NEWS: Nordic Council Creates Kids Literary Award

November 5, 2012 - The Nordic Council has decided to establish a new prize for children and young people's literature. 

The prize will be awarded for the first time in 2013 and will be the fifth of such prestigious awards with the existing awards for film, literature, music, nature and environment. 

"A Nordic children's and young people' literature prize, along with a number of other activities, will give a marked and visible boost for children and young people's reading. We have seen that the other Nordic culture prizes help to draw both Nordic and international attention to culture, and we should exploit this with children and young people too", said Norway's Minister of Culture Hadia Tajik.

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WEBSITES / PROJECTS: 60second Recap®

This video library contains videos that summarise books, elaborate on the context of the story, and is aimed at teenagers to help them engage with books, and the book recap can act as a 'book trailer'.

Students are also invited to make their own book recap (helping them to prioritise their thoughts) and post them to the ClubRecap subsection. Another subsection is 'RecapResource', which features tips on reading, writing, and how students can make their own recap: dictionary of terms, how to write a paper and 'Lights Camera Recap'.

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NEWS / IT: UNICEF's online campaign to demand education for kids (INDIA)

New Delhi: UNICEF on Tuesday launched an online campaign to mobilise the Indian society to speak up for illiterate children and to spread awareness that one can demand elementary education under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

The campaign, called 'Awaaz Do' or 'Speak Up', aims to have at least 500,000 people sign up by Jan 24, which is observed as the Girl Child Day.

'India is home to a growing urban population that can be mobilised into demanding that the goals set forth in the RTE become reality,' United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) India Representative Karin Hulshof said in a statement.

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