NO.17 December 2008
Inside this issue:

The International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka and the11th International Brothers
Grimm Award 1

Kinran-kai Foundation and Osaka Prefectural Otemae Senior High School

International Picture Books
Forum 3

Grimm Award, presented every other year to an individual who has contributed

Alumni Kinrankai announced the recipient of the 11th International Brothers

significantly to the international progress of the research of children’s
Picture Books in Thailand

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literature.

Special Lending 5

11TH International Brothers
Grimm Award to Be Presented toProfessor John StephensBook Donations from the
Osaka Kiwanis Club 5
Major Events of April 2007～
March 2008 6
Publications by IICLO 10
The Number of Materials

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Dr. John Stephens is a professor in the Department of English, Macquarie
University, and an honorary professor at Beijing Normal University. Children's
Literature has increasingly become his main teaching field, but he still makes

Visitors 11

contributes actively in other areas, especially in the study of post-colonial

In Appreciation of Book
Donations 11literature, contemporary poetry, and discourse analysis. He is a leading figure in

General Informationof gender theory in children’s literature, of which he is something of a pioneer,

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research societies due to his social and cultural research, particularly in the area

having focused in depth on the concept of “masculinity”.
He has contributed toward the development of various researchsocieties and worked on both the national and international level, forexample with the International Research Society for Children’s
Literature

as president from 1997 to 1999, the AustralasianChildren’s Literature
Association for Research as president from 2006 and as an Executive
Board Member from 2003-2004, 2004-2006.
The main works he has written and edited are Ways of Being Male:
The 11th recipient

Dr. John Stephens, Australia
Professor, Macquarie University

Representing Masculinities in Children’s Literature and Film (2002),
Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives
in Children's Literature (1998), From Picture Book to Literary Theory(1994), Language and Ideology in Children’s Fiction (1992), Reading the Signs: Sense and Significance in Written Texts(1992), and Literature, Language and Change: From Chaucer to the Present (1990).

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<Award Presentation Ceremony>
On November 18 2007, under clear autumn skies, wewelcomed Professor John Stephens to IICLO for thepresentation ceremony of the 11th International Brothers
Grimm

Award.

This

ceremony

andthefollowingcommemorative talk were co-organized by the Japan Society
for Children Literature in English, the Osaka Gender
Equality Foundation, the Japan-Australia Society of Osaka,(from left) Matsui, Mr. Masutani, Mr. Takeuchi,
Mr. Clifton, Prof. Stephens, Ms. Tada

the Japan-Australia Society of Kansai, and the Minami
Osaka Japan-Australia Society.
Following an introduction by Institute President Matsui< Commemorative Lecture >Tadashi, the presentation of prize money, a plaque, and the

A Commemorative Lecture titled “Global-Local-Glocal:

list of additional prizes was made by Mr. Masutani Hiroshi,Children's Literature and Everyday Life” took place

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kinran-Kai

after the presentation ceremony with approximately 70

Foundation. After that, Mr. Takeuchi Keizo, deputy

people attending the two hour talk. Professor StephensSuperintendent of Schools in Osaka and Prefectural Board

analyzed some picture books and discussed how localof Education, and Mr. Michael John Clifton, Consul

cultures can survive in the world, keeping these local

General in Australian Consulate-General in Osaka gavefeatures, even when they seem threatened with being

congratulatory speeches.

overwhelmed by global culture. It was an exciting
lecture that encouraged us to think about the meaning of
the term “glocal” and about how important the viewpointof being “glocal” is in the area of research in children’s
literature. His paper will be published in theforthcoming IICLO Bulletin.

