Chair: Julia Norrish, Executive Director, Book Dash, South Africa
Presenters:
Dorette Louw: Director, Book Dash, South Africa
The Book Dash book-production/publishing model as one way of creating appropriate content needed to start a book-gifting programme; case-studies of other organisations using & adapting the model to create their own books; Book Dash’s adaptation for online events.
Diana Rey: Executive Director FundaLectura, Colombia
The FundaLectura model, and constraints and challenges and how they were overcome.
Melissa Kelly: Early Years Fellowship Coordinator, World Bank
Introduction to the Read@Home initiative and the Materials Guidance produced to support book distribution efforts.
Tag: 2021
Health and Wellbeing Benefits of Early Years Bookgifting and Shared Reading
Chair: Carol McDougall, Global Network Working Group, Canada
Presenters:
Emmi Jäkkö: Lukukeskus (Finnish Reading Centre)
Lukulahjalapselle, a Book Bag for every baby: feedback from health care officials and families from the second round of evaluation
Izumi Satou: Bookstart Japan
The Health and Wellbeing rationale for the founding of Bookstart Japan, and the qualitative approach to evaluating parent-child relationships.
Reinhard Ehgartner: Buchstart Österreich, (Österreichisches Bibliothekswerk, Austria)
Books and reading aloud on prescription: a new project for Austria
Additional Needs
Chair: Daan Beeke, Stichting Lezen (Boekstart Netherlands)
Presenters
Kirsty Sinclair: Scottish Book Trust, Bookbug, Scotland
‘Work for children and families with additional support needs, including: accessible books and symbol sheets; British Sign Language content and functionality for the Bookbug app and website; Accessible Bookbug Sessions for children with complex additional needs (eg using Makaton); Sensory Storytelling project for older children.’
Izumi Satou: Bookstart Japan
‘Supporting visually / hearing impaired babies and parents, including creating books and materials for visually impaired parents.’