Chinese
Speaking Countries Now” 500 yen

IICLO collaborated to plan a program called

・IICLO Bulletin No. 1-29

Kuroyanagi Tetsuko's Kodomo no Kuni: An artist

・A Collection of Essays, Reports on symposium1000 yen – 1900 yen

Picture Books in Taiwan 1900 yen

who drew children's dreams (22:00-23:00 in April to・Reports on symposium the Present of World Picture

March between 2015-2016.

Books, A Collection of Essays, Picture Books inMaterials issued by IICLO

Thai 1900 yen

・Reports on an International Exchange Project in・A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in India

2015 : “Picture Book Author Emily Gravett

1400 yen・A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in China

Talked about her Works—Living in Pictures” /Let’s Make a Picture Book with British Picture1900 yenBook Author Emily Gravett! 1000 yen

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etc.

(pretax price)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 International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka for preservation in perpetuity and are open to
the public.
The number of donations of this year
Books
4,209
Magazines
2,898
Others912
Total
8,019 items

Perry Nodelman (Canada)
蒋 風 (China)
Lastenkirjainstituutti (Finland)Internationale Jugendbibliothek (Germany)
Michalis Argiridis(Greece)
APCEIU (Korea)
Kestutis Urba (Lituania)
IBBY-Nederlands (Netherlands)
Toin Duijx (Netherlands)
Svenska barnboksinstitutet (Sweden)
Swedish Art Council (Sweden)
Schweizerisches Institut für Kinder-und Jugendmedien (Switzerland)
張 桂娥 (Taiwan)
高 明美 (Taiwan)

The International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka, 2016
All Japanese names in the News appear in the traditional order, surname followed by given name.

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