Mr. Masutani and Prof. Stephens

The International Brothers Grimm Awardwas established in 1987 and has been
administered as a joint project by IICLO,
the Kinran-kai Foundation, and thealumnus of Osaka Otemae High School.
Past recipients, in chronological order,
are: Dr. Klaus Doderer (Germany), Dr.
Gote Klingberg (Sweden), Dr. James
Fraser (U.S.A.), Mr. Torigoe Shin (Japan),
Dr. Denise Escarpit(France), Dr. Theodor
Brüggemann (Germany), Dr. Jack Zipes(U.S.A.), Dr. Jean Perrot (France), Dr.
Peter Hunt (U.K.), and Dr. Maria
Nikolajeva (Sweden).

with Ms. Tada, translator

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After the lecture, a lively question and answer session
was held between Dr. Stephens and the participants.
Everyone enjoyed the occasion immensely and was able toappreciate the contents of his lecture more thoroughly.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephens at the entrance of IICLOInternational Picture Books Forum"The Present Situation of Picture Books in the World"
The first Congress of

books

the

International

reasons why they

Research

Society

had

for

and

the

recommended

Literaturethem. The audience(IRSCL) was held in

was able to both

Asia on 25-29 August

appreciateChildren’s

the2007 as researchers of children’s literature from all overtraditions and the cultural and social background of thethe world gathered in Kyoto. On August 28, 2007 thevarious countries and consider the new modes of

IICLO held an international picture books forum, "The

expression and the cultural meaning of their picture

Present Situation of Picture Books in the World", wherebooks.

researchers from 11 countries: Australia, Belgium,

There were 169 participants in total, 67 from 14

Canada, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Korea, Spain,

overseas countries and 102 from Japan, including those

Sweden,from the IRSCL.

TaiwanandUK

introduced

what

they

considered to be themost

The IICLO exhibited the mainly translated picture

noteworthy

books of the 14 participating countries on that day andpicture books fromoriginal picture books from Asia, so that the participants

their own countries.

could pick them up and read them freely. After the

Aided by overheadpresentation, the overseas participants looked around the

projections

IICLO and heard a lecture by a staff member about thetheydescribed the contents and explained the appeal of these

history of Japanese children’s books.

Picture Books in Thailand
International Exchange Projects in 2007
Three projects on the theme “Picture Books in Thailand” were held to facilitate interaction between Thailand and Japanthrough picture books.
(1) Issue of a Collection of Essays “Picture books in Thailand” including a Report of the International
Picture Books Forum
A collection of essays on the theme of “Picture books in Thailand” was published in three languages, Japanese, Thai and3

English. Also, a report of the international picture books forum “The Present Situation of Picture Books in the World” witha thesis about the theory of picture books by Prof. John Stephens.
It has as its aim both to heighten the understanding of international “picture books” and to promote study in this area.
<Contents>
The Present Situation of Picture Books in the World / A Collection of Essays: Picture Books in Thailand(The editor in chief: Miyake Okiko, Professor Emeritus, Baika Women’s University)＊Theory of Picture Books

2. Picture Books for Thai Children: from the experience ofPicture Books, Mimesis and the Competing Aesthetics ofan editor

Kinesis and Stasis

Pornanong Niyomka Horikawa (Secretary General,

John Stephens, Professor, Macquarie University

Books for Children Foundation)
3. Thai Works Thai Ways—my seven year work experience＊The Present Situation of Picture Books in the World

as an editor at Praew Children Books(Country, the book title, the presenter’s name)

Rapheephan

Australia: The Arrival, Clare Bradford

Phatanavech(Former Praew Children Books

Belgium: The Story of Smart Krol―or how he escaped

editor)from death, Katrien Vloeberghs

4. The Movement for Promoting

Canada: Please, Louise!, Mavis Reimer

Reading Activities for Children

Denmark: Little Frog, Anna Karlskov Skyggebjerg

and its Influence on Picture

Finland: Grandmother’s Gadget, Sanna J. Lehtonen

Books Publication in Thailand

Indonesia: I Can Fly, Alvanov Zpalanzani—focusing on the activities of

Korea: Children of the Dong River, Ho-Kyung Kim

the Thai people

Spain: When Martiño Wanted to Make Pipi the Night of

Takeuchi Yoriko (Researcher of children’s literature in

the Three Wise Kings, Mónica Domínguez Pérez

Thailand)

