Children's Literature Today: Trends and Movements

At the School Gate : a Children's Book

Another Filipiniana materials for our library collection.

AT the School Gate—a children’s book about the experience of a 15-year-old high school student during the government’s witch hunt against people branded as Leftist dissidents in 1991.

Written by Sandra Nicole Roldan, with illustrations by Nina Martinez, this book depicts memories of martial law, as well as the bravery displayed by children and families of so-called dissidents in the aftermath of the government’s anti-Leftist campaign 27 years ago. The author is an offshore PhD candidate at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and teaches Creative Writing at the College of Arts and Letters in UP Diliman.

At the School Gate is great reading for children and young people ages 10 years old to senior high school, as well as freedom-loving people of all ages.

Read the Business Mirror news article HERE.

Filipino Librarian Featured at Adarna House

Click HERE to read the full feature at Adarna House website.

Mother and professional Rochelle Silverio works as a librarian at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela, a government-ran higher education institution in Metro Manila and as a lecturer on children’s and young adult books at the University of the Philippines’ School of Library and Information Science.

After finishing a bachelor’s degree, she had a training stint in a children’s library inside a shopping mall. Seeing how delighted children were in exploring the books available in their library made her decide to pursue librarianship as her profession. She then got her license, worked in a private school, and took a master’s degree in library and information science. And throughout her career, she is really glad that children nowadays have access to a variety of books, including those that reflect their own culture, such as Adarna House books.

Unicef Children's Books

UNICEF is launching six children’s books: Anita by Anne Curtis-Smith, Ang Sabi ni Nanay, Ang Sabi ni Tatay by Sacha Calagopi; Ang Dalawang Haring Siga by Rene O. Villanueva; Ang Bata sa Basket by Augie Rivera; Yaya Niya, Nanay Ko by Ma. Corazon Remigio; and Nina Wonders, Nina Asks by Marcy Dans Lee.

 

Forum on Philippine Children's Literature

Expert panelists will share insights at the Forum on Philippine Children's Literature in the 21st Century at the Main Library Lobby on Tue, 23 Feb 2016, 2pm.

The event is FREE and is OPEN to the public.

For more details, you may contact Ms. Lily at 9818500 loc. 3979 or through email: lilymedlib@gmail.com

PANELISTS

ANI ALMARIO – is a Board Member of the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) and former President of the Reading Association of the Philippines. Ani is on the Management Team of Adarna Publishing House Inc. and she also the Directress of the Raya School.

ZARAH GAGATIGA - is a Children’s book author and Chief Librarian of Beacon Academy in Laguna and former President of the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY).

RUBEN DE JESUS -is an award winning children’s book illustrator, founding member of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (INK) and Board member of the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY). He is also a faculty member of the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philipiines Diliman

RAYVI SUNICO-is a children’s book author and publisher and Board member of the Philippine Board of Books for Young People.

RUBEN DE JESUS -is an award winning children’s book illustrator, founding member of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (INK) and Board member of the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY). He is also a faculty member of the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philipiines Diliman.

PORTIA PADILLA - is a member of the Reading Association of the Philippines and a faculty member of the UP College of Education, University of the Philippines Diliman.

3rd National Conference of Children's Librarians

In celebration of the 21^st National Children's Month this coming October, the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) in cooperation with the Association of Librarians in the Public Sector (ALPS) will hold a 3-day conference on children's librarianship with the theme “Connecting and Linking of Information through Transformed Children's Libraries to the Digital Era” on October 13-15, 2014 in Tagaytay International Convention Center (TICC), Tagaytay City.

Ikatlong Kumperensiya sa Panitikang Pambata

Pagbabago at Panitikang Pambata

Ikatlong Kumperensiya sa Panitikang Pambata

Claro M. Recto Hall, College of Arts and Letters

UP Diliman, Oktubre 14-16, 2011