The first exhibition in 2013 comprised over 100 silent books from four continents and more than 20 countries. Through IBBY, the project had collected the best children's books without words – Silent Books – to donate to a library on Lampedusa, the remotest island in the Mediterranean and the first port of call for those arriving from across the sea on their way to starting a new life.
Final Destination Lampedusa, as an international project, as a fair/workshop, at the Bologna in Rome exhibition, which is a showcase for the Bologna Children's Book Fair and is organised in conjunction with the Libraries of Rome. IBBY Italia and the Palazzo delle Esposizioni first presented Silent Books. The booklet, Silent books, a handbook on wordless picture books packed with narrative power, can be downloaded here.
#WORD FOR BOOK COLLECTOR HOW TO#
IBBY Sweden has also produced a booklet giving ideas about how to use the Silent Books with children. Each of the earlier collections has toured as an exhibition at various venues in Italy and all over the world, as well as being displayed at the Bologna Book Fair and at the IBBY Congresses in New Zealand, Greece and Russia.Īs part of this project, IBBY Italia has compiled 10 tips for reading silent books in a community that does not speak a common language, which can be seen here. Within each collection there is a selection of Honour Books.
There are, to date, five collections of Silent Books: the Silent Books Collection 2013 (110 books), the Silent Books Collection 2015 (51 books), the Silent Books Collection 2017 (79 books), the Silent Books Collection 2019 (67 books) and the Silent Books Collection 2021 (76 books).
#WORD FOR BOOK COLLECTOR ARCHIVE#
This set of books was deposited at the documentation and research archive in Rome (Palazzo della Esposizioni), a set delivered to the library in Lampedusa and a further set was part of a travelling exhibition. These books were collected from IBBY National Sections, over one hundred books from over twenty countries. The project involved creating the first library on Lampedusa to be used by local and immigrant children, The second part required creating a collection of silent books (wordless picture books) that could be understood and enjoyed by children regardless of language. In response to the waves of refugees from Africa and the Middle East arriving in the Italian island, Lampedusa, IBBY launched the project “Silent Books, from the world to Lampedusa and back” in 2012.
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