Sweden: All the Dear Little Animals, Ingrid Kallstrom

5. Round-Table Talk on Picture Books in Thailand

NilssonTakeuchi Yoriko（Researcher of children’s literature in

Taiwan: Me and My Bike, Hsiao-yin Huang

Thailand）

United Kingdom: The Adventures of the Dish and theSuzuki Honami（Researcher, IICLO）

Spoon, Nolan Dalrymple

Ushiroshoji Masahiro (Professor, Graduate School of＊A Collection of Essays: Picture Books in Thailand

Humanities, Kyushu University）

1. My Work My Way in Happy Something Else

Miyake Okiko （ Professor Emeritus, Baika Women’s

Cheewan Wisasa (Thai picture book author and editor)

University）(2) Exhibition of Picture Books from Thailand “Thai Picture Books Now” on April 1 ~ 29, 2008
A Package of Picture Books from Thailand for Loan

picture books, 3. Picture books based on folktales, myth

66 Thai picture books have been chosen on five selected

and legend in Thailand, 4. Picture books in thethemes and prepared with comments and a list for

imaginative world, 5. Picture books by Cheewan Wisasa.

exhibition in order to show their unique charm. These

Exhibition design: IICLO

books will be lent for free to schools, public libraries andCooperation (in alphabetical order): Miyake Okiko,

volunteer organizations.

Pornanong

Themes: 1. The life of children in Thailand, 2. Nature

NiyomkaHorikawa,

TakeuchiUshiroshoji Masahiro, Wada Michihiro

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Yoriko,(3) Storytelling for Children
A storytelling event featuring stories from the Chinese bloc and picture books was held in March 2007.

Special Lending
A set of Asian picture books for lending
Since 2005 IICLO has made a set of picture books from

Chinese Speaking Areas Picture Book Set (112 books),

Asia and began to lend them to groups as a part of ourThai Picture Book Set (65 books).

Please use them asinternational exchange project. We are continuing to lendteaching materials for crosscultural education in yourselected works of the latest picture books, with Japanese

schools and for exhibitions at your libraries.

translation when they are available, for free.
Book sets available now: Korean Picture Book Set A (76books), Korean Picture Books Set B(103 books),

Book Donations from the Osaka Kiwanis ClubOn June 19, 2007 the Osaka Kiwanis Club donatedwere bought from Mongolia, a country with which Japan

500,000 yen to the IICLO to facilitate international

has recently enjoyed a period of active exchange, andexchange through children’s books. Mr. Yoshimichi

about 50 titles from China, which has notably produced a

Ashihara, the president of the Osaka Kiwanis Club,

wide variety of styles of picture books recently. In 2007

presented the donation to Mr. Kitada, the executive

we purchased picture books from Australia and New

director of our institute.

Zealand which are the same Pacific Rim countries asJapan.

The IICLO has used the donations given to us by the

The “Kiwanis Books” section of the Children’s room can

Kiwanis Club from 1982 to 1994 for the “Kiwanis Books”

be borrowed by both individuals and groups.

area, located in the reading room on the 2nd floor, whichmainly houses children's books published in Asia.
The donations given to us since 2005 have been used topurchase Asian picture books, to which we have added
summaries in Japanese and which can be borrowed fromthe Children’s room. Following the purchase of Thai
picture books in 2005, in 2006 about 60 picture books

