“You changed my life forever when you put books in my hands.”

— Yuyi Morales

Accessibilità

Ogni anno vengono pubblicati nuovi libri eccezionali, ma l’accesso a questi libri è ancora irto di ostacoli. Dedichiamo una parte importante del nostro lavoro all’abbattimento delle barriere che ostacolano l’accesso alle storie, per assicurarci che arrivino in mano ai lettori. Collaboriamo con i partecipanti e i responsabili delle nostre comunità locali per identificare tali barriere e trovare soluzioni creative per superarle.

THIS SECTION

  • Barriers to access that we’ve identified ourselves

    • language -> translations

    • publishing

      • advocate to publishing houses in Italy to publish English or other language books in translation

      • help Italy-resident authors and illustrators get published

    • $ -> fundraising

    • bias -> education initiatives

    • illustrations -> convince local authors and illustrators of the value and importance of making the pages of their books look like the world we actually live in

  • libraries -> what do they need from us?

    • Write-in campaign!

    • book lists

    • prof development

    • family/community activities

    • donations/$

  • schools -> how can we convince them/what do they need from us?

    • Book lists

    • Teacher resources (prof development)

    • book donations

    • school projects (by us or self-led)

  • bookstores -> how can we convince them/what do they need from us?

    • book lists

    • family/community activities

  • individuals

    • how to talk about books

    • how to talk about issues

    • how to choose books

    • getting books TO individuals

      • PJ Library (dreaming big)

      • Bibliobus (our own Ape?)

      • connecting them with libraries