Children Between Worlds Exhibit and Lecture

The Children between Worlds: Intercultural Relations in Books for Children and Young Adults exhibit from the International Youth Library in Munich in cooperation with the International Goethe Institute for the promotion of intercultural dialogue is currently on display in Special Collections and Archives. The traveling exhibit is sponsored by the Auburn University Libraries and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts. It features sixty-five books, which were specifically selected for their treatment of tolerance and open-mindedness and are divided into five categories: stories in pictures, novels for children to age twelve, for readers thirteen and over, for readers fifteen and over, and nonfiction books on the topic.

Since 2006, this exhibit has been displayed in thirteen locations in nine states including eight universities, two public libraries, two school libraries and the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Regional Conference in Tucson. Additional sets are currently traveling in Europe and the Far East under the auspices of the International Youth Library.

Tuesday, January 13 from 3:30-5:00 PM, Special Collections and Archives will host special guest speaker Dr. Judith Lechner, Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology in the College of Education at Auburn University.