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Major Events of April 2007～March 2008
Winners of the 24th Nissan Children’s Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix
The Nissan Children’s Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix, sponsored by IICLO with the co-operation of Nissan
Motors, are highly evaluated as the gateway to success for new authors as well as a contribution to the promotion ofstorybooks and picture books.
The winners of the 24th Grand Prix were announced and the awards ceremony was held at Nissan Yokohama Club on
March 8, 2008. The following works were chosen from 2,366 volumes submitted in the Storybook Category and 696
volumes submitted in the Picture Book Category. The Grand Prix works will be published by BL Publishers in
December, 2008.
☆In the Storybook Category☆In the Picture Book Category＊Grand Prix＊＊Grand Prix＊“Open It When Spring Comes” by MASUI Kunie,“Moi Moi’s Pocket” by H@L, Osaka

Hyogo＊Award for Excellence＊“The

Delicious

Letter”

by＊Award for Excellence＊

TSUKAHARA Misa,“Bibi de Dance” by TAKAHASHI Kyoushiro, Tokyo

Saitama“Minamidaito-Jima / An Original Folktale Ame-no-ko“Please Bother Me!” by NAGAI Kumiko, Okayama

Taro” by NAGAYAMA Tadashi, Okinawa“Mother’s Treasure” by TOHYAMA Hiroko, Aichi“Cock Charcoal” by KOJIMA Yuji, Aichi

Exhibitions at IICLO
We had a small exhibition from our IICLO collections:former editor of Kodansha, and Miyamoto Hirohito.

1. “Taiwan Picture Books Now：Picture books from the

4. “From Osaka! Children’s Culture 1: Children were

Chinese speaking areas and Japan, Part1” (April

surrounded by these books” (Nov. 1, 2002-Feb. 12,

1-29, 2007)

2008)

Exhibition design: Naka Yumiko (translator of
Chinese children’s literature)

Cooperation: Asaoka Yasuo, lecturer ofJapan Juvenile Education College and IICLO

It was held as a part

research fellow in 2006, and Kato Osamu, associateof the International Exchange Project in 2007

professor of Tokyo Seitoku University: the photos“Picture Books in the Chinese Speaking Areas: 1”.

below.

After the exhibition these books are being lent for
free to schools and public libraries.
2. “Motai Takeshi 50 Years After His Death” (May3-July 30, 2007)
3. “Rediscovery of the Manga World in ‘Kodansha
Picture Books’ ” （Aug. 2-Oct. 29, 2007）
Exhibition design: Miyamoto Hirohito, associate
professor of The University of Kitakyushu, IICLO
research fellow in 2005.
A lecture was also held by Maruyama Akira, a6

5. “Nissan Award Winners: Children’s Storybook andmaterial for exhibition in public libraries. We now have

Picture Book Grand Prix” (March 1-30, 2008)

available materials for “The World of Peter Pan”, “A Dog of

Cooperation: Nissan Motors.

Flanders—the figures of Nello and Patrasche” and“Traditional Nursery Rhymes Born in Britain—MotherA package of books for exhibition based on our previous

Goose”.

exhibitions has been available for special lending as

Lectures at IICLO“Introduction and Commentary — Children’s Books

1. “Folktales in Russia and Storytellers” Lecture: Saito

published in 2006”

Kimiko, researcher of oral literature. Date: July 5.

Lecturer: NISHIMURA Hisao, Research Society for2. “India: travelling the stage of myth” Lecturer: Nagasaki

Science Reading Materials, Osaka, member and IICLO
staff.

Hiroko, Osaka University. Date: November 20.

Date: April 27-29 at IICLO Lecture Hall.

3. “Changing Mexican Myth” Lecturer: Yamamori Yasuto,

Participants: 247

Kansai Gaidai University. Date: November 27.

