PARIS: Children Books

Going by the (Children’s) Book

PINHOLE DAY

Holland’s Most Sacred Book Store

Merkx+Girod | bookstore Selexyz Dominicanen

The project won the 2007 Lensvelt de Architect interior design award and was recently announced ‘probably the most beautiful bookstore in the world’ by the Guardian.

Top shelves

CITY NOTES: San Francisco

DWELL: BOOKSHELF

Around the World in Books: Katie in Scotland

W H A T :    KATIE IN SCOTLAND WITH JAMES MAYHEW
W H E N :    Tuesday 16 August, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
W H E R E : EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL

W H A T :    James Mayhew: Illustrated Storytelling Sessions
W H E N :    Thursday, 18th August 2011, 2-2.30pm & 3-3.30pm
W H E R E : National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

M O R E : Authors Live with James Mayhew | Katie’s Picture Show | James Mayhew: author & illustrator

FLORENCE: In Renaissance With Leonardo

COME SEE MY CITY
In Renaissance Florence With Leonardo
by Renzo Rossi and Alessandro Baldanzi

P L A S T I K I : Across the Pacific on Plastic

Plastiki

Across the Pacific on Plastic:
An Adventure to Save Our Oceans

By David de Rothschild

World Book and Copyright Day

23 April is a symbolic date for world literature for on this date in 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.
It was a natural choice for UNESCO’s General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity. In this respect, UNESCO created both the World Book and Copyright Day and the UNESCO Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance.

Around the World in Fascinating Structures

by Giles Laroche
Interview with Giles Laroche

Bridge Across Cultures: The World at My Fingertips – Danforth Museum of Art

AROUND THE WORLD: CHILDREN’S BOOKS

8 Superb Children’s Books About Travel