This year our special guest is Alejandro Palomas, the winner of the 2016 National Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Other participants this year include Edu Flores (illustrator at Apila Ediciones); Eva Jiménez (Flamboyant); María Ahmad and Paz V. de Troya (Instituto Cervantes).

New to this year´s celebration is the Children’s Book Fair with the participation of the following publishers: Apila, Ekaré, Grupo SM, Flamboyant, Lectorum, NubeOcho, Spanish Publishers, LLC (Urano, Obelisco, Sirio, Roca, Ediciones B, Anagrama, Edaf, Salamandra) Santillana USA Publishing, Toon Books and The Bilingual Publications Co. Friday, May 19th, 2017 from 8:00am to 3:30pm

Friday, May 19th, 2017 - Registration Required

 8:00 am: Reception and Breakfast

 9:00 am: Opening remarks

 9:15 am: Alejandro Palomas: Un Hijo, an award for three different ages: written for adults, published for teens, imagined by a child.

10:30 am: Break

10:45 am: Colloquium with Alejandro Palomas, Edu Flores and Eva Jimenez Tubau: The educational value of literature.

12:00 pm: Break and lunch

 1:00 pm:  Edu Flores: I Don’t Know How to Draw. Learning and  creativity in illustrated children’s books.

 1:45 pm:  Eva Jiménez Tubau: El Monstruo de Colores. Communicating emotions in childhood.

 2:15 pm:  María Ahmad: Recommendations on teaching a story: ways of bringing Un Hijo into the classroom.

 3:00 pm:  Paz V. de Troya: The Instituto Cervantes Electronic Library

 3:30 pm:  Guided tours of the Jorge Luis Borges Library.

Saturday, May 20th - Open to the public

••10:30 am: Book Club: Un Hijo, in conversation with the author, Alejandro Palomas.

XXVI Simposio de Literatura

Infantil y Juvenil