Exhibition of Turkish-German children’s books
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Herten-Mitte. (-cs-) “What is the best way to foster children’s language development? Through books, of course!” With these words, integration assistant Bedia Sam summed up, at the opening of the exhibition of German-Turkish books in the Glashaus, what ought to be a matter of course in schools.
“We have to set an example – books are important for language development,” she appealed to adults and parents to encourage children to read. You can’t buy every interesting book, she went on, but after all there is the city library.
“It is the one the Bertelsmann Foundation named the third best in Germany,” Mayor Dr. Uli Paetzel also pointed out the quality of the library in the Glashaus – and its diversity of languages. “We must give all children and adults the opportunity to open up new linguistic horizons and to dive into new worlds through books,” said Paetzel.
The exhibition on the second floor of the city library presents a selection of children’s books in Turkish and in German. “To make integration in Germany easier for children with a migrant background, it is especially important to foster their bilingualism and their enjoyment of reading,” says library director Cornelia Berg.
The exhibition was made possible in part by Anadolu Verlag, which publishes the children’s books of the author Gönül Sen-Menzel. Yesterday she read from several of her books. Library opening hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (except Mon.), Thu. 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Photo caption: Children’s author Gönün [sic] Sen-Menzel and the head of Anadolu Verlag, Ahmet Celik, show the youngsters Turkish-German children’s books. Photo: Christoph Schneeweis
The report appeared in a local newspaper for Herten; the newspaper and date are not given on the clipping (Mayor Uli Paetzel’s term of office: 2004–2015).
Read more about Gönül Sen-Menzel’s books on the page “Children’s Books”.
