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h1 February 14th, 2012 by jules

I had the great pleasure of jurying the 2012 BolognaRagazzi Award for the 2012 Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy. I’m now back from my visit to Bologna—needless to say, I slept like a log last night—after having looked at nearly a thousand illustrated books from all over the world with fellow jury member and French book designer Raymond Stoffel, as well as Professor Antonio Faeti, chair of the jury and all-around brilliant human being.

To say that I am grateful and thrilled to have seen so much beautiful international children’s book art would be a serious understatement.

Here I am pictured in front of Giannino Stoppani, the world’s most perfect children’s bookshop. One day I am going to go back to Italy with my pillow and sleeping bag to just MOVE IN to this shop and sleep there amongst the books.

Later, I will share more pictures from the inside, and I’ll tell you more about it then, too. I am waving now to Grazia Gotti, who owns the shop and reads 7-Imp daily. (And I say “ciao!” in my best Italian accent, though it will probably sound a bit twangy, no matter how hard I try.) I was flattered to learn she and her colleagues read 7-Imp on the other side of the world, and it was great to meet them and to spend the day in their shop.

I also finally got to meet in person the dear, sweet Cristiana Clerici. More on that soon, too.

The 2012 BolognaRagazzi Award winners will be announced soon. Exciting! Until then, I set off to get caught up on everything else.

Back soon …





13 comments to “Back on Tennessee Soil …”

  1. Yay, Jules! 🙂

         by Little Willow February 14th, 2012 at 9:14 am

  2. Huzzah! With your Confederate accent 😀 you did us proud over there. Yay, you.

         by tanita February 14th, 2012 at 10:20 am

  3. I can’t help wanting to grin with glee every time I think about you over there representing the blogosphere with your kidlit expertise. 🙂 Can’t wait to hear more about your trip!

         by Sarah Stevenson (aquafortis) February 14th, 2012 at 12:14 pm

  4. Bohoooooo you’re back home!!!!! 🙁 I wanted to keep you here, with me! Guys, Jules is a real treasure, let me say so.

         by Cristiana February 14th, 2012 at 2:03 pm

  5. It has been sooooo cool thinking about you over there. Very much looking forward to the pix and the reports!

         by JES February 14th, 2012 at 2:18 pm

  6. Welcome back and thank you for indulging us with a picture! I can’t wait to hear more and more and more…

         by Stacey February 14th, 2012 at 4:39 pm

  7. Wow! What an amazing experience!! Looking forward to hearing more . . .

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         by Sarah Frances Hardy February 14th, 2012 at 5:13 pm

  8. Whoa – that’s awesome. Looking forward to hearing more about it. Congratulations!

         by Scope Notes February 14th, 2012 at 10:04 pm

  9. Sooo excited to hear more about this!!! Yea for you!

         by Colleen February 15th, 2012 at 1:37 am

  10. As usual, Jules, you inspire and motivate me with all that you do. What a wonderful trip you had, and to such a beautiful country! Looking forward to hearing more about it.

         by Jill February 15th, 2012 at 1:21 pm

  11. I love that bookshop! I wanna buy the whole bookshop! lol

         by Yiting February 15th, 2012 at 7:03 pm

  12. So exciting!!!!!!!

         by Tarie February 15th, 2012 at 10:01 pm

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