Children’s Literature Lecture “The History of Kodomo-

Cosponsor: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,no-Tomo Part II: Further Widening The World of

New Research Initiatives for Humanities and Social

Picture Books” Sponsor: The Society for Fostering

Science. At IICLO Seminar room. Participants: 94

IICLO, Joint sponsor: IICLO. Lecturer: MATSUI“Manga for Children in ‘Kodansha Picture Books’ reading

Tadashi, Counsel of Fukuinkan-Shoten and President

with Maruyama Akira” Lecturer: Maruyama Akira,of IICLO. Date: June 3rd at IICLO Lecture Hall.

former editor of Kodansha and former president ofParticipants: 135

Kodansha

Shayukai,andMiyamoto

Hirohito,International Lecture “Children’s Books and Services for

associate professor of The University of Kitakyushu,

Children in a Multi-cultural Society” Lecturer: Patricia

former IICLO research fellow. Date: September 15 at

Aldana, president of IBBY and editor in Canada.

IICLO Lecture Hall. Participants: 42

Translator: Ishikawa Haruko, lecturer of Kansai

Lecture “Listening to the Way to Make Picture Books

University. Date: July 9th at IICLO Seminar room.

as Explained by a Picture Book Editor ‘Picture Books

Participants: 28

I Made’” (Kodomo Yume Fund Project)

Lectures for Supporting Storytelling Volunteers “Finding

Lecturer: Miyazaki Rei, editor of Gakushu-Kenkyu-

the Attraction of Folktales in the World Part II”

sha. Date October 13 at IICLO Seminor room.
Participants: 25

Supporting Storytelling Volunteers: Developing
Database for Examples of Reading Activity in Practice
Since April 23rd, 2008, we opened our “StorytellingGreat Adventure on the Sea of Books”, making it possible

Database”. It was developed with the aim of supporting

to search for such book information as a book’s title,groups reading books and telling stories. Anyone canauthor’s name, year of publication and ISBN number, andsearch and browse practical examples from among various

search for books using IICLO original keywords like

topics such as themes, number of participants, sites,“magic” and “friends”, as well as to look at children’scontents of programs of storytelling meetings. It is also

“recommendations”, the 10 most popular books best 10 andpossible to make practical records of programs byauthor interviews. Please use this system at yourregistering your group’s information.

storytelling meetings.

This system is linked to the book research system “A

http://kids.iiclo.or.jp/ohanashi/(Kodomo Yume Fund Project in 2007)7

Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009
The “Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009” was held atalso its book search system that uses animation. For fourTokyo Big Sight from March 27 to 30, 2008. This is one ofdays 260 companies, including 79 international companies,

the worlds’ biggest general animation fairs, held every

took part and about 120,000 people attended the fair. A lot

spring, and promoted by the committee of Tokyoof people visited the IICLO booth, too, and looked at ourInternational Anime Fair, whose chairperson is Ishihara

valuable

Shintaro, the Governor of Tokyo. It includes not only

materials.

animation but also Manga deeply related to animation,
therefore IICLO and other institutes from all over thecountry which own valuable Manga and individual Manga
author’s memorial museums opened booths. IICLO
exhibited rare materials like Manga by Tezuka Osamu andChildren’s Book Festival in Osaka
The Children’s Book Festival in Osaka was held atbooks, including those from Taiwan and Korea, on the

Osaka Business Park Twin 21 on October 27-28, 2007. It

theme of “Let’s Read! Let’s Meet! Picture Books in Asia”, inwas promoted by the Council of Promoting Letter Culture

cooperation with Panasonic Corporation. Moreover, we

and

Book

displayed our book search system for children “Hon-Navi

Publishers and various events related to children’s books

Kids (Book Navigation for Kids)” developed in cooperation

were held, including book exhibitions and sales. IICLO has

with Fujitsu Tohoku

taken part in the event since the first festival, introducing

Systems, and which

its book search systems such as “A Great Adventure on thewas used by many

Sea of Books”.

people.

theJapanese

AssociationofChildren’s

This time IICLO, continuing its theme from theprevious festival, made a booth introducing Asian picture

Events for Children
Story Monorail
A unique event where participants enjoyed picture

IICLO staff and volunteers in the light-flooded moving

books and stories while riding on a reserved monorail car

monorail.

was held on March 15, 2007. 34 parent and child pairs, aThetotal 86 people, chosen from one in eight by lot, rode four“Grandmother with a Long-tongue” presented by Palette,

cars

an IICLO volunteer puppet play group, at CUBE3110

of

the

monorailCommemorativefrom

Organization

Banpaku-Koen
for

the

Japan

station.

