2020
Presentation of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2020
Friday 10 September 2021, Pushkin State Museum, Moscow, Russia
Laudatio given by Redza Khairuddin, President of the Jury
Acceptance speech from Casa Cuna Cuenteros
Watch the full ceremony here
Tuesday 9 November 2021, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Find the pictures of the ceremony here.
IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2020 - Winner
The winner of the 2020 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award is Casa Cuna Cuenteros of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The unanimous choice of the jury for the IBBY-Asahi Award 2020, Casa Cuna Cuenteros is a group of passionate volunteers who carry out reading and storytelling activities in a children’s hospital in Buenos Aires. This group began to make storybooks available to many children and families, and regular storytelling sessions were held in various areas of the hospital. The stories that they told were fun and inspired the children and adults alike. Soon enough, a change in attitude was noticed and they saw many were enjoying reading and listening to stories. Active participation increased at all levels amongst people coming to the hospital, including the staff. They soon had a collection of books to read from and then even a small library at the hospital. The group has become known for their hard work and successes. They have been invited to provide training and workshops for volunteers as well as provide advice for the setting up of similar programmes in other hospitals. The project has seen many heart warming successes and has touched the lives of many children, teenagers, parents, families and caregivers. It has also inspired many others to emulate it in other parts of the city and at other hospitals.
Films from the virtual IBBY Press Conference can be found here. The full media release can be downloaded here.
More information about Casa Cuna Cuenteros, in Spanish, view this short film and read this report.
IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2020 - Nominations
1. IBBY Argentina
Casa Cuna Cuenteros, Buenos Aires
2. IBBY Armenia
Read and Create, Yerevan
3. IBBY Azerbaijan
Fairy Tale Craftmaster, Baku
4. IBBY Belgium
Hoopoe Books – ISHK, Afghanistan
5. IBBY Canada
Travelling Libraries: Entonces el libro, Cordoba, Argentina
6. IBBY Dominican Rep.
Lleva un libro en la maleta, San Cristóbel
7. IBBY Dominican Rep.
Biblioteca Infantil y Juvenil de la República Dominicana, Santo Domingo
8. IBBY France
Association Encrages, nationwide
9. IBBY Greece
Network for Children’s Rights, nationwide
10. IBBY India
Parag’s Multi-state Library Project, across four states
11. IBBY Iran
Bamdad Libraries and Reading Promotion, across seven provinces
12. IBBY Italy
Giufa’ Library, Palermo, Sicily
13. IBBY Mexico
Proyecto Ja’ab, Mérida, Yucatán
14 IBBY Netherlands
Step onto the red carpet! (Stap op de rode loper!), across four cities
15. IBBY Russia
Stranitsa (The Page), Novosibirsk
16. IBBY South Africa
Phendulani Literacy Quiz, across four provinces
17. IBBY South Africa
Book Dash, nationwide
18. IBBY Sri Lanka
Abhimana Mobile Library Project, Puthukkudiruppu and Siyambalanduwa
19. IBBY Sri Lanka
Room to Read Regional Development Project, Polonnaruwa District
20. IBBY Sweden
Ion Creanga National Children’s Library - Let’s read together, nationwide in Moldova
21. IBBY Turkey
Bütün Çocuklar BZM Derne - Connecting Power of the Book Tree, nationwide
22. IBBY Turkey
TEGV – Education Volunteers – I Read, I Play, across 32 cities
23. IBBY Ukraine
Kherson Oblast Library – Dream! Read! Achieve! Kherson region
24. IBBY UK
Coram Beanstalk – Reading 321, nationwide
25. IBBY Venezuela
Cuentos del Escarabajo AC, El Calvario Barrio, Caracas
> The list of nominated projects can be downloaded here and images from the nominated projects can be viewed here.