Announced yesterday, this year’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the largest in children’s literature, goes to The Tamer Institute For Community Education. The prize is given annually to a writer, illustrator, storyteller or organisation who best promote reading/literacy.

PaperTigers congratulates The Tamer Institute for the honor and the outstanding work it has been doing, since 1989, to help children in Gaza and the West Bank improve their literacy skills. Tamer dedicated the award to “the children of Palestine who have faced many painful events throughout the past 60 years.”

A statement that included the jury’s reason for awarding the prize said: “In the spirit of Astrid Lindgren, the Tamer Institute acknowledges the power of words and the strength of books, stories and imagination as important keys to self-esteem, tolerance and the courage to face life.”

PaperTigers is very honored to have been selected as one of the nominating bodies for the 2010 ALMA award. We are looking forward to contributing to the process of selecting the next winner.

Posted by: Aline | This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at 11:09 am and is filed under Eventful World, World Literacy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Tags: 2009 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, literacy, Tamer Institute for Community Education