Activities

Under the slogan “It’s never too early to talk to children about the environment”, we present the first edition of our Picnic among Books. This event took place on Sunday, October 8th, at 11 a.m., in the park Cristina Enea in the city of Donostia-San Sebastian, to celebrate the beginning of the school year and […]

On 20 November 2023 we celebrated the 7th International Children’s Day festival at the Literaktum festival in the Literaktum Txikia programme at the Larrotxene Cultural Centre. We enjoyed the reading of the book “Kieveko ilargia”, by Álbum Editorial, we sang and danced together with more than 50 children. We would like to thank all the […]

“Il Folletto” is Switzerland’s only six-monthly magazine in Italian on children’s literature and is published by the Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media (ISMR). It is aimed at all those interested in children and adolescents’ culture, and therefore at educators, teachers, librarians, social workers and, of course, parents, grandparents, and families in general. It […]

“All ears” (“Tutt’orecchi”) is the podcast of the Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media (ISMR) edited by Letizia Bolzani and produced by ISMR. Every first day of the month, on all major platforms, the best of children’s literature in twenty minutes of listening. With reading tips, interviews, in-depth analysis, and the narration of a […]

For a reading, open minded, critically thinking, democratic and strong Ukraine! “Literacy For Democracy” conference took place simultaneously in Warsaw and Kyiv on May 25th 2023. Reading books has proven to be the most effective tool to nurture social capital and inclusion, as well as to foster and raise scientists, entrepreneurs and inventors. Research in […]

Audio Readings in the Morning During the meetings, together with the children, we read critically acclaimed books with pictures, analyse illustrations and talk about the book. The books are selected according to the specifics of the reader group, age, time of the year and other relevant factors. It is a wonder how engaged and interested […]

Bookstart is a nationwide project for early literacy education launched in 2008. This book gifting program targets children between 0 and 3 years old and their parents and adult caregivers. With a book pack gift including two board books and a multilingual information flyer for parents and caregivers, Bookstart encourages parents to actively communicate with […]

Ricochet (www.ricochet-jeunes.org) is a free reference platform and online magazine dedicated to francophone children and youth literature. The platform lists a significant portion of the current francophone editorial production for children and young readers published in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Quebec and francophone countries of Africa. About a third of the featured books are reviewed by […]

The Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media ISJM develops and runs various projects to promote reading among school-age children. These school projects provide playful encounters with books, to promote reading for pleasure and create and maintain a positive image of the written word. BouC’S gives schoolchildren a playful, social and cultural introduction to the […]