After a while, it arrived at Saito-Nishi station.

participantsWorld

Saito Info Museum.

Exposition ’70 gave the ticket to the Banpaku-Koen to theAfter the play, theparticipants. First the passengers enjoyed looking at theparticipants

outside view, including The Tower of the Sun, and then thegiven a boxed lunch“Storytelling” began. The children sat on cushions on theand a tote bag byfloor while the adults sat on the car seats. They enjoyedthethe folktales and picture books of vehicles presented bycompanies.

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were

cosponsoring

thenwatchedthepuppetplay

Story and Story: Picture Books from Mongolia—an invitation to the world of different cultures through play
Date: June 17th, 2007. Organizer: Suita Inter-people

no-kai. In the storytelling event, Jimin Gua, an overseas

Friendship Association, Suita-shi Kusanone Kokusai-

graduate school student from Baika Women’s University,

kouryu-no-kai

read a picture book, Thumb Hero. IICLO staff also read

(SuitaCity

Grass-roots

International

Friendship Group)

picture books from Korea, Sri Lanka etc. After the

The IICLO held a storytelling event and exhibition ofstorytelling, performers from Australia, Korea, China,

Asian picture books (mainly Mongolian picture books)

Canada, Germany and Mongolia sang songs, danced andco-sponsoreddisplayed various folk costumes.

by

the

Suita

Inter-people

Friendship

Association and the Suita-shi Kusanone Kokusai-kouryu-

Other Events“Theatre of the Yume no Ike”

We held 54 events for children in which 2,374
participants took part.

May 3 “Under the Baobab Tree—Tales from West Africa”

Storytelling 19 times [themes: spring, the moon and the

Presented by Eguchi Kazuhisa (Professor Emeritus ofstars, presents, strange creatures and so on with

the Museum of Ethnology), Kawabe Tomomi and Joseph

volunteers.] For volunteers, we had four “skills

Nkoshi (percussionists)
May 4 “International Animation”: “Tylinek” “Noisy Nora”

brush-up” lectures and advance training sessions.

and others (supported by @armz and Yamaha MusicMedia).
May 5 “A Toad for Tuesday – enjoy the stories of small
animals”
Part I: Workshop, Part II: Puppet play presented by thepuppet theatre group Kyogei (Kodomo Yume Fund)
November 23 “Go to the Henteko Forest” at ShizenKansatsu-Gakushukan, Natural and Cultural Gardens.
Cosponsor: Commemorative Organization for the Japan
World Exposition ’70 – Project subsidized by the Ministryof Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Workshop for Story Experiences / Story Experience Club
8 timesLet’s Make Animation! （lecturer: Kotani Kazushi)
Word Play Workshop
Kamishibai on the Street performed by Sanyukai
Let’s Try Story Quiz
Karuta Party
Large-Scale Video Show

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Invited authors
October 6 “German Animation and Workshop – Once
Upon a Time” Lecturer: Martina Grober, Sabine
Scholz Supported by the Goethe-Institut
March 28 “Let’s Enjoy the World of Kanzawa
Toshiko” (Kodomo Yume Fund)

Publications by IICLO
・Bulletin of the International Institute for Children’s“Global-Local-Glocal: Children's Literature andLiterature Volume 21 (March 2008)“A Study of the Readers' Letters Page in Shonen Sekai(Boy's World) : How readers

Everyday Life” John Stephens
・The Present Situation of Picture Books in the World / A

viewed the magazineduring the Meiji period” Doi Yasuko

Collection of Essays: Picture Books in Korea (March 2008)“Explanatory Notes on Specific Items in the Magazine(Editor-in-chief: Miyake Okiko) Refer to this News-“Shonen” (Boys) vol.2” Endo Jun

letter p. 4

The Number of Materials☆Reference materials in our possession (as of 2008.3):
705,409 items

