Iran books go to Munich Intl. library
Aljazeera / Aljazeera
28-Apr-2010

Four children's books by Iranian authors have been included on the 2010
selected book list of the Munich International Youth Library.

Farideh
Khalatbari's Iron Shoes illustrated by Farshid Shafiei, Fereidoun
Amouzadeh-Khalili's Crows Don't Catch Bird Flu illustrated by Neda
Azimi, Atousa Saleh's I Miss You illustrated by Hoda Haddadi and
Mohammad-Reza Shams' Lazy Hero illustrated by Mahmoud Mokhtari made it
onto the list this year.

According to Iran's Islamic Culture and
Relations Organization, the country ranked 21 among the 50
participating countries.

Almost 10,000 books for children and
young adults are submitted to the Munich International Youth Library
each year, from which 250 are selected to be annotated in a catalogue
and presented at Bologna's International Children's Book Fair.

The
International Youth Library is the world's largest library for
international children's and youth literature, which was founded in 1949
by Jella Lepman.

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