South African Children's Books
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| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
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| Introduction | Lona Gericke has been involved with Children’s books and libraries for over 38 years as librarian and book selector. In 1979 she moved to the Texas, USA where she as Branch Head and finally as Coordinator of Children’s services. She returned to South Africa in 1988, and accepted the position as Children’s Librarian at Bellville Library, where she has remained ever since.She has a passion for IBBY- the International Board on Books for Young People, and serves on the Executive of IBBY SA , currently as Vice-President responsible for Awards. As President of IBBY SA she represented South Africa at the International Conference in Cartagena, Colombia, and in New Delhi, India. She has twice had the honour of being elected as a member of the H.C.Andersen Jury to judge writing and illustration; and also judges books for awards in South Africa,and writes reviews and articles for the IBBY SA Newsletter and for the Cape Librarian. She regularly presents talks and workshops on Children’s literature.She runs a Born to read programme for babies every Wednesday morning in Bellville library, for the past 9 years. |