Magazines: 6,455

Books: 328,500

Japanese magazines: 6,241 / Foreign magazines: 214

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

Others: 1,031

Magazines: 251,083
Japanese magazines: 236,288☆The number of donations and purchases

Foreign magazines: 14,795(2006.4-2007.3)

Others: 125,826

The number of donations: 10,511

The number of removals due to damage of references

Books: 4,770

materials for Loan and the use of duplicates: 9,334/ Magazines: 4,759 / Others: 982

The number of purchases: 7,177☆The increase in the number of references (2007.4-

Books: 5,432

2008.3): 17,688
Books: 10,202
Japanese books: 9,737 / Foreign books: 465

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Visitors
April 1, 2007 Brian Alderson, critic, bibliographer and author of children's books in U.K. and 3 others.
April 12, 2007 Gwacheon City Council, Korea, 4 people.
May 8, 2007 Tanya Batt, New Zealand children’s author.
July 29, 2007 Yeul Rye Cho, Choi Jee Hye, Miracle library, Korea.
August 23, 2007 Kaisu Rattya, Finnish Institute for Children’s Literature.
August 23, 2007 Margarita Slavova, Plovdiv University, Bulgaria and 2 others.
November 4, 2007 Hyunshik Yi, Rakki Kim, Jun-Young Yun, Incheon Foundation for Arts and Culture and another.
December 20, 2007 Jong-Kun Kim, DongHun Shin, Narrative and Literary Therapy Research, Konkuk University, Korea,
and 18 others.
January 15, 2008 Dr Bernhard Lauer, Bruder Grimm Museum Kassel(The Museum of the Brothers Grimm and another.
January 18, 2008 Song Soo Yen, research assistant, Yeom Hee Kyung, Post Doctor, Brain Korea 21 Group for the Education,
Research and Network of Korean Studies in East Asia, Inha University, and 2 others.

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(Australia)
John Stephens (Australia)
Leon Grek (Canada)
Christopher (Kit) Kelen (China)
周曉波 (China)
上海虹文庫 (China)
蒋風 (China)
Riitta Kuivasmaki (Finland)
Suomen Nuorisokirjallisuuden Instituutti (Finland)
Denise Escarpit (France)
Catherine Renaud (France)
Societats Verlag（Germany）
Phil Bernhard Lauer（Germany）
Rolf Hofmann & Martina Grober (Germany）
Ulrich Erckenbrecht (Germany）
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (Germany）
IBBY (India)
Alvanov Zpalanzani (Indonesia)
Mary A Shine Thompson (Ireland)
Donghun Shin（Korea）
金 容蘭 (Kim Yong Ran)（Korea）
Neutinamu Children’s Library（Korea）
李在徹 (Ri Jae-Cheol) (Korea)
Suh Hyesook（Korea）
黄惠淳（Korea）

曺銀淑（Korea）
宋永淑（Korea）
嚴惠淑（Korea）
Kestutis Urba（Lituanina）
Karin Beate Vold (Norway)
Rolf Romoren (Norway)
Monica Dominguez Perez (Spain)
Svenska Barnboksinstitutet（Sweden）
Nadia Ghidoli（Switzerland）
Schweizerisches Institut Fur Kinder-Und Jugendmedien（Switzerland）
幸佳慧 (Taiwan)
厳淑女 (Taiwan)
中國海峡両岸児童文学研究会／（The Society of Children’s
Literature）(Taiwan)
University Leiden（The Netherlands）
Ohar Emileya (Ukraine)
Elizabeth Hammill (United Kingdom)Children’s Literature Association (United States ofAmerica)
University of Minnesota (United States of America)
Junko Yokota (United States of America)
Nhien Do An Nguyen (Viet Nam)

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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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