Yorkshire & Humberside YLG Chair’s Report
2001 is proving to be a busy year for Yorkshire & Humberside
YLG Teh season kicked off in February with the AGM & Carnegie/Greenaway
judging, closely followed by the first of our highly successful
day schools (postponed from the previous November owing to the
flooding situation). Entitled 'Talking Pictures' this event, at
Leeds Central Library, focussed on enhancing appreciation and
evaluation of illustrations in children's books. Mel Gibson led
an extremely enjoyable and informative day, and delegates soon
found themselves infected by her enthusiasm for the subject. After
discovering a whole new appreciation of Maurice Sendak's 'Where
The Wild Things Are', everyone entered into the discussions of
selected books with something akin to missionary fervour, and
the end of the session arrived all too soon for some!
York Central Library was the venue in June for Anne Harding's
'Boys & Reading' day school. Fromn the questions and issues
raised by the delegates it was clear that the problem of encouraging
boys back into reading is widespread, and even if solutions may
not be immediate, everyone went back home from York fired with
renewed energy and enthusiasm to tackle the difficulties. It came
as no surprise that this course was oversubscribed, so much so
that another course has been arranged for March 2002 and looks
set to be full as well.
The final Yorkshire & Humberside YLG event of 2001 —
'Count Me In', will take place on 14th November 2001 at Barnsley
Central Library. This course will deal with various issues surrounding
social inclusion, such as travellers, asylum seekers, Surestart
& Bookstart with ethnic minorities, and a Leeds Barnardo's
project with young people.
Christine Fitt Chair: Yorks & Humberside YLG
Area Librarian: Children & Young People
Doncaster Libraries & Information Service
Tel: 01709 582037/570665
Fax: 01709 570693
More YLG News:
Meet the Commitee On being
an Eastern Branch Rep!
Bookstart and Beyond
YLG SW training day
Libraries and Learning
London and SE training day
UmbrelLA6 YLG Rep's
report
Read On – Write Away!
Carol Taylor
Banquet of Reading
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