24th ilb
5 – 14 Sep 2024 Program
9 – 18 Sep 2024 Young Program

Programmsparten: International Children's and Youth Literature

Jordan Scott: I Talk Like a River & My Baba’s Garden

Discussion, Reading, Picture Book Cinema, Q&A I Talk like a River A nameless boy cannot speak the way he would like. Again and again he stutters and his words seem to get stuck in his mouth. At school he tries to be invisible so he doesn´t have to talk. Then

Jordan Scott: I Talk Like a River & My Baba’s Garden

Discussion, Reading, Picture Book Cinema, Q&A I Talk like a River A nameless boy cannot speak the way he would like. Again and again he stutters and his words seem to get stuck in his mouth. At school he tries to be invisible so he doesn´t have to talk. Then

Donna Barba Higuera: The Last Cuentista

Discussion, Reading, Q&A Before a comet destroys the Earth, Petra Peña reaches the life-saving spaceship. When she awakens from a deep sleep centuries later, no one but her remembers Earth. A new Collective stands above all, and demands obedience and sameness. But Petra carries the stories of the past within

Gary Lonesborough: The Boy from the Mish

Discussion, Reading, Q&A Jackson spends his summer swimming, partying with friends, and avoiding the racist youths from town as best he can. His life is turned upside down when Tomas, who was recently released from pris-on, visits Jackson´s family. Something other than friendship quickly mixes into the feelings Jackson has

Mickaël Brun-Arnaud: Erinnerungen des Waldes

Discussion, Reading, Q&A Archibald The Fox is the proud owner of his own bookstore, located in an old oak tree in the village forest of Schönrinde. One day, he is visited by his friend Ferdinand The Mole, who is completely con-fused and looking for his missing wife. He hopes to

Gary Lonesborough: The Boy from the Mish

Discussion, Reading, Q&A Jackson spends his summer swimming, partying with friends, and avoiding the racist youths from town as best he can. His life is turned upside down when Tomas, who was recently released from pris-on, visits Jackson´s family. Something other than friendship quickly mixes into the feelings Jackson has

Li Xiaoguang: Damals, im Sommer

Discussion, Reading, Picture Book Cinema, Live-Illustration, Q&A The idyllic life of three children who live with their parents in a remote mountain valley comes to an abrupt end when their father finds work in the city. With a heavy heart, the siblings have to say goodbye to their forests and

Mickaël Brun-Arnaud: Erinnerungen des Waldes

Discussion, Reading, Q&A Archibald The Fox is the proud owner of his own bookstore, located in an old oak tree in the village forest of Schönrinde. One day, he is visited by his friend Ferdinand The Mole, who is completely con-fused and looking for his missing wife. He hopes to

Donna Barba Higuera: The Last Cuentista

Discussion, Reading, Q&A Before a comet destroys the Earth, Petra Peña reaches the life-saving spaceship. When she awakens from a deep sleep centuries later, no one but her remembers Earth. A new Collective stands above all, and demands obedience and sameness. But Petra carries the stories of the past within

Elle McNicoll: A Kind of Spark

Discussion, Reading, Q&A In class, Addie learns about women who were condemned as witches in her village centuries ago – because they were misunderstood by the people around them. Being misunderstood is something Addie knows very well. She has to mask every day, and hide the fact that her environment

Laurie Halse Anderson: Shout

Discussion, Reading, Q&A Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for her fearless approach to advocating for and writing about survivors of sexual assault. Angry at how little society has changed since the publication of her groundbreaking novel »Speak«, she has now published the poetic memoir »Shout«. As timely as