Pippi Longstocking On Her Way to Anatolia!

With support from the Swedish Consulate General in Istanbul Anatolia Culture and Wing Book cooperation started the project "A book to Every Child".

The aim of the project is to provide a series of free books to contribute to the education in Anatolia and in poverty-stricken districts of big cities.

10 books of Swedish writers were translated to Turkish in the context of the project. The books will be distributed to the children throughout the month of October in cooperation with the Çankaya and Altındağ Municipalities in Ankara, the Beyoğlu Municipality and the Bağcılar Atatürk Primary School in Istanbul, the Nilüfer Municipality in Bursa, and the municipalities of Çanakkale, Mardin, Şanlıurfa and Trabzon.

Additionally, meetings with the authors, illustrators and interpreters will be arranged for the children in each city, including reading sessions and interviews.

The project is planned to be expanded in the coming year. This is a list of the books included in the first stage of the project:

Good-bye Mr. Muffin / Ulf Nilsson / ill. Anna-Clara Tidholm
The Blackberry Gang: Trasure Hunt / Stefan Casta / ill. Mimmi Tollerup-Grkovic
School of the Sky / Ewa Malmborg / ill. Lisa Sollenberg
Lucky Me!, Dear Me! / Thomas Halling / ill.Eva Eriksson
The Miracle Child / Ulf Stark / ill. Marcus Majaluoma
Junk Collector School / Adam Dahlin / ill. Emma Akerman
I Loved a Girl Named Milena/ Per Nilsson / ill. Pija Lindenbaum
Ellika Tomson's Diary of Discoveries / Asa Lind / ill.  Hakan Gürsoytrak
Pippi Longstocking /  Astrid Lindgren / ill. Ingrid Vang Nyman
Stars of Fortune / Ingelin Angerborn (EÜ/VK)