WHAT ..?
50 Years of Gallimard Jeunesse sees ten of the children’s publisher’s star illustrators creating work to illustrate one of the ten rights that make up Daniel Pennac’s brilliant book/manifesto: The Rights of the Reader. This FREE exhibition is showing at
WHERE ..?
BIBLIOTHÈQUE QUENTIN BLAKE
32 HARRINGTON ROAD
SOUTH KENSINGTON
LONDON SW7 2DX
WHEN ..?
from Wednesday 19th October – Saturday 26th November 2022
Hours are:
Wednesday to Saturday:
12 – 6PM
NB – Sunday, Monday, Tuesday CLOSED
MORE INFO …
I leant heavily on Pennac’s 10 Rights of the Reader back when I worked as a primary school librarian. I considered that the most important part of my job was to encourage reading for pleasure, and often that meant challenging adult beliefs about what children should read, and how they should read.
With Quentin Blake’s illustration of Pennac’s 10 Rules pinned on the wall behind the librarian’s desk it was easier to start conversations with those adults who felt they needed to limit and curtail children’s pleasure in reading order to enhance their proficiency at reading.
I’m really excited that the 10 Rights are being celebrated and can’t wait to see which Gallimard Jeunesse illustrators have contributed to the exhibition.
I’ll also be visiting the 20 Years of the Children’s Bookshow exhibition (same building, different room). I know that at least two of my favourite illustrators (Catherine Rayner and Satoshi Kitamura) are featured in it, and I’m fully expecting to find more artists whose work I know and love, as well as discover some artists currently unknown to me.
Stuff to Click!
this link to find out more about the 50 Years of Gallimard Jeunesse exhibition,
this one for details on the 20 Years of the Children’s Bookshow exhibition, and
this one to see the full program for the 25th South Ken Kids’ Festival, which kicks off on the 